Eva, Tennessee | This State Park was named for Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the intrepid Confederate cavalry leader who on November 4, 1864, attacked and destroyed the Federal supply and munitions depot at Johnsonville at the mouth of Trace Creek

Civil War
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Confederate Memorial Hall (Bleak House)
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3148 KINGSTON PIKE
KNOXVILLE, TN 37919, USA
Website: http://bleakhouseudc89.org/
Bleak House is a Victorian mansion built in 1858 by prominent Knoxvillian, Robert H. Armstrong, using slave labor to mold the bricks on site. During the siege of Knoxville and the Battle of Fort Sanders in November and December 1863, the home served as headquarters for Confederate Gens. James Longstreet and Lafayette McLaws. Three soldiers using the house's tower as a sharpshooters post were killed there by Federal cannon fire. A comrade sketched their likenesses on the wall of the tower. Two cannonballs are still embedded in the walls. Artillery was also set up on the lawn to fire on the Federals.
Spring Hill, Tennessee | The prelude to the Battle of Franklin, this battle was fought on November 29, 1864.
Nashville, Tennessee | This museum traces the history of the state from prehistoric Indians until the early 1900s, including a large section on the Civil War.
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