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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Secession

Secession would not only tear our nation apart, but also its states, communities, even families. Nowhere was the debate more heated than Tennessee. Some were willing to lay down their lives for what...

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Songs and Stories

From pride and patriotism to death and defeat, Civil War Songs and Stories describes how music was as much a part of Army life as a musket. The narrative explains how both sides were accompanied by...

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Women and the War

As husbands departed, wives and daughters had to shoulder the full burden of daily life. Hardship and hunger forced changes in long held cultural and societal beliefs, breaking boundaries confining...

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day

It took a two day battle with a casualty list of over 23,000 to give America a reality check on the shocking cost of its Civil War. This bloody clash near the small Shiloh church altered the war… and...

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Crisis of Faith

The vast majority of Americans in the first half of the 19th Century were highly religious, overwhelmingly Christian, and believed America was destined for greatness, in part because of their belief in...

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Looking Over Jordan

The Civil War began as a means of preserving the Union. But to nearly four million African Americans, it held a much more personal promise.

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Rivers and Rails: Daggers of the Civil War

Rivers and Rails: Daggers of the Civil War

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Wessyngton

Wessyngton Plantation would thrive off the blood, sweat and tears of African Americans.

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Desperate Days: Last Hope of the Confederacy

After three years of war, the fate of the Confederacy seemed certain.

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Tennessee Civil War 150 | Reconstruction: A Moment In The Sun

The end of the Civil War was not the end of hostilities between North and South.

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