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People of Tennessee in the American Civil War | HearLore
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People of Tennessee in the American Civil War
Andrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson was born in a two-room shack in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 29th of December 1808. His parents Jacob and Mary were illiterate tavern…
Leonidas PolkLeonidas Polk was born on the 10th of April 1806 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father William served as a Revolutionary War veteran and later became a…
David FarragutJames Glasgow Farragut arrived at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee on the 5th of July 1801. His father was a Spanish merchant captain named…
Nathan Bedford ForrestNathan Bedford Forrest entered the world on the 13th of July 1821, inside a one-room log cabin near Chapel Hill, Tennessee.