Link to Official Records, Series 2, Volume 1 (on Google Books)
This volume contains correspondence concerning the East Tennessee Bridge Burning incident:
Official Records, Series 2, Volume 1
East Tennessee Search Results (link)
http://bit.ly/OR2-ser1-srch-east-tenn
Here is page 858 of that volume, on that subject -
(East Tennesseans jailed):
http://bit.ly/OR-Ser2-Vol1-East-Tenn-Bridge-Burners-jailed
Long URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=2JsOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA876&lpg=PA876&dq=description+confederate+jail+bradley+county+tennessee&source=bl&ots=mK6qh7HcLZ&sig=Q3Xu1UtD4_l6DjkNcOVxWWQiDls&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVju_A_eDSAhUO0IMKHbN3CgwQ6AEIQTAG#v=snippet&q=east%20tennessee&f=false
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Showing posts with label East Tennessee. Show all posts
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Historic Columbus, Tennessee (defunct town); thoughts about its location
Early in February 1864, Federal troops began to set up camp at some little towns north of Cleveland, Tennessee: Calhoun, Charleston, and Columbus, Tennessee. Calhoun and Charleston were separated by a railroad bridge across the Hiwassee River.
Columbus, a little town in Polk County, Tennessee, is no longer extant. It was once a Cherokee trading town. In winter and early spring of 1864 (from about February), it served as a camp for some Union troops, including the Fourth Indiana Cavalry (Major G.H. Purdy, commanding). Ref.: O.R., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, Pt. 3, 240 (Letter from Maj. G.H. Purdy, HQ at Columbus, Tenn., enclosed in letter from Waterman to Wagner).
Columbus, Tennessee (Google Map, coordinates from Roadside Thoughts)
Latitude and Longitude: 35.2262 -84.6222
Latitude and Longitude: 35.2262 -84.6222
Source for GPS coordinates:
http://roadsidethoughts.com/tn/columbus-xx-polk-summary.htm
But, here is my own calculation of where it would be located on today's Google satellite map, as compared to the 1865 map below it (keeping in mind that the old maps were sometimes pretty vague and could be off). My placement of it is well west of the one designated by coordinates, above, from Roadside Thoughts. Judging by the old map and by the description given on the Polk County Cemeteries page of TNGenWeb, it is about four miles north of Benton. I place it at the intersection of Athens Road and Dentville Road, northwest of the bend in the river. Columbus Road, a throwback to the historic placename, starts in the middle of nowhere on Bowater Road and runs south almost to the Hiwassee River. Then it runs in a curving path, more-or-less parallel to the river, until it intersects Dentville Road. Columbus Road ends there.
Columbus, Tennessee (historic, non-extant town; location estimated by Southern Muse):
https://goo.gl/maps/UqnAbKaFmA62
based on the map below, drafted 1863-1864 and published 1865:
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| Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division: Mountain Region of NC and Tenn (dtl, Columbus, Tenn. area) |
"Polk County, Tennessee Cemeteries" on Tennessee GenWeb website places Columbus Cemetery four miles north of Benton, Tennessee. Presumably the cemetery would be in the town itself.
http://www.tngenweb.org/polk/polkcem.htm
Find A Grave has a cemetery for Columbus, Tennessee, but has no GPS coordinates for it.
CITATION (1865 MAP)
Nicholson, W. L, A Lindenkohl, H Lindenkohl, Charles G Krebs, and United States Coast Survey. Mountain region of North Carolina and Tennessee. [S.l., U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447196. (Accessed July 04, 2016.)
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook - links and thoughts on citing it...
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook is a browsable and searchable resource authored by the Tennessee Historical Commission (edited by James B. Jones, Jr.). It is hosted in browsable format (downloadable PDFs, chapter by chapter) from the Cumberland County Archives and Family History Center of Art Circle Public Library's website, ArtCircleLibrary.info ; and in searchable format at the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) website. Here are the links:
Links to two publishers:
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook (browsable), Art Circle Public Library
http://www.artcirclelibrary.info/Reference/civilwar/tennessee_civil_war_sourcebook.htm
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook (database), Tennessee State Library and Archives
http://www.tnsos.net/TSLA/cwsourcebook/index.php
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
Title: Tennessee Civil War SourcebookAuthor: Tennessee Historical Commission
Editor: James B. Jones, Jr.
Publisher (1) (searchable database): Tennessee State Library and Archives
Publisher (2) (browsable by month/historical era): Art Circle Public Library (website) of Art Circle Public Library, in Tennessee.
Location of Tennessee Historical Commission: Nashville, Tennessee.
Location of Art Circle Public Library: Cumberland County, Tennessee.
Note: each chapter of the Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook starts over at page 1.
MY OWN VERSION OF AN ADEQUATE BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY:
Tennessee Historical Commission (edited by James B. Jones, Jr.). “April 5, 1864: Loyal East Tennessee Unionists to be given surplus U. S. Army draft animals for farm work, excerpt from Special Orders No. 96” (pgs. 14-15 of 128 in April 1864) in Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook. Cumberland County Archives and Family Heritage Center, Art Circle Public Library. http://www.artcirclelibrary.info/Reference/civilwar/1864-04.pdf .
Above, I've given a biblio entry for one section in one chapter of the source: "(April 5, 1864: Loyal East Tennessee Unionists to be given surplus U.S. Army draft animals for farm work, excerpt from Special Orders No. 96)" from the browsable PDF version of this source (downloaded from Art Circle Public Library website). I could probably shorten that section title This is my attempt at a bibliography entry in Chicago Style. (APA and MLA would be different):
I've changed it half a dozen times and still don't know if I'm right. I sometimes include extra info, hoping that if someone really needs to do a look-up from my citation and the URL doesn't work, they might still be able to find my source. Above, I've put both the title of the source (Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook) and the website (Art Circle Public Library) in italic font; I'm not sure if I should. For examples, I looked at "books published online," "chapter in a book," "published thesis," and "electronic database." This has elements of all those things.
Originally, I came across one chapter of this source in a Google search. At that time, it was served up by Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook website. The site probably went over its server limits, because it no longer publishes this source. Next I found the source at Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) in its browsable form. Later, it disappeared, but I found bits of it in searches. The new bits had the address of ArtCircleLibrary, but they really came up out of context, as single chapters, delivered as PDF downloads. It was kind of hard to back-track, but I browsed the library website and finally found the book. It was filed under Cumberland County Archives and Family Heritage Center. There, I found the name of the editor. The "book" doesn't have a title page, per se (that I could find), so I don't have a publication date. I didn't use a location, since it's not formally listed on a title page, but the Tennessee Historical Commission is Nashville based, if needed.
The page numbers start over at page 1 for each chapter; and, since the URL links to the whole chapter, not the specific page, I thought it wise to include page numbers and indicate that they are "of" so many pages in the chapter "(pgs. 14-15 of 128 in April 1864)." In my corresponding citation, I might also indicate the author's source "(citing O.R.)," but that may be superfluous. Actually, for this reference, I'd do my best to find the original text in O.R. and cite that, instead. But this same source also has some nice tidbits that aren't easy to find elsewhere, such as extracts from Civil War era newspapers and diaries. As best I can thresh out the many examples I've found, I should include the editor when there is both an author and editor. The newest version of Chicago Style says I should spell out "edited by" (verb form of editor) but may use "ed." if putting it after an editor's name (noun form of "editor"). They didn't say why or which one to choose, but my hunch was, in putting it after the author, I should say "edited by." Many of the examples I've found out there use abbreviations and standards that are now outdated, according to the newest style manual--so it's hard to pick and choose examples.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Governor Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) wants General Thomas to command (not Sherman).
Governor Andrew Johnson wants President Abraham Lincoln to Put General George H. Thomas in charge of the Department of the Cumberland.
Letter from Andrew Johnson, Governor of Tennessee, to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. March 21, 1864.
[BEGIN QUOTE]:
Louisville, Ky., March 21, 1864.
(Received 6 p. m.)
His Excellency President Lincoln:
The Department of the Cumberland ought to be placed under the command of Major-General Thomas, receiving his instructions and orders directly from Washington.
I feel satisfied from what I know and hear that placing the command of the department under General Sherman, over Thomas, will produce disappointment in the public mind and impair the public service.
General Thomas has the confidence of the army and the people, and will discharge his duty, as he has from the commencement of the rebellion. He will, in my opinion, if permitted, be one of the great generals of the war, if not the greatest. I will be in Nashville to-morrow and will dispatch you again.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Governor of Tennessee.
[END QUOTE]
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 32, Part 3 (Correspondence, Etc.--Union), 105.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152650/m1/114/
Related: Among other things, Sherman called off a scheduled raid into East Tennessee in November 1861, leaving loyal East Tennesseans without support.
Placement of Troops, East Tennessee and North Georgia, Spring 1864.
Placement of Troops, East Tennessee and North Georgia, Spring, 1864.
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 32, Part 3 (Correspondence, etc.), 89-90 (Thomas to Sherman).[Report of]:
Geo. H. Thomas, Major-General, U.S. Volunteers, Commanding.
Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, Chattanooga, Tenn., March 18, 1864
[To]: Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, Comdg. Mil. Div. of the Mississippi, Nashville, Tenn.:
[Report contains placements of his troops including these few following, selected, related to my own project]:
LINK TO PAGE 90
Quotes (all on page 90; not necessarily in order--pulled out of paragraphs):
"The Eleventh Corps (Howard's) on the railroad, between Bridgeport and this place."
"Two divisions of the Fourth Corps, under Gordon Granger, and the Tennessee brigade of infantry, are on detached service with the Army of the Ohio in East Tennessee."
"One division (Stanley's) Fourth Corps, is stationed at Blue Springs (5 miles in advance of Cleveland, on the railroad between that place and Dalton) and at Ooltewah."
"The troops occupy strong positions, and are favorably placed to guard the railroad to East Tennessee and the Charleston railroad, so far as occupied."________
Other towns and troops are mentioned. Towns include Ringgold, Graysville, and La Fayette.
He mentions intelligence from Dalton, Rome, Kingston, Resaca, and Etowah Bridge.
East Tennessee Bridge Burnings (links)
Unionists tried to burn bridges, take Tennessee in 1861
(Article in Knoxville News Sentinel, Nov. 05, 2011.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/state/unionists-tried-to-burn-bridges-take-tennessee-in-1861-ep-402657779-357414431.html
Wikipedia Article: East Tennessee Bridge Burnings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings
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