Tag Archives: Nashville Tennessee

Thanksgiving, federal style

When the Civil War started, Thanksgiving was not a national holiday. There seemed to be a tradition of Thanksgiving with turkey in November. Sometimes states (and possibly also localities) declared Thanksgiving Days for a variety of reasons. According to Pilgrim … Continue reading

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“virtual defeat”

A Democrat-leaning publication in upstate New York was skeptical about claims of a Union victory at the Battle of Franklin. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in December 1864: The Battle at Franklin. The battle of Franklin, Tenn., on … Continue reading

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Lemonade Factory

thank goodness for malaria and bad roads and the loss of Nashville and … From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 5, 1862: The Prospect ahead. The public mind of the entire South is fast recovering from the causeless panic occasioned … Continue reading

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