Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Knox County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The French Broad-Holston Country
Author: Two Men and A People
Author: Gregory H. BlakePublisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644247224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Two opposing generals and the people of East Tennessee met in the fall of 1863. For James Longstreet, the commander of the Confederate forces, the campaign for Knoxville and East Tennessee marked the nadir of his military career, which climaxed in December 1863, with him submitting a letter of resignation as commander of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. For Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Federal forces, the campaign demonstrated his leadership and tactical ability following his December 1862 debacle as commander of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. For the region of East Tennessee and Knoxville, the campaign enabled the people to reach the pinnacle they had aspired to since their settlement of the region. They had escaped economic and religious oppression in Europe, negotiated and fought with the Cherokee Indian Nation, created the State of Franklin (which was denied statehood), saw its political power vanish to Middle Tennessee, and was limited in its economic development by the region's landscape.
The French Broad-Holston Country
Author: East Tennessee Historical Society. Knox County History CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Knox County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Knoxville, Tennessee
Author: William Bruce WheelerPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572333369
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"In this new edition, Wheeler argues that, like Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (1925), Knoxvillians have fabricated for themselves a false history, portraying themselves and their city as the almost impotent victims of historical forces that they could neither alter nor control. The result of this myth, Wheeler says, is a collective mentality of near-helplessness against the powerful forces of isolation, poverty, and even change itself. But Knoxville's past is far more complicated than that, for the city contained abundant material goods and human talent that could have been used to propel Knoxville into the ranks of the premier cities of the New South - if those assets had not slipped through the fingers of both the leaders and the populace.
Valleys of the Shadow
Author: Reuben Grove ClarkPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870498190
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
They also offer valuable analyses of battles from a participant's point of view and discuss the irony many soldiers felt when combat pitted them against men they had known before the war in business, politics, and society.
The French Broad-Holston Country
Author: Mary U. RothrockPublisher:
ISBN: 9780941199025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
The French Broad
Author: Wilma DykemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French Broad River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Slavery in the City
Author: Clifton EllisPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813940060
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Countering the widespread misconception that slavery existed only on plantations, and that urban areas were immune from its impacts, Slavery in the City is the first volume to deal exclusively with the impact of North American slavery on urban design and city life during the antebellum period. This groundbreaking collection of essays brings together studies from diverse disciplines, including architectural history, historical archaeology, geography, and American studies. The contributors analyze urban sites and landscapes that are likewise varied, from the back lots of nineteenth-century Charleston townhouses to movements of enslaved workers through the streets of a small Tennessee town. These essays not only highlight the diversity of the slave experience in the antebellum city and town but also clearly articulate the common experience of conflict inherent in relationships based on power, resistance, and adaptation. Slavery in the City makes significant contributions to our understanding of American slavery and offers an essential guide to any study of slavery and the built environment.
Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
Lincolnites and Rebels
Author: Robert Tracy McKenziePublisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195182944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This text presents the story of the Civil War in Knoxville, Tennessee - a perpetually occupied, bitterly divided southern town. It documents the loyalties of more than half of the townspeople, identifies complex patterns of individual decisions, and explores the agonizing personal decisions that the war made inescapable.