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Back Door to Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Fort Dickerson came under attack only once during the Civil War.
Battle of Campbell's Station
Farragut, TN
The Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside, pursued by Gen. James Longstreet from Lenoir's Station via Concord, eluded an attempt by Gen....
Birthplace of Admiral Farragut
Birthplace of Admiral Farragut Born July 5th 1801 Erected by Bonny Kate Chapter D. A. R. Knoxville Dedicated by Admiral Dewey May 15th 1900
Civil War Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
What Brought the Armies of the Blue and the Gray to Knoxville?
David Glasgow Farragut
Farragut, TN
A native of Stony Point (Low's Ferry) David Farragut moved to New Orleans at the age of three.
Fort Dickerson
Knoxville, TN
1863 One of sixteen Union Army earthen forts and battery positions protecting Knoxville, Nov. 1863May 1865.
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Knoxville, TN
Fort Dickerson was one of the sixteen Federal forts and battery emplacements constructed around Knoxville during the Civil War.
Forts Dickerson and Stanley
Knoxville, TN
Fort Dickerson to the west and Fort Stanley to the east were the center two of four fortified heights held by the Federals south of the...
The 1863 Siege of Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Introduction. After defeating the Union Army of the Cumberland in the bloody battle of Chickamauga (Sep 18-20, 1863) and besieging the...