Civil War in East Tennessee by joshua https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war By: Joshua Leach and Matt Benton en-us 2016-11-15 13:55:09 UTC 2023-10-14 07:12:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union. Most of East Tennessee, and Nashville was pro-Union. bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137714751 Tennessee was also the first state to rejoin the Union]]> 2016-11-15 14:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137714751 Nashville eventually stopped being pro-union, but East Tennessee stayed mostly pro-union. bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137715128 2016-11-15 14:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137715128 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137717377 2016-11-15 14:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137717377 Most of the Tennesseans spoke bitterly of the north. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137720111 2016-11-15 14:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/137720111 There were many smaller wars in Tennessee, such as the Battle of Brentwood, Battle of Bull's Gap, and Battle of Blountville. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138050388 2016-11-16 13:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138050388 Most of these wars were short and some were won by the union and the others won by the Confederacy. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138051273 2016-11-16 13:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138051273 http://cw.tnvacation.com/civil-war jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138052573 2016-11-16 13:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138052573 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138052917 2016-11-16 13:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138052917 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138054682 2016-11-16 13:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138054682 The biggest battles in Tennessee were the battles of Shiloh, Stones River, and Chattanooga. bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138054964 2016-11-16 13:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138054964 The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in American History at its time, producing more then 23,000 casualties bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138055606 Later the Battle of Gettysburg became the deadliest battle in American History, with 40,000 to 50,000 casualties.]]> 2016-11-16 13:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138055606 Often, people would play Yankee Doodle during the war or after a death. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138387324 2016-11-17 13:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138387324 If anyone owned a slave in East Tennessee, they were often used for household servants instead of garden-workers. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138388307 2016-11-17 13:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138388307 Most household slaves were treated better, they were usually fed and given a room including a bed. jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138388884 2016-11-17 13:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138388884 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138389540 2016-11-17 13:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138389540 During the war years, many pro-union east Tennesseans would spy for the north, burn bridges to halt Confederate movement, and cut telegraph wires. bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138391117 Others would use  guerrilla warfare to attack Confederate troops.]]> 2016-11-17 13:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138391117 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138391647 2016-11-17 13:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138391647 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138392000 2016-11-17 13:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138392000 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138684429 2016-11-18 13:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138684429 bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138690103 2016-11-18 13:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/138690103 bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/139087987 2016-11-21 14:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/139087987 The Battle of Fort Sanders bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140160524 The Battle of Fort Sanders was the first crucial battle in the Knoxville Campaign.
 The General in command of the Confederate army was unaware of how deep a ditch between the walls and the hill were, so when his men attacked they fell down the ditch, and were fired upon by the Union Troops defending the fort.
One Union soldier was asked what the battle was like and he said, "It was like Shooting ducks in a cage."]]> 2016-11-28 13:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140160524 jeleach05 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140480495 2016-11-29 13:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140480495 bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140489216 2016-11-29 13:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140489216 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_in_the_American_Civil_War bentomat000 https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140489803 2016-11-29 13:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jeleach05/civil_war/wish/140489803