https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt 5.15 en-us 2018-03-14 00:27:36 UTC 2025-12-31 21:46:46 UTC hello@padlet.com jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241672591 Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee on July 13, 1821. He went on to become a Lieutenant General during the Civil War.]]> 2018-03-14 00:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241672591 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241674814 Was well known for his role in the founding of the Ku Klux Klan. He was the first "Grand Wizard"
(More information at the link below)]]> 2018-03-14 00:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241674814 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241677038 Before becoming the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson worked as a tailor in Greeneville, Tennessee.]]> 2018-03-14 00:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241677038 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241678228 Before Tennessee succeeded from the Union, Johnson traveled around the state speaking out against succession. He was also the only Southern Senator to remain loyal to the Union after his state succeeded. 
(More information at the link below)]]> 2018-03-14 01:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241678228 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241925934 At the age of 18, Sam Davis joined the first Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. Often referred to as "The boy hero of the Confederacy" ]]> 2018-03-14 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241925934 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241931359 In November 1863 Davis was captured by the union army and was offered freedom for information. He refused, was courts-martialed, and sentenced to be hanged. Once again, the offered him freedom but his reply, "I would rather die a thousand deaths before I betray a friend."
(More information at the link below)]]> 2018-03-14 15:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/241931359 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242097210 Born June 26, 1839 in Columbia Tennessee. Sam Watkins went to Jackson college at Columbia and worked as a store clerk until he enlisted in the Confederate Army.]]> 2018-03-14 20:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242097210 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242160078 During the war, Sam Watkins fought at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, The 100 Days Battles, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville and was promoted to fourth corporal for picking up a Union flag during the Battle of Atlanta.]]> 2018-03-15 01:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242160078 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242160939 With encouragement from his family, Sam Watkins wrote Company Aytch: or a Side Show of the Big Show, which told of his experiences during the war.]]> 2018-03-15 01:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242160939 jamieleann31 https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242163708 The following is a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, located in Memphis, TN.]]> 2018-03-15 01:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jamieleann31/lirfr5docwwt/wish/242163708