FRANKLIN – The long-lost diary of prominent Nashville historical figure and Civil War officer Randal William McGavock is now back in Tennessee after decades spent on a closet shelf in a Cincinnati ...

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area was designated in 1996. It is managed by the Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation. Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: ...

Even country music stars are catching on to the appeal of Leiper’s Fork and Franklin, with their intimate venues, rolling ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Three different sites in Middle Tennessee have been awarded grants by the Tennessee Wars Commission as part of an ongoing effort to preserve Civil War sites of significance ...

The ceremony will be a dedication of the new Elijah Wood Civil War Trails Marker. Wood was born into slavery in the area that ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table will be playing host to a special guest speaker, Mr. Thomas Lee Jessee. On September 11, Thomas will be presenting an informative ...

Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Students and professors at the University of Tennessee uncovered remnants of a Civil War trench in the heart of campus recently. State law requires excavation any time there is ...

The Tennessee Civil War 150th license plate is now available at county clerk’s offices across the state. The Civil War 150th Battlefield preservation plate includes the official Tennessee ...

Wood, born into slavery, fought in the Union Army. He returned to Robertsville and founded Wood Chapel and School for other former slaves.