War of 1812 History
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Continue reading →In the Southeastern section of Coffee Co., is a large and modern Military Facility, called Arnold Air Force Station. This project and the story behind it is the biggest event in local history, since the Civil War. It marks a … Continue reading →
The Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. The following list are individuals in the index from Coffee County. For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact … Continue reading →
Introduction: Robert C. Carden was born in Coffee County, Tennessee on July 4, 1843, the youngest of the five children of Reuben and Sarah (nee’ Henry) Carden. On May 23, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Manchester, Tenn. … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1912 CHAPTER XIX Although in my four years experience in the war between the states I saw many sad things. I never saw a sadder thing than happened near Dalton, Georgia, while we were … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1912 CHAPTER XVIII The commission that sat on the case when Sam Davis was tried was composed of the following: Col. Madison Miller, 18th Missouri; Lieut-Col. Thos. W. Gains, 50th Missouri Inf.; Mayor Lathrop, … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1912 CHAPTER XVII In writing these sketches, before I close, I want to chronicle the death of Sam Davis, a Tennessee hero. The following condensed sketch was furnished by Joshua Brown, of New York … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1912 CHAPTER XVI When I got home there was just one mare on the place and she was two years past and that was the stock I made the first crop with. After my … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1912 CHAPTER XV I remember another heroine. Lieut. Buford, of an Arkansas regiment. She stepped and walked, the personification of a soldier boy, had won her spurs at the battle of Bull Run, Shiloh … Continue reading →
BOONE, IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1912 HEROINES OF THE SOUTH In Rhea county, Dayton, Tenn., was organized the only Ladies Company in all the land of Dixie. The object of this company was to visit relatives, friends and sweethearts … Continue reading →