The East Tennessee bridge burnings was a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Southern Unionists in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861. The operations, plan
Cover of Harper's Weekly, showing the bridge-burning conspirators swearing allegiance to the American flag
Rev. Carter photographed c. 1850
Bridges targeted by the bridge burners on the night of November 8, 1861; the red squares indicate bridges that were successfully destroyed; Knoxville and Chattanooga are shown for reference
Depiction of the attacks in Barton's A Hero In Homespun
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The East Tennessee Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates primarily from East Tennessee that met on three occasions during the Civil War. The convention most notably declared the se
East Tennessee Convention Proceedings title page
James G. Spears (vice president)
The old Greene County Courthouse in Greeneville, where the East Tennessee Convention met in June 1861
Tennessee Historical Commission marker in Greeneville, recalling the East Tennessee Convention's June 1861 session