Saturday, May 07, 2011
150 Years Ago -- Tennessee
On Tuesday, May 7, 1861, the state of Tennessee, technically still in the Union until a referendum on June 8, moved closer to secession with the legislature approving of a league with the Confederacy. Clashes erupted between Unionists and secessionists in Knoxville, leaving one man dead.
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