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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1D_approach-to-shiloh_Stantonville-TN.html
Bragg's Corps, Confederate Army of the Mississippi, leaving its base at Corinth, Miss., the previous afternoon, passed north along this road to join other units for the attack on Federal camps at Shiloh, Apr. 6. Breckinridge's Reserve Corps of thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1B_withdrawal-from-shiloh_Michie-TN.html
The rear guard of the Army of the Mississippi (CSA), under Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, withdrew to Corinth. In this vicinity, about 300 sabres of its cavalry under Col. Nathan B. Forrest, effectively stopped two infantry brigades (USA), and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP5_the-trail-of-tears_Selmer-TN.html
A group of approximately 660 Cherokees traveled through McNairy County in late fall of 1838. Also called Bell's Treaty Party, it was the only detachment to be accompanied by the military. Escorted by U.S. Army Lt. Edward Deas and Cherokee leader J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCMW_battle-of-shiloh_Michie-TN.html
4 mi. N.E., Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of the Mississippi (CS), marching north from Corinth, attacked and partly overran U.S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee (US), which was en route by river to destroy the (CS) base. Arrival of Buell's Army of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBNV_buford-hayse-pusser_Selmer-TN.html
On December 12, 1937, Buford Hayse Pusser was born in Finger, Tennessee. In 1962 he became Adamsville's chief of police. He was elected sherrif of McNairy County in 1864. Soon his courageous fight against crime exposed him to much danger and many …
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