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Reprise: The Bridge Burners
In 1861, a group of forty Unionists of East Tennessee, some of them from Knoxville, set out to put their actions where their politics were. They plotted to burn regional railroad bridges to stop or at least slow Confederate soldiers … Continue reading
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The Bridge Burners
In 1861, a group of forty Unionists of East Tennessee, some of them from Knoxville, set out to put their actions where their politics were. They plotted to burn regional railroad bridges to stop or at least slow Confederate soldiers … Continue reading
Hanging of the bridge burners
A drawing by Confederate engineering Col. (later Gen.) Danville Leadbetter of the Unionists hung after they burned several railroad bridges, threatening Knoxville’s ability to supply the Confederate armies. Their lawyer John Baxter lost his fight to save them from the … Continue reading
KNOXVILLE 1863, the novel 