Author: Charles D. McGuffey
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Category : Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 618

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Author: Israel Smith Clare
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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 692

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Author: Joseph Bradfield Thoburn
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 658

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Author: East Tennessee Historical Society
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Category : Tennessee, East
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Elena Irish Zimmerman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738542751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Located near the Georgia and Alabama state lines on the sharp Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River, Chattanooga is steeped in history. The town has served as an important junction for river traffic, a stronghold of Native American culture, the site of several noteworthy Civil War battles, and a popular destination for tourists from all over the country.

Author: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting
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Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 810

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Author: Maury Nicely
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ISBN: 9780972252300
Category : Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Tennessee Valley Authority
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Category : Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Maury Nicely
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621908003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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"John T. Wilder was an entrepreneur, Civil War general, and business leader who would become influential in the development of post-Civil War Chattanooga. A northern transplant who made his early fortune in the iron industry, Wilder would gain notoriety in the Western Theater through his victories at the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and throughout the Tullahoma and Atlanta Campaigns while leading the famous "Lightning Brigade." After the Civil War, he relocated to Chattanooga and began the Roane Iron Company and fostered southern ironworks throughout the southeast. He was elected mayor of Chattanooga but would fail to be elected to Congress as its representative. Finally, he was instrumental in the establishment of national military parks in Chattanooga and Chickamauga. Nicely's biography captures the life of a man important to the overall development of Chattanooga and East Tennessee and argues that Wilder was influential in bringing both northern and immigrant populations to the area"--

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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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