Bob Duncan hands a weathered three-foot sword to Tennessee archivist Wayne Moore. Moore handles the weapon with white cotton gloves. "What information do you have about it, Bob?" Moore asks. "It was ...

In 2011, the nation marked the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War. To commemorate the historic event, Nashville Public Television (NPT) and the Renaissance Center present Tennessee Civil ...

This post contains affiliate links. Read the full disclosure here. When I traveled to Franklin, TN, going to the historic Civil War sites wasn’t exactly my top priority. I was more interested in the ...

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area was designated in 1996. It is managed by the Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation. Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: ...

FRANKLIN – The long-lost diary of prominent Nashville historical figure and Civil War officer Randal William McGavock is now back in Tennessee after decades spent on a closet shelf in a Cincinnati ...

The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on ...

More battles were fought in Tennessee during the Civil War than any other state except Virginia. In Knoxville, the war came to the heart of the city − and to the state's flagship campus. What did the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Three different sites in Middle Tennessee have been awarded grants by the Tennessee Wars Commission as part of an ongoing effort to preserve Civil War sites of significance ...

The 1886 Tennessee gubernatorial race between brothers Alf and Bob Taylor, known as the War of the Roses, was a remarkably civil campaign. Despite their differing political affiliations, the brothers ...