Military Monuments & Museums
Visit the Hazen Brigade Monument which commemorates the Stones River Campaign, a decisive battle favoring Union forces. This monument is noted as the oldest intact civil war monument still standing in its original location. Carnton Mansion, once used as a field hospital for wounded and dying Confederate soldiers, offers tours of the house, grounds and garden. Explore historic Lairdland Farm House and Civil War Museum where you can see an extensive collection of Union and Confederate artifacts, or head for the memorial in Greeneville, the only memorial in Tennessee to honor troops from both the Union and Confederate armies.
Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum
Located on the beautiful campus of Lincoln Memorial University, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum is one of Harrogate's finest attractions. Home to one of the most diverse Lincoln and Civil War collections in the country, The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum offers something for every Abraham Lincoln enthusiast. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Harrogate, TN
Phone: (423) 869-6235
Affair at Travisville
September 29th. , 1861 marks the date of what has become known as the Affair at Travisville. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Byrdstown, TN
Phone: (931) 864-8585
American Museum of Science & Energy
American Museum of Science and Energy is a center for exploration dedicated to the WWII Manhattan Project history and the science that emerged from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Live demonstrations, interactive exhibits and presentations. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Oak Ridge, TN
Phone: 865-576-3200
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
The site marks the home of the 17th president, who succeeded Lincoln and oversaw Reconstruction.
Born in 1808, Andrew Johnson ran away from home with his brother to Greeneville, Tennessee, at age 16, where he became a tailor. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Greeneville, TN
Phone: 423-638-3551
Armstrong-Lockett House & W.P. Toms Memorial Gardens "Crescent Bend"
The Armstrong-Lockett House built in 1834 just west of downtown Knoxville, this southern antebellum home was once the centerpiece of a 600 acre working farm and is named for its prominent setting overlooking a majestic crescent bend in the Tennessee River. Meticulously restored in 1977, Crescent Bend is furnished with Eighteenth Century antique furniture, decorative arts, and an outstanding collection of English silver, circa 1569-1830. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Knoxville, TN
Phone: 865-637-3163
Battle of Hartsville Civil War Driving Tour & Memorial Park
Across courthouse, signs direct you to trail that overlooks battlefield. Graves of Civil War soldiers and monument with all names carved. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Hartsville, TN
Phone: 615-374-9243
Battle of Hartsville Memorial Park
17-stop self guided driving tour and Battle of Hartsville Memorial Park. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Hartsville, TN
Phone: 615-374-9243
Battle of Nashville Monument
<p>The 1926 statue by Giuseppe Moretti has recently been restored and rededicated on a small tract of the battlefield where the clash of Dec. 15-16, 1864, took place. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-532-1550
Battle of Parkers Crossroads Self-Guided Driving Tour
The Battle of Parkers Crossroads was fought Dec. 31, 1862. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Parker's Crossroads, TN
Phone: (731) 968-1220
Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery & Park
Home of Hoover's Gap Civil War Battlefield. Site brochures and interpretive signs of one of the South's earliest Confederate cemeteries. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Beech Grove, TN
Phone: 931-571-7311
Beech River Cultural Center & Museum
Chronicles the history of Henderson County. Displays pertain to geology, native inhabitants, early settlers and wars. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Lexington, TN
Phone: 731-967-0306
Belle Meade Plantation
Once one of the largest private estates in Nashville encompassing 5,400 acres and home to five generations of the Harding-Jackson family, Belle Meade Plantation today is a 30-acre historic site 6 miles west of Nashville. Before the Civil War, Belle Meade flourished; today bullets from the Battle of Nashville scar the house, used as Confederate Gen. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-356-0501
Belmont Mansion
The largest house museum in Tennessee. One of the few 19th-century homes in which the story revolves around a woman. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-460-5459
Bills-McNeal Historic District
Some of Bolivar's oldest and most historically significant homes are found in this district. Structures include the McNeal house and the Pillars. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Bolivar, TN
Phone: 731-658-6554
Main Street McMinnville
Main Street McMinnville is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to the revitalization and development of downtown McMinnville. Their vision of historic downtown McMinnville is to create a safe, culturally rich and architecturally preserved downtown which is vibrant and eye-appealing, family and community oriented, and commercially viable. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: McMinnville, TN
Phone:
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