The East Tennessee Unionist Rebellion
Wayne | June 26, 2017
[Cover of Harper’s Weekly, March 29th, 1862] Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1st, 1796. The history of the region prior to statehood was one of vicious independence, self-reliance and individual liberty. From the foundations of the Watauga Association in 1770 to the defeat of Ferguson at King’s Mountain during the Revolution, the […]