Tennessee Civil War Monuments

Timothy S. Sedore is the author of three books that explore how the Civil War is memorialized in the American South. Tennessee Civil War Monuments joins Mississippi Civil War Monuments and An Illustrated Guide to Virginia as a survey and analysis of the legacy of the war on the American landscape.Sedore is Professor of English at the City University of New York, Bronx Community College. He regularly teaches undergraduate courses in composition, literature, and religious rhetoric. He is also an ordained Baptist minister.

• List of MapsAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. East Tennessee Sullivan CountyWashington County Greene CountyGreenevilleUnicoi County Cocke County Claiborne County Hamblen CountyKnox County Monroe County Polk County Cleveland, Bradley CountyBledsoe CountyChapter Two. Chattanooga, Chattanooga National Military Park: "NOV. 25, 1863 5 P. M."Hamilton County CourthouseChattanooga Confederate CemeteryChattanooga National Cemetery Lookout Mountain and Valley Cravens House Cravens House, the TerracesMissionary RidgePennsylvania ReservationSherman Reservation Phelps ReservationDe Long ReservationSouth of De Long ReservationOhio ReservationSouth of Ohio ReservationBragg ReservationSouth of Bragg ReservationOrchard Knob Reservation Hamilton CountyChapter Three. Middle Tennessee: "Valorous Gray, Glorious Blue"Cumberland CountyVan Buren CountyWarren CountySmith CountyDeKalb CountyGrundy CountyFranklin County Lincoln County Wayne County Moore CountyCoffee County Bedford County Cannon CountyMarshall County Giles County Maury CountyWilliamson CountyRutherford CountyLebanon, Wilson CountyTrousdale CountyMacon CountyDavidson County Sumner CountyRobertson County Montgomery CountyStewart County Dickson County Chapter Four. West Tennessee: "History is An Impartial Witness"Benton County Henry County Weakley County Obion CountyDyer CountyGibson County Lake CountyTipton County Henderson County Decatur CountyMadison CountyHaywood County Hardin CountyHardeman County Shelby CountyMcNairy CountyChester CountyChapter Five. Shiloh National Military Park: "Witness and Testimony" National CemeteryGrant's Last Line of DefenseNear Pittsburg Landing Road and Present Day TN 22West of TN 22, West of Woolf FieldEast of TN 22, West of Woolf FieldWicker Field and Environs, Hamburg-Savannah RoadWoolf Field and EnvironsShiloh Church, Shiloh Spring, Rhea Spring and EnvironsSpain's FieldHamburg-Purdy Road, Review FieldCorinth RoadDuncan Field and EnvironsFemale Figures in MourningIntersection of Cavalry and Corinth-Pittsburg roadsEastern Corinth Road, Sunken Road and VicinitySunken Road, EastHamburg-Purdy RoadLarkin Bell's Field and VicinitySarah Bell's Old Cotton Field and VicinityWicker Field and VicinityCloud Field and VicinityBrown's Ferry RoadCavalry RoadSherman Road and Vicinity6. Chapter 6 NotesWorks ConsultedIndex

"Last state out of the Union, first state readmitted, and only Confederate state unmentioned in the Emancipation Proclamation, Tennessee has a commemorative landscape reflecting complex loyalties and legacies. In this thorough, thoughtful book Timothy Sedore presents 400 Volunteer State monuments with much-needed balance and wisdom. "—Stephen Cushman, Robert E. Taylor Professor of English, University of Virginia"Tennessee Civil War Monuments provides a superb guide to 400 statues, columns, reliefs, and other components of the state's commemorative landscape. From major battle sites such as Shiloh and Chattanooga to a range of other locations, Timothy S. Sedore reproduces inscriptions that reflect the deeply divided nature of Tennessee's wartime experience and illuminate the complexity of historical memory." "—Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War"The Volunteer State sat on the line between the North and the deep South, and as a result became the scene of heavy fighting throughout the war. Timothy S. Sedore's Tennessee Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide gives a detailed, balanced, and comprehensive look at the monumentation that resulted across the state, including its great battlefields at Shiloh and Chattanooga. "—Timothy B. Smith, author of Shiloh: Conquer or Perish, Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg, and The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi."This rich overview of Tennessee's Civil War memorial landscape will serve as a valuable companion to those interested in the war's memory. More than a picture book, Sedore provides a detailed examination of the inscriptions and lays out the context from which these stone sentinels rose."—Caroline E. Janney, Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia