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James Jones is a public historian for the Tennessee Historical Commission and State Historic Preservation Office. He began collecting little known and unknown historic narratives "one entry at a time" at the library during his lunch hours. As his database grew, so did his appetite for the curious and colorful events that comprise Tennessee's past. Before he knew it, a full-length book emerged and the rest of us can benefit from over four years of his "lunch time" research. Maintaining the calendar form, Every Day In Tennessee History features multiple entries on each day in the calendar year, generously illustrated with archival photographs. While many of the entries deal with famous personalities and events, the majority found their way into the collection because they were not famous or well-known, including Ida B. Wells' account of her first baseball game, the nuptials of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, the completion of a hydroelectric dam, the closing of a red-light district, and hundreds more diverse and fascinating historical "tidbits".
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Today in history
- 1815, Poor roads
- 1843, Filibustering, Piracy and the African Slave Trade. By W. T. Block
- 1856, Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. By STEPHEN KANTROWITZ
- 1861, Leonidas J. Polk appointed to command of the Army of Tennessee to oversee the transition of the Tennessee Provisional Army to the forces of the Confederacy
- 1861, Prominent Memphis citizens urge the appointment of Gideon J. Pillow as Commander of the Army of Tennessee
- 1861, Battle of Carthage, Missouri, July 5, 1861
- 1862, Skirmish at Battle Creek
- 1862, Affair at Walden’s Ridge, part of Morgan’s Raid
- 1862, " Kate Marchbanks stopped her & was telling her how much she admired Mr. Riddell, thought him so handsome, &c." An entry from the Kate Carney Diary
- 1863, The Tullahoma Campaign from the view of a Wisconsin soldier
- 1863, Dead Confederate Soldiers in the Wheatfield Near Emmittsburg Road - Gettysburg PA, ca. July 5, 1863
- 1864, Ambush of Memphis and Charleston railroad by Confederate guerrillas
- 1864, The establishment of a Civil Commission in occupied Memphis
- 1864, Federal expedition from La Grange, Tenn.
- 1864, Expedition from La Grange to Tupelo, MS
- 1864, Special Orders, No. 73, taxation in Memphis
- 1879, Near Lynching of a white man
- 1880, The Last Duel Fought in South Carolina. By Colleen Rhodes
- 1905, Myles Horton
- 1932, Highlander Folk School established
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Friday, May 30, 2008 - 05:36 PM MAY 28,1864 - Logistics in Louisiana
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MAY 28, 1864 - Logistics in Louisiana
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 10:03 PM A Civil War tale worthy of Memorial Day commemoration.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 03:14 AM Federal medical report relative to wounds suffered at the battle of Lookout Valley
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 04:21 AM Loyalty and Ice in Memphis
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 01:09 PM “A Wild Man"
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 04:00 AM MTX 44344 in the Old South
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 03:47 AM Florida Water
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 03:30 AM William Tylee Ranney. By Liinda Ayres
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 03:11 AM THE GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS IN PETERSBURG VIRGINIA.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 03:01 AM DIARY. JULIA JOHNSON FISHER
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