East Tennessee bridge burnings
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east-tennessee-bridge-burnings-205-8055861
title:
East Tennessee bridge burnings
text:
The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Southern Unionists in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861. The operations, planned by Carter County minister William B. Carter and authorized by President Abraham Lincoln, called for the destruction of nine strategic railroad bridges, followed by an invasion of the area by Union Army forces then in southeastern Kentucky. The conspirators managed to destroy five of the nine ta
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description:
Guerrilla operations during the American Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings
date created:
2011-01-16T01:54:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:42:19Z
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