Coinciding with the arrival of Black History Month, the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and Travel South today announced the expansion of its portion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

Civil War Trails Executive Director Drew Gruber said the location of the sign is "at the site where for the first time in Tennessee regiments of Black men, many formerly enslaved, fought for their ...

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1864, hundreds of Union soldiers arriving through light fog on the James River crept ...

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Visitors to Tennessee will now get a dose of history at welcome centers around the state with new Civil War exhibits. Thursday's unveiling comes on the heels of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery and a Lincoln presenter will participate in the event at Redlands’ Lincoln Shrine.

More battles were fought in Tennessee during the Civil War than any other state except Virginia. In Knoxville, the war came to the heart of the city − and to the state's flagship campus.

— The Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism and the City of Bluff City will hold a dedication ceremony for “Burning Bridges,” a Tennessee Civil War Trails marker, on Jan. 20.