need info about tennesse

[camel]

my brother in law inherited some land 20 minutes from fayetteville tn.He has found some civil war era relics while cleaning up the place.were there any battles or major camps in this area during the war.i plan on driving there from texas this summer.

 

[newbe]

Look in the official records of the civil war,type in Fayetteville and see what comes up.GOOD LUCK

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hi, camel. just the fact your kin found relics there would be enough to pull me in. you wouldn't have to tell me twice! hit it hard, and good luck. hh,

 

[camel]

yep think ill do just that.i have the big red book the atlas of the civil war,cant find anything about fayetteville in it.it doesnt appear to be to far from the battle of chicamauga,maybe there were some skirmishes or outbound camps related to that battle.one relic james has is a wooden canteen that was used in the war ,have you heard of one of those.the things he is finding on the property are rifle parts and bullets.He doesnt have a metal detector.

 

[Helioptra]

I have some plain text files of Civil war books written by the men who took part in some of the battles. Fayetteville was occupied for two years during the Civil war. You can find info on your cities website. www.fayettevillemainstreet.com/history.html . I believe Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was there. Hugh Bright Douglas served under him during that time. I will include a photo of Gen. Forrest....


Helioptra

PS.. Excerpted from Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1-by Gen. Jacob Dolson Cox

It is a natural wish of every soldier to serve with the largest army
in the most important campaign. The order to remain with a
diminished command in West Virginia was a great disappointment to
me, against which I made haste to protest. On the 13th I was
rejoiced by permission to accompany my command to the East.
[Footnote: _Id_., pp. 567, 570.] Preliminary orders had already been
given for making Fayetteville and Hawk's Nest the principal advanced
posts in the contracted operations of the district, with Gauley
Bridge for their common depot of supply and point of concentration
in case of an advance of the enemy in force. I organized two small
brigades and two batteries of artillery for the movement to
Washington. Colonels Scammon and Moor, who were my senior colonels,
were already in command of brigades, and Colonel Lightburn was in
command of the lower valley.