Page 4 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Summer 2005

Summer 2005 http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar Vol. 3, No. 1

TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR

NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA NEWS

� Telling the Whole Story of America�s Greatest Challenge, 1860�1875 �

MTSU, a Tennessee Board of Regents university, is anequal opportunity, non-racially identifiable, educationalinstitution that does not discriminate against individualswith disabilities. AA004-0705

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage AreaCenter for Historic PreservationMiddle Tennessee State UniversityBox 80Murfreesboro, TN 37132

5-31412

Mark Your Calendar

The International Heritage DevelopmentConference, held in Nashville and manyother Tennessee communities duringthe first week of June, was very suc-cessful for both the participants and themany Heritage Area partners who con-tributed to the IHDC�s sessions, work-shops, and special events. Almost 350international, federal, state, and localheritage professionals learned not onlythe best practices of the field but alsogained an invaluable appreciation of thediversity and quality of the many her-itage activities and communities of ourregion.

Activities began with a series of precon-ference tours on Saturday, June 4, toMemphis, Knoxville, and Leiper�s Fork.These trips showcased the state�s threegrand divisions and underscored thestate�s musical and cultural heritage. OnSunday morning, 60 persons attendedthe Heritage Development Institute tolearn how to develop, launch, and run aNational Heritage Area. A specialevening at Belle Meade Plantation,which featured famed southern singerKate Campbell, officially opened theconference.

Monday morning, Nashville�s DowntownPresbyterian Church opened its historic

sanctuary for the Plenary Session fea-turing Nashville�s Mayor Bill Purcell,National Trust for Historic PreservationExecutive Director David J. Brown, andthe chairman of the President�s AdvisoryCouncil on Historic Preservation, JohnL. Nau III. After an afternoon of sessionson topics ranging from the effective useof new media to the benefits and prob-lems of partnering with an internationalheritage site, attendees traveled to FiskUniversity for an evening of art andmusic, with performances by EarliceTaylor of Memphis and AngelaStockdale of the Fisk Jubilee Singers,followed by speakers Governor PhilBredesen, Tennessee Tourism Commis-sioner Susan Whitaker, and civil rightsleader Diane Nash.

On �Workshop Tuesday,� participantsvisited local communities to examinehow to best preserve historic places,discuss developing cultural heritageprograms, and explore venues that have been revitalized without sacrificing

community identity. Destinations includ-ed Murfreesboro, Stones River NationalBattlefield, Lynchburg, Franklin, SpringHill, Pulaski, Linden/Lobelville, Lebanon,Bowling Green, Kentucky, and severalworkshops in Nashville on the topics ofJefferson Street, Metro Parks, MetroGreenways, Board development, andCopper Basin. Tuesday evening, atten-dees experienced Tennessee�s richmusical heritage as they toured theCountry Music Hall of Fame andMuseum and enjoyed the award-winning bluegrass ensemble ValerieSmith and Liberty Pike.

Wednesday opened with additional ses-sions, after which attendees gatheredfor the closing lunch with award-winningauthor and ecologist Janisse Ray. Rayurged her listeners to adopt moreresponsible economic and ecologicalpractices in their daily lives so that theircommunities may survive for futuregenerations.

The conference was sponsored by theAlliance of National Heritage Areas andhosted by the Tennessee Civil WarNational Heritage Area and MiddleTennessee State University�s Center forHistoric Preservation.

Partnering Across the State cont. from p. 3

IHDC participants view the trolley car at theEast Tennessee Historical Society.

Legacy of Stones River SymposiumOccupation and the Home Front in TennesseeOctober 22, 2005, Murfreesboro IHDC a Resounding Success!

The IHDC trip to Memphis included a stopat Graceland.

Discussions also are under way with various Memphispartners for workshops on Heritage Area projects focusedon the Mississippi River as well as the historic ZionCemetery, a key Reconstruction-era property.

Our partnership with the Heritage Foundation ofFranklin and Williamson County to publish a book ofFreedmen�s Bureau labor contracts for 1866 will come tofruition this fall. The publication of this primary source willnot only provide a wealth of historical and genealogicalinformation but will also richly illustrate the transition fromslavery to freedom at the local level.

Staff members assisted the backers of Giles County�sMatt Gardner Homestead, another significant

Wonder what it was like to live in occupied territory during the Civil War?

Then mark your calendars for Saturday, October 22, 2005, andattend the �Occupation and the Home Front in Tennessee� sympo-sium in Murfreesboro. Part of the Legacy of Stones River series,the symposium will feature morning sessions at the RutherfordCounty Courthouse and afternoon sessions at Stones RiverNational Battlefield and Fortress Rosecrans.

Join us in learning from such participants as Stephen V. Ash fromthe University of Tennessee, Jim Lewis from Stones River NationalBattlefield, anthropologist Kevin Smith from MTSU, and CarolCrowe-Carraco from Western Kentucky University, as well as theliving history group Citizens of the Bonnie Blue.

Registration brochures, which will be mailed early in September,can also be downloaded from our Web site athttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar.

Singer Kate Campbell entertained guestsat Belle Meade Plantation.Occupation and the Home

Front in TennesseeSaturday, October 22, 2005A Symposium at the Rutherford County Courthouse

and the Stones River National BattlefieldMurfreesboro, Tennessee

http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar � www.nps.gov/stri � www.mtsu.edu/~tahTennessee Civil War National Heritage Area � National Park Service � Department of History at MTSU

Eastern National � Center for Historic Preservation at MTSUTeaching American History: Cumberland River Valley Consortium and Discover TAHO!

View of the Murfreesboro, Tennessee, public square looking west (ca. 1865), Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University

The Legacy of Stones River

Reconstruction-era property, with the preparation of itsnomination as one of the Tennessee Preservation Trust�s�Ten in Tennessee� endangered historic properties.

We are always looking for new partners. Please con-tact us with your project ideas.

Marsha Blackburn, and Jimmy Naifeh,speaker of the Tennessee House ofRepresentatives. Historian Larry J.Daniel gave the commemorativeaddress.

Page 2 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Summer 2005

The Tennessee Civil War NationalHeritage Area (TCWNHA) is astatewide program dedicated to theinterpretation and preservation ofTennessee�s Civil War andReconstruction resources. Partiallyfunded by the National ParkService, the TCWNHA is one ofseveral projects administered bythe Center for Historic Preservationat Middle Tennessee StateUniversity.

Tennessee Civil WarNational Heritage AreaCenter for Historic PreservationMiddle Tennessee State UniversityBox 80Murfreesboro, TN 37132615-898-2947615-898-5614 faxhttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwarcivilwar@mtsu.edu

A member of the Alliance ofNational Heritage Areaswww.nationalheritageareas.com

TCWNHA Staff

Carroll Van WestDirector

Laura Stewart HolderManager

Michael Thomas GavinPreservation Specialist

Antoinette G. van ZelmHistorian

Melissa ZimmermanProgram Coordinator

Rachel MartinProgram Associate

Workshop TuesdayProves To Be Invaluable

Summer 2005 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Page 3

In addition to exploring best practices in heritage development through tradi-tional conference sessions, the 2005 International Heritage DevelopmentConference showcased Tennessee�s unique history, culture, and heritage pro-grams through 14 mobile workshops in communities across the state onTuesday, June 7. During the workshops, local partners and attendees engagedin mutually beneficial discussions about the heritage development issues fac-ing their communities while visiting key local sites, venues, and attractions.Attendees were able to learn from the successes and challenges facingTennessee communities and share the benefit of their own professionalexpertise. These workshops were made possible through the dedication andhard work of many of our local partners across the state and were viewed bymany attendees as the most educational and valuable aspect of the confer-ence. We would like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to thelocal partners, sponsors, and volunteers listed below who made this day sucha success.

TCWNHA Board of Advisors

Beverly BondUniversity of Memphis

Lee Curtis Tennessee Department of TouristDevelopment

Vilma Scruggs FieldsChattanooga African AmericanMuseum

Glenn GallienThe Nature Conservancy

Jack GilpinTennessee State Parks

Herbert HarperTennessee Historical Commission

Brock HillCumberland County Executive

Marilyn HollandTennessee Department ofTransportation

Stuart JohnsonStones River National Battlefield

Alton KelleyMiddle Tennessee Visitors Bureau

Larry LoftonTennessee RC&D Council

Bobby L. LovettTennessee State University

Randy LucasAttorney

Ben NanceTennessee Division of Archaeology

Dan PomeroyTennessee State Museum

Fred ProutyTennessee Historical Commission

T. Clark ShawCasey Jones Village

Michael ToomeyEast Tennessee Historical Society

Ann ToplovichTennessee Historical Society

Richard TuneTennessee Historical Commission

David G. WallaceStewart County Executive

Ex Officio

Bart GordonU.S. Congress

Douglas HenryTennessee Senate

Steve McDanielTennessee House of Representatives

Heritage Area staff members togetherwith approximately 2,000 peopleattended the unveiling of the new�Passing of Honor� TennesseeMonument at Shiloh battlefield onJune 3. Created by Gerald L.Sanders, the statue depicts threeConfederate soldiers, one of whom isdying and handing his flag to another.Funding for the memorial came fromprivate citizens, heritage groups, andthe Tennessee General Assembly.Representative Steve McDaniel, chairof the monument dedication planningcommittee, was master of cere-monies. Speakers included GovernorPhil Bredesen, Lieutenant GovernorJohn S. Wilder, Representative

Tennessee Monument Dedicated at Shiloh National Military Park

Reenactors and guests gather for the Shilohmonument unveiling.

groups, to find a positive preservationsolution for the Fort Higley site inKnoxville.

The Heritage Area and the TennesseeDepartment of Tourist Developmentcombined efforts on more than theIHDC; we also updated the depart-ment�s �Tennessee�s Civil WarHeritage� site list and met about thepossibility of a new system of Civil Wartour signs.

We have been assisting the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center withidentifying sites for its driving tourbrochure. In particular, we have provid-ed information on historic AfricanAmerican churches and schools for thisCollaborative Partnership project.

Guidelines and an application form forour Collaborative PartnershipProgram can now be downloadedfrom our Web site athttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar.Through this program, we providematching funds for qualified partner-ship projects. Applications for the nextfunding cycle are due August 31.Please contact us about your potentialprojects or if you need any additionalassistance.

A new driving tour for African Americansites in Maury County has just beencompleted, and other driving tour proj-ects are underway for HardemanCounty, the Iron Furnace Trail of theTennessee River, and FentressCounty. In mid-summer, TCWNHAmet with residents in Marion Countyto identify properties for a Civil Warand African American heritage drivingtour.

The Heritage Area assessed historicfamily farms in Hawkins County andJohnson County and worked onplans to support the education pro-grams of the Battle of Blue Springsreenactment in Greene County. Wealso continued working with city andcounty officials, along with heritage

Partnering Across the State

Buffalo Duck River RC&DPerry County GovernmentPerry County Historical SocietyCity of Lobelville, TennesseeTown of Linden, TennesseeHeritage Foundation of Franklin and

Williamson CountyCarnton PlantationThe Factory at FranklinBrentwood Historical SocietyHarlinsdale FarmMiss Mary Bobo�s Jack Daniel DistilleryLynchburg Historical CommissionCity of Pulaski, TennesseeMartin Methodist CollegeGiles County Chamber of Commerce Main Street MurfreesboroDiscovery Center at Murfree SpringRutherford County Convention and

Visitors BureauStones River National BattlefieldCity of Bowling Green, KentuckyCracker Barrel Corporation Middle Tennessee Visitors BureauRippavilla PlantationCenter for Profitable Agriculture

Maury County ArchivesTennessee Children�s HomeLand Trust for TennesseeThe Nature ConservancyJefferson Street United Merchants

PartnershipPalmer SolutionsMetropolitan Nashville Board of Parks and

RecreationMetro Greenways CommissionGreenways for NashvilleMetropolitan Historical CommissionMetropolitan Government of Nashville and

Davidson County Metropolitan Government of Nashville and

Davidson County Mayor�s OfficeAASLHNational Trust for Historic Preservation Tennessee State ParksTennessee Department of Environment

and ConservationTennessee Overhill Heritage AssociationDucktown Basin MuseumDowntown Nashville Public LibraryTennessee Department of Tourist

Development

Participants in the Lynchburg workshop visitedthe Jack Daniel Distillery.

The Trail of Tears Museum was one of thesites on the Pulaski mobile workshop.

The Paris-Henry County Heritage Center is locat-ed in the historic North Poplar neighborhood.

Continued on page 4

Marsha Blackburn, and Jimmy Naifeh,speaker of the Tennessee House ofRepresentatives. Historian Larry J.Daniel gave the commemorativeaddress.

Page 2 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Summer 2005

The Tennessee Civil War NationalHeritage Area (TCWNHA) is astatewide program dedicated to theinterpretation and preservation ofTennessee�s Civil War andReconstruction resources. Partiallyfunded by the National ParkService, the TCWNHA is one ofseveral projects administered bythe Center for Historic Preservationat Middle Tennessee StateUniversity.

Tennessee Civil WarNational Heritage AreaCenter for Historic PreservationMiddle Tennessee State UniversityBox 80Murfreesboro, TN 37132615-898-2947615-898-5614 faxhttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwarcivilwar@mtsu.edu

A member of the Alliance ofNational Heritage Areaswww.nationalheritageareas.com

TCWNHA Staff

Carroll Van WestDirector

Laura Stewart HolderManager

Michael Thomas GavinPreservation Specialist

Antoinette G. van ZelmHistorian

Melissa ZimmermanProgram Coordinator

Rachel MartinProgram Associate

Workshop TuesdayProves To Be Invaluable

Summer 2005 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Page 3

In addition to exploring best practices in heritage development through tradi-tional conference sessions, the 2005 International Heritage DevelopmentConference showcased Tennessee�s unique history, culture, and heritage pro-grams through 14 mobile workshops in communities across the state onTuesday, June 7. During the workshops, local partners and attendees engagedin mutually beneficial discussions about the heritage development issues fac-ing their communities while visiting key local sites, venues, and attractions.Attendees were able to learn from the successes and challenges facingTennessee communities and share the benefit of their own professionalexpertise. These workshops were made possible through the dedication andhard work of many of our local partners across the state and were viewed bymany attendees as the most educational and valuable aspect of the confer-ence. We would like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to thelocal partners, sponsors, and volunteers listed below who made this day sucha success.

TCWNHA Board of Advisors

Beverly BondUniversity of Memphis

Lee Curtis Tennessee Department of TouristDevelopment

Vilma Scruggs FieldsChattanooga African AmericanMuseum

Glenn GallienThe Nature Conservancy

Jack GilpinTennessee State Parks

Herbert HarperTennessee Historical Commission

Brock HillCumberland County Executive

Marilyn HollandTennessee Department ofTransportation

Stuart JohnsonStones River National Battlefield

Alton KelleyMiddle Tennessee Visitors Bureau

Larry LoftonTennessee RC&D Council

Bobby L. LovettTennessee State University

Randy LucasAttorney

Ben NanceTennessee Division of Archaeology

Dan PomeroyTennessee State Museum

Fred ProutyTennessee Historical Commission

T. Clark ShawCasey Jones Village

Michael ToomeyEast Tennessee Historical Society

Ann ToplovichTennessee Historical Society

Richard TuneTennessee Historical Commission

David G. WallaceStewart County Executive

Ex Officio

Bart GordonU.S. Congress

Douglas HenryTennessee Senate

Steve McDanielTennessee House of Representatives

Heritage Area staff members togetherwith approximately 2,000 peopleattended the unveiling of the new�Passing of Honor� TennesseeMonument at Shiloh battlefield onJune 3. Created by Gerald L.Sanders, the statue depicts threeConfederate soldiers, one of whom isdying and handing his flag to another.Funding for the memorial came fromprivate citizens, heritage groups, andthe Tennessee General Assembly.Representative Steve McDaniel, chairof the monument dedication planningcommittee, was master of cere-monies. Speakers included GovernorPhil Bredesen, Lieutenant GovernorJohn S. Wilder, Representative

Tennessee Monument Dedicated at Shiloh National Military Park

Reenactors and guests gather for the Shilohmonument unveiling.

groups, to find a positive preservationsolution for the Fort Higley site inKnoxville.

The Heritage Area and the TennesseeDepartment of Tourist Developmentcombined efforts on more than theIHDC; we also updated the depart-ment�s �Tennessee�s Civil WarHeritage� site list and met about thepossibility of a new system of Civil Wartour signs.

We have been assisting the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center withidentifying sites for its driving tourbrochure. In particular, we have provid-ed information on historic AfricanAmerican churches and schools for thisCollaborative Partnership project.

Guidelines and an application form forour Collaborative PartnershipProgram can now be downloadedfrom our Web site athttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar.Through this program, we providematching funds for qualified partner-ship projects. Applications for the nextfunding cycle are due August 31.Please contact us about your potentialprojects or if you need any additionalassistance.

A new driving tour for African Americansites in Maury County has just beencompleted, and other driving tour proj-ects are underway for HardemanCounty, the Iron Furnace Trail of theTennessee River, and FentressCounty. In mid-summer, TCWNHAmet with residents in Marion Countyto identify properties for a Civil Warand African American heritage drivingtour.

The Heritage Area assessed historicfamily farms in Hawkins County andJohnson County and worked onplans to support the education pro-grams of the Battle of Blue Springsreenactment in Greene County. Wealso continued working with city andcounty officials, along with heritage

Partnering Across the State

Buffalo Duck River RC&DPerry County GovernmentPerry County Historical SocietyCity of Lobelville, TennesseeTown of Linden, TennesseeHeritage Foundation of Franklin and

Williamson CountyCarnton PlantationThe Factory at FranklinBrentwood Historical SocietyHarlinsdale FarmMiss Mary Bobo�s Jack Daniel DistilleryLynchburg Historical CommissionCity of Pulaski, TennesseeMartin Methodist CollegeGiles County Chamber of Commerce Main Street MurfreesboroDiscovery Center at Murfree SpringRutherford County Convention and

Visitors BureauStones River National BattlefieldCity of Bowling Green, KentuckyCracker Barrel Corporation Middle Tennessee Visitors BureauRippavilla PlantationCenter for Profitable Agriculture

Maury County ArchivesTennessee Children�s HomeLand Trust for TennesseeThe Nature ConservancyJefferson Street United Merchants

PartnershipPalmer SolutionsMetropolitan Nashville Board of Parks and

RecreationMetro Greenways CommissionGreenways for NashvilleMetropolitan Historical CommissionMetropolitan Government of Nashville and

Davidson County Metropolitan Government of Nashville and

Davidson County Mayor�s OfficeAASLHNational Trust for Historic Preservation Tennessee State ParksTennessee Department of Environment

and ConservationTennessee Overhill Heritage AssociationDucktown Basin MuseumDowntown Nashville Public LibraryTennessee Department of Tourist

Development

Participants in the Lynchburg workshop visitedthe Jack Daniel Distillery.

The Trail of Tears Museum was one of thesites on the Pulaski mobile workshop.

The Paris-Henry County Heritage Center is locat-ed in the historic North Poplar neighborhood.

Continued on page 4

Page 4 Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area News Summer 2005

Summer 2005 http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar Vol. 3, No. 1

TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR

NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA NEWS

� Telling the Whole Story of America�s Greatest Challenge, 1860�1875 �

MTSU, a Tennessee Board of Regents university, is anequal opportunity, non-racially identifiable, educationalinstitution that does not discriminate against individualswith disabilities. AA004-0705

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage AreaCenter for Historic PreservationMiddle Tennessee State UniversityBox 80Murfreesboro, TN 37132

5-31412

Mark Your Calendar

The International Heritage DevelopmentConference, held in Nashville and manyother Tennessee communities duringthe first week of June, was very suc-cessful for both the participants and themany Heritage Area partners who con-tributed to the IHDC�s sessions, work-shops, and special events. Almost 350international, federal, state, and localheritage professionals learned not onlythe best practices of the field but alsogained an invaluable appreciation of thediversity and quality of the many her-itage activities and communities of ourregion.

Activities began with a series of precon-ference tours on Saturday, June 4, toMemphis, Knoxville, and Leiper�s Fork.These trips showcased the state�s threegrand divisions and underscored thestate�s musical and cultural heritage. OnSunday morning, 60 persons attendedthe Heritage Development Institute tolearn how to develop, launch, and run aNational Heritage Area. A specialevening at Belle Meade Plantation,which featured famed southern singerKate Campbell, officially opened theconference.

Monday morning, Nashville�s DowntownPresbyterian Church opened its historic

sanctuary for the Plenary Session fea-turing Nashville�s Mayor Bill Purcell,National Trust for Historic PreservationExecutive Director David J. Brown, andthe chairman of the President�s AdvisoryCouncil on Historic Preservation, JohnL. Nau III. After an afternoon of sessionson topics ranging from the effective useof new media to the benefits and prob-lems of partnering with an internationalheritage site, attendees traveled to FiskUniversity for an evening of art andmusic, with performances by EarliceTaylor of Memphis and AngelaStockdale of the Fisk Jubilee Singers,followed by speakers Governor PhilBredesen, Tennessee Tourism Commis-sioner Susan Whitaker, and civil rightsleader Diane Nash.

On �Workshop Tuesday,� participantsvisited local communities to examinehow to best preserve historic places,discuss developing cultural heritageprograms, and explore venues that have been revitalized without sacrificing

community identity. Destinations includ-ed Murfreesboro, Stones River NationalBattlefield, Lynchburg, Franklin, SpringHill, Pulaski, Linden/Lobelville, Lebanon,Bowling Green, Kentucky, and severalworkshops in Nashville on the topics ofJefferson Street, Metro Parks, MetroGreenways, Board development, andCopper Basin. Tuesday evening, atten-dees experienced Tennessee�s richmusical heritage as they toured theCountry Music Hall of Fame andMuseum and enjoyed the award-winning bluegrass ensemble ValerieSmith and Liberty Pike.

Wednesday opened with additional ses-sions, after which attendees gatheredfor the closing lunch with award-winningauthor and ecologist Janisse Ray. Rayurged her listeners to adopt moreresponsible economic and ecologicalpractices in their daily lives so that theircommunities may survive for futuregenerations.

The conference was sponsored by theAlliance of National Heritage Areas andhosted by the Tennessee Civil WarNational Heritage Area and MiddleTennessee State University�s Center forHistoric Preservation.

Partnering Across the State cont. from p. 3

IHDC participants view the trolley car at theEast Tennessee Historical Society.

Legacy of Stones River SymposiumOccupation and the Home Front in TennesseeOctober 22, 2005, Murfreesboro IHDC a Resounding Success!

The IHDC trip to Memphis included a stopat Graceland.

Discussions also are under way with various Memphispartners for workshops on Heritage Area projects focusedon the Mississippi River as well as the historic ZionCemetery, a key Reconstruction-era property.

Our partnership with the Heritage Foundation ofFranklin and Williamson County to publish a book ofFreedmen�s Bureau labor contracts for 1866 will come tofruition this fall. The publication of this primary source willnot only provide a wealth of historical and genealogicalinformation but will also richly illustrate the transition fromslavery to freedom at the local level.

Staff members assisted the backers of Giles County�sMatt Gardner Homestead, another significant

Wonder what it was like to live in occupied territory during the Civil War?

Then mark your calendars for Saturday, October 22, 2005, andattend the �Occupation and the Home Front in Tennessee� sympo-sium in Murfreesboro. Part of the Legacy of Stones River series,the symposium will feature morning sessions at the RutherfordCounty Courthouse and afternoon sessions at Stones RiverNational Battlefield and Fortress Rosecrans.

Join us in learning from such participants as Stephen V. Ash fromthe University of Tennessee, Jim Lewis from Stones River NationalBattlefield, anthropologist Kevin Smith from MTSU, and CarolCrowe-Carraco from Western Kentucky University, as well as theliving history group Citizens of the Bonnie Blue.

Registration brochures, which will be mailed early in September,can also be downloaded from our Web site athttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar.

Singer Kate Campbell entertained guestsat Belle Meade Plantation.Occupation and the Home

Front in TennesseeSaturday, October 22, 2005A Symposium at the Rutherford County Courthouse

and the Stones River National BattlefieldMurfreesboro, Tennessee

http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar � www.nps.gov/stri � www.mtsu.edu/~tahTennessee Civil War National Heritage Area � National Park Service � Department of History at MTSU

Eastern National � Center for Historic Preservation at MTSUTeaching American History: Cumberland River Valley Consortium and Discover TAHO!

View of the Murfreesboro, Tennessee, public square looking west (ca. 1865), Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University

The Legacy of Stones River

Reconstruction-era property, with the preparation of itsnomination as one of the Tennessee Preservation Trust�s�Ten in Tennessee� endangered historic properties.

We are always looking for new partners. Please con-tact us with your project ideas.