Cheap Things To Do in Adamsville, Tennessee

Just imagine! Clams, snails, crabs, sharks, and giant mosasaurs living in Tennessee! That would be the scene approximately 70 million years ago in what is now West Tennessee as the ancient Gulf of Mexico ... More on familydaysoutusa

Topics: historic homes, history, general. More on MuseumStuff.com

We traveled down to the museum and home of Buford Pusser. More on TripAdvisor

Inscription. A house built here by James Rudd, pioneer ferry operator, was replaced by a house built by David Robinson, whose son-in-law, William H. Cherry, improved and enlarged it. Maj. Gen. C. F. Smith, Federal army commander, ... More on HMDB

Hardin County is located in southern West Tennessee. The Tennessee River bisects the county from south to north. The county is bordered on the south by Lauderdale county, Alabama, and Tishomingo co... More on Tngenweb.org

Inscription. On March 8, 1862 the pro-Union citizens of Savannah turned out to greet the 40th Illinois Infantry, the vanguard of 40,000-man Union invasion force. Residents cheered as the Illinois t... More on HMDB

Inscription. Colonel Hardin was born in Virginia but moved to North Carolina in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, he fought at King's Mountain and elsewhere in the South. He was Speaker of the House of the State of Franklin in 1785 ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front): Minnesota: (Back): First Minnesota Battery Light Artillery. Capt. Emil Munch, Brig. Gen. B. M. Prentiss' Division. Army of the Tennessee. Engaged from early in the morning, when Capt. Munch was wounded and disabled, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. C. S. General Albert Sidney Johnston, Commanding the Confederate Army, Died Here at 2:30 P. M. April 6, 1862: Senator Isham G. Harris, who was Governor of Tennessee in 1862 and was ser... More on HMDB

Inscription. C. S. General Albert Sidney Johnston, Commanding, the Confederate Army, Was mortally wounded, at 2.30 P. M. April 6, 1862, Died in ravine, 50 yards, south-east, at, 2:45 P. M. , Locat... More on HMDB

Inscription. U. S. Col. Julius Raith, 43rd Ill. Commanding, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee. Was mortally wounded here, at 10:00 A. M. April 6, 1862. Died on Steamer Hannibal, Apri... More on HMDB

Inscription. On shield on cannon: Colonel Everett Peabody, 25th Mo. Commanding 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee. Was killed here at 9 A. M. April 6, 1862. On star: U. S. Headquarter... More on HMDB

The Civil War Discovery Trail teaches the story of the Civil War and its enduring impact on the America we know today by linking more than 600 sites in 31 states, the District of Columbia, and thre... More on Civilwardiscoverytrail.org

Inscription. On the first day of March 1862, Gibson's (La.) Battery occupied this bluff, and was supported by the 18th Louisiana Infantry, and a detachment of cavalry. At about 10 a.m. the battery ... More on HMDB

Inscription. After being driven from their camps by attacking Confederates about 9:00 a.m. more than 4,000 Union soldiers retreated to the woods to your left, and took position along the "Sunken Ro... More on HMDB

Inscription. In the woods to the right and behind you lay the heart of the Hornets' Nest, where Union infantry and artillery held out eight hours against the Confederate tide. The Federals repulsed... More on HMDB