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Geography defines East Tennessee as a land of mountains and valleys and with a history and heritage apart from the rest of the state. The East Tennessee Historical Society recognizes this distinctiveness with programs and exhibitions uniquely tailored to the region. Our educational mission is to engage the public with the message that history is important.
On this day in 1864, John Schofield, later Secretary of War, tersely telegraphed his chief of staff, "I do not want any more rebel women in Knoxville," and in August Samuel P. Carter, Union general, asked Major John McGaughy, deputy provost marshal of McMinn County, to send the names of all the women, "who are still open in their expression of disloyalty."