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| The recently installed marker at Hayslope in Russelville, Tenn. |
A birdie delivered news of the recent installation of a marker in Hamblen County for the Hayslope House (352 Warrensburg Rd., Russellville), a Confederate headquarters during the winter of 1863-1864 and site of an army encampment.
Per the Hayslope web site, "In December 1863, Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws brooded within the walls of Hayslope, the cozy home of Theophilus Rogan and his wife Louisa, where the Confederate general made his headquarters in Russellville, Tennessee. A half mile away, at the Nenney House in downtown Russellville, his commanding officer, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, prepared to relieve him of command, blaming him for the failure of the Siege of Knoxville.
"Between them and around the house in the fields of the Rogan farm, weary soldiers bound their wounds and huddled under threadbare blankets, exhausted from inconclusive campaigns and a growing worry their war against the United States was doomed to failure, and that failure was coming soon. It was bitterly cold in East Tennessee, never particularly friendly toward the Confederates, and extraordinarily unkind in that brutal winter of 1863-1864."
Per my birdie, “This is the fourth Civil War Trails site in Hamblen County and is an important moment for the property owner and for the local economy.”
Civil War Trails, Inc. directs travelers to more than 1,500 sites across six states, including my home state of Pennsylvania. Hayslope is the latest addition to the 360 sites in Tennessee.
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| A 19th-century image of Hayslope. (Tennessee State Library & Archives. Garden Study Club of Nashville Collection: History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee, 1936. |
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