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Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area tells the whole story of the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction. Its focus includes national battlefields as well as historic houses, museums, cemeteries, churches, towns, and neighborhoods significantly associated with the state's diverse Civil War heritage. The historic area encompasses four Civil War battlefields, the home of Andrew Jackson, and famed Jubilee Hall at Fisk University.

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