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The Battle of Tazewell, Tennesssee
August 6, 1862
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Descriptions, Articles and Various Accounts
#1 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle by Capt. J. H. Davidson, 14th Kentucky
#2 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle by Lt. George W. Stein, 16th Ohio
#3 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle by Capt. Hamilton Richeson, Company G, 16th Ohio
#4 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle by soldier from Company H (asisgned to Company C), 16th Ohio
#5 - Report of Battle at Tazewell Report of Battle at Tazewell by Gen. George W. Morgan
#6 - Report of Battle at Tazewell Report of Battle at Tazewell by Col. John F. DeCourcey, 16th Ohio/26th Brigade
#7 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle by Capt. Tully C. Bushnell, Company C, 42nd Ohio
#8 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle compiled by the web author
#9 - Anecdote from the Battle of Tazewell An anecdote from the battle by Surgeon B. F. Stevenson, 22nd Kentucky
#10 - Description of Battle at Tazewell Description of battle written by Pvt. Frank H. Mason, Company A, 42nd Ohio
#11 - Description of Battle at Tazewell Description of battle written by an unidentified soldier of the 16th Ohio and submitted to The Tuscarawa Advocate newspaper
#12 - Anecdotes from the Battle of Tazewell Several anecdotes from the battle taken from the History of Company B, 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
#13 - Description and Anecdotes from the battle A very interesting and detailed account of the battle and Rebel imprisonment from an unidentified soldier of Company E
#14 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle written by Pvt. John F. McClelland, Company B, in letter to his wife
#15 - Description of Battle of Tazewell Description of battle reported in The Gallipolis Journal newspaper, August 21, 1862
Maps
#1 - Map of Tazewell, Tennessee Area Civil War era map showing Cumberland Gap and Tazewell, Tennessee area
#2 - Map of Tazewell, Tennessee Area Civil War era map showing Cumberland Gap and Tazewell, Tennessee area
Photographs, Sketches and Images
#1 - Image of Tazewell Battlefield - Site of Joseph Edgar's Death Image of the site where Capt, Joseph Edgar was killed on August 6, 1862, and where Companies B and E were surrounded by Confederates, the primary point of the battle
#2 - Images of Claiborne County Jail Photos of Claiborne County Jail in Tazewell, Tennessee, as it looks today (built in 1819), where 16th Ohio soldiers were imprisoned after capture
The Leaders Images of the Union and Confederate officers commanding the forces at the Battle of Tazewell
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