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Execution Of The Bridge~Burners

US 11E (TN 70) east of Bridge Burners Blvd, Midway, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 12' 33.48", -83° 0' 50.76"
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During a five-week period in late 1861, five pro-Union men from the Pottertown community were hanged by Confederate authorities. This was in retaliation for the destruction of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad bridge over Lick Creek, approximately

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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