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Big South Tunnel
TN 109, at South Tunnel Road,
TN ,
USA
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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On August 12, 1862, 2.7 miles north of here, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, aided by citizens of Gallatin, demolished the Big South Tunnel on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad by crashing a locomotive into a barrier of timbers. The resulting explosion, fires, and collapse of the tunnel cut off United States Army supply lines to Nashville for 98 days.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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