Forrest Captures Athens Fort in 1864 Middle Tennessee Raid
The Athens fort on Coleman Hill falls to Nathan Bedford Forrest after Col. Wallace Campbell of the 110th U.S. Colored Infantry surrenders. Forrest roles up the lines, deceives Union commanders, and secures a 500-man relief break, part of the larger Forrest raid through Pulaski and Columbia.
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Athens
Coleman Hill
Wallace Campbell
U.S. Army
Campbell
Nathan Bedford Forrest
C.S.A
Forrest
Nashville
Decatur
L&n
North Alabama
Sherman
110Th U.S. Colored Infantry
111Th U.S. Colored Infantry
Third
Tennessee (Union) Cavalry
P. D. Roddey
Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
Tennessee
Mobile
Robert S. Granger
Roddey
Shoal Creek
Rogersville
Elk River
Pulaski
the Elk
Col
Minnis
Pepper Hotel
J. P. Strange
Streight
Gen
Wheeler
James T. Wheeler
First Tennessee Cavalry
U. S
Middle Tennessee
Sulphur Trestle
Elkmont
Tullahoma
Columbia
Huntsville
South Alabama
Vicksburg
Miss
Gainesville
Trinity High School
Calhoun Adds Fourteen Staff To Technical Junior College
Calhoun State Technical Junior College announces fourteen new staff members this quarter under Dean Jack Campbell. The hires include twelve teachers a guidance counselor and an assistant librarian. Notable additions include Bobby N Powell from Portsmouth NH as guidance counselor and Harriet Fu Mei Jue Huang from Formosa as assistant librarian.
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Calhoun State Technical Junior College
Jack Campbell
Bobby N’ Powell
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Univerversity of
Mississippi
Harriet Fu-Mei Jue Huang
Formosa
Brown Engineering Co
Huntsville
Taiwan Normal University
University of Southern Mississippi
Robert E. Williams
Mississippi -Valley State College
University of Mississippi
Betty Riggs
West Point
Miss
Decatur teen wins grand prize in annual photo contest
Robert E Pitcock Jr a Decatur resident and Florence State University freshman won the grand prize of 50 for two of three submitted photos. His winning image shot in the Smoky Mountains depicts a cabin under snow with another Pitcock photo of a Roselawn Cemetery statue earning a weekly prize. Pitcock developed film himself using a Yashika twin lens reflex and plans to pursue photography more regularly.
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Carl J. Dow
Robert E. Pitcock Jr
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Dow
Robert E. Pitcock, Jr
Flornce’ State University
Pitcock
Smocy Mountains
Roselawn
Robert Pitcock
13Th Ave SE
Thieves Strike During Limestone County Football Night
Limestone County Sheriff M W Evans reports three homes were burglarized while families watched a football game at East Limestone High School. Losses include cash jewelry TVs and farming gear totaling about $1,000. The same night East Limestone lost 21 14.
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Athens
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Evans
Norman Chittam
Capshaw
Everett Conn
Church of Christ
Chittam
Conn
Me tropolitan Dinner Club to host Lopez on Lousy Lover
Henry P. Lopez a top ia at an international New York firm will address the Metropolitan Dinner Club of Decatur Monday at 6 15 p.m. at Burningtree Country Club. Lopez born in Colorado has a Harvard Law degree and California trial work plus TV and writing credits.
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Henry P. Lopez
New York
Decatur
Burningtree Country Club
Colorado
University of Denver
Harvard
California
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Bob Dunnavant
DAILY
The
Kees
Chattanooga
W. T. Sherman
Tupelo, Miss
Tennessee River
Colbert Shoals
Florence
3Rd
John B. Minnis
Bob
Dunnavant
Nathan Forrest
Trinity High
Calhoun
Linda Davis
Jefferson
Middle Tenn
University
MIT
Walter Everett Pope
Cordova Junior High School
Cordova
Alabama A&m and
Alabama State College
Louisa Williams
University of Alabama
Agnes Scott College
Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Rhodas Kirkpatrick
Alabama A&m College
Tuskegeee Institute
Irene A. Nolan
West Virginia
Stats Office
Lopez
Lou
Sy Lover
Life
American Heritage
Horizon
Harpers
Dialogos
Contenido
Mcglathery Lane
S.E
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
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