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The Civil War arrived on the very doorsteps of La Grange on June 13, 1862, less than one week after the fall of Memphis to Union troops. From that moment, either Union or Confederate soldiers occupied the town due to its strategic importance along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Apr 20, 2011 · While in this same month, Confederate, Maj. Gen.Earl Van Dorn was planning to converge with forces under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge at Grand Junction, 3 miles to the east of La Grange for the purpose of attacking Grant's extended line in West Tennessee.
Mar 16, 2009 · Its location on a bluff made it a natural military post; during the Civil War it was occupied by Union forces from 1862-65. It was an ante bellum center of wealth, education, and culture, having in 1862 two colleges, four academies, two newspapers, and 3,000 citizens.
As a key supply base 1862-1865, La Grange suffered from Union occupation during the Civil War. After Federal occupation in 1862, LaGrange became the headquarters for Gen. William T. Sherman.
Apr 20, 2011 · #1. This is one of many antebellum mansions still standing in LaGrange, TN. The town is on Hwy 57 about an hour's drive from Memphis. Three miles from Grand Junction. Here's the link to the town's website where you can read the town's history and view the other mansions. http://www.lagrangetn.com/default.htm. Westover of Woodstock.
This sourcebook aims at chronicling the military, economic, social and political history associated with the Civil War as it happened in Tennessee. The sources consulted were diaries, period newspapers, official Civil War records, diaries, ship deck logs, letters, and historical articles.
The 1863 Battle of Newton's Station and Grierson's cavalry exploits through Mississippi between La Grange, Tennessee and Baton Rouge, Louisiana were the basis of the 1959 movie The Horse Soldiers, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers, and inspired by the earlier 1956 historical fiction novel by Harold ...
