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'Civil War Trails Committee' Selecting Local Visitor Sites

Source: The Greeneville Sun
by Staff
Date: 2008-04-08

The Greene County Partnership has appointed a "Civil War Trails Committee" to assist in identifying qualified local sites within Greene County as prospective sites for the new visitor "trail" through Tennessee.
 
Civil War Trails is a multi-state program that identifies, interprets, and creates driving tours of both the major Civil War events and the lesser known Civil War sites.
 
Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina have programs, and further development of the Civil War Trails is being funded in Tennessee and West Virginia.
 
Committee Members
 
Committee members are local historian Donahue Bible; Battle of Blue Springs representative Bill Ringel; Wilhelmina Williams representing the Nathanael Greene Museum and the Dickson Williams Mansion; Greeneville Alderman Sarah Webster; and Jim Small, chief of operations for the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site;
 
Also, local historian Dr. Robert Orr; Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Superintendent Lizzie Watts, Partnership President Randy Harrell and Partnership tourism director Tammy Kinser.
 
The local committee has held two meetings to discuss the program, select qualified sites and prioritize sites.
 
Sites Selected
 
The sites selected by the committee are:
 
* The Bridge Burners Monument/Harmon Cemetery on Pottertown Road;
 
* Greene County Courthouse Secession site;
 
* Battle of Blue Springs site;
 
* Dickson-Williams Mansion;
 
* General John Hunt Morgan site;
 
* Tusculum College;
 
* The Greeneville Depot, site of the hangings of Lick Creek bridge burners Hinshaw and Fry;
 
* Bulls Gap Battlefield and fort;
 
* Wesley Cemetery.
 
Statewide Program
 
In regard to the statewide Civil War Trails program, the Tennessee Department of Transportation awarded the Department of Tourist Development a federal enhancement grant of $537,420 which is an 80/20 funding match, with each local community being asked to pay $1,100 per sign as the 20 percent match.
 
The only other cost for each site is a $200 annual maintenance membership fee, which is payable to the Civil War Trails, Inc., for upkeep of the historical marker and trailblazer signs.
 
Orr was selected by the committee to provide liaison to local governments.
 
For more information,visit www.civilwartrails.org or call Tammy Kinser or Randy Harrell at the Partnership, 638-4111, or send an e-mail to tkinser@greenecop.com.