Tennessee
[,teni'si:]
Definition
(noun.) a state in east central United States.
(noun.) a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky.
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Examples
- It was then a Union victory, in which the Armies of the Tennessee and the Ohio both participated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This would keep him between our garrisons in East Tennessee and the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Memphis and Charleston Railroad strikes the Tennessee at Eastport, Mississippi, and follows close to the banks of the river up to the shoals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was the great strategic position at the West between the Tennessee and the Mississippi rivers and between Nashville and Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From Fort Henry expeditions were to be sent against Eastport, Mississippi, and Paris, Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If he had captured Chattanooga, East Tennessee would have fallen without a struggle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was in this way Edison made his way south as far as Memphis, Tennessee, where the telegraph service at that time was under military law, although the operators received $125 a month. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The following were his orders: Headquarters 13th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky, but I believe he will be forced to follow me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My district only embraced West Tennessee and Kentucky west of the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 19th of March he was at Columbia, Tennessee, eighty-five miles from Pittsburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Tennessee River was very high and there was water to a considerable depth in the ravine. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At this point Wheeler, who had been ordered from Tennessee, arrived and swelled the numbers and efficiency of the troops confronting Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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