Giles Countians Distinguished Themselves in War of 1812 By Claudia Johnson In the same year Giles County was created, 1809, newly elected President James Madison and his style setting wife, Dolly, moved into the White House. Tennessee was a mere child of thirteen, and...
James Carrell, War of 1812 Soldier The history of the Carrell Family is traced from Fairfax, Va., in the early 1700s through Granville County, N.C., during the Revolutionary period on to Williamson County, Tenn., during the War of 1812 and finally to Giles County,...
November 24, 2024, marks 160 years since Campbellsville experienced the tragedy of the Civil War firsthand. That morning in 1864 just as most families were finishing breakfast and beginning their workday, 4,000 Union cavalrymen under the command of Gen. Edward Hatch...
