To Tennesseans. Can Tennessee stand alone?
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.29 Author/Creator: Place Written: Tennessee Type: Broadside Date: circa June 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 55 x 31.5 cm. Order a Copy
One long sheet. Prints a Tennessee Confederate call to arms and secession published when Tennessee was attempting to secede from the Union. The lower half of this broadside includes a section entitled "Can Tennessee Stand Alone?," which asks the question of whether Tennessee should stay joined to the Confederate states, or attempt to stand alone as a individual, separate nation.
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