NASHVILLE  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, U.S.A., and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• DAVIDSON, ANDREW BRUCE (1831–1902)
• DAVIDSON, JOHN (1857–1909)
• DAVIDSON, RANDALL THOMAS (1848– )
• DAVIDSON, SAMUEL (1807-1898)
• DAVIDSON, THOMAS (1817-1885)

Davidson county, on the See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland See also:

• RIVER

river, 186 m . S.S.W. of See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky . Pop . (189o) 76,168; (1900) 80,865, of whom 3037 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 30,044 were negroes; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 110,364 . Nashville is served by the Tennessee Central, the Louisville & Nashville, and the Nashville, See also:

• CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga & St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by several steamboat lines . The Cumberland river is crossed here by four See also:

• FOOT

foot-See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges . Nashville is situated on and between hills and bluffs in an un- dulating valley; its streets are paved with See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick or See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite blocks in the business See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section and macadamized or paved with See also:

• ASPHALT, or ASPHALTUM

asphalt in the residential sections . The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city has See also:

• FINE

fine public buildings, many handsome residences, and several beautiful parks . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BUILDING

building is the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, a fine example of pure See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, on the most prominent See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill-See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, with a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower 205 ft. in height . On the grounds about it are a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze equestrian statue of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, by See also:

• CLARK, FRANCIS EDWARD (1851- )
• CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS (1752—1818)
• CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847— )
• CLARK, JOSIAH LATIMER (1822—1898)
• CLARK, SIR ANDREW
• CLARK, SIR JAMES (1788—1870)
• CLARK, THOMAS (1801—1867)
• CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838)
• CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE (1821—1878)

Clark See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

Mills (1815–1883), and the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James K . See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk, who lived in Nashville . Other prominent buildings and institutions are the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government Building, the County See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court House, the City See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, the Tennessee School for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind, the Tennessee See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial School, the State Library, the Library of the State See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society housed in See also:

• WATKINS

Watkins See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, a See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie library, See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park buildings, the State See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

Penitentiary, See also:

• VENDOME
• VENDOME, LOUIS JOSEPH

Vendome See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade Building, the City See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, the St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Hospital (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic), and, near the city, a Confederate Soldiers' See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home and a State Hospital for the Insane .

Eleven See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the city is the " Hermitage," which was the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of President Andrew Jackson . The grounds of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897 (commemorating the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission of Tennessee into the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union) on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west border of the city now constitute Centennial Park, in which still stand the reproduced See also:

• PARTHENON (HapOevwv)

Parthenon of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, the See also:

• HISTORY

History Building, which in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general outline is a See also:

• REPRODUCTION

reproduction of the Erectheum and contains a museum and an See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to the memory of James See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson (1742–1814), the founder of the city . Besides this there are four other parks: Glen-See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

dale Park in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south section, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of much natural beauty; See also:

• SHELBY, ISAAC (1750-1826)

Shelby Park. in the eastern See also:

• PART

part of the city, fronting the river; Watkins Park, on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north; and Cumberland See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

Driving Park . In See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Olivet See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

Cemetery is a beautiful Confederate Soldiers' monument surrounded by the See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves of 2000 Confederate soldiers, and a little to the north of the city is a See also:

• NATIONAL

National Cemetery in which 16,643 Federal soldiers are buried, the names of 4711 of them being unknown . Nashville is one of the foremost educational centres in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern states . In the western part of the city is See also:

• VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS (1794–1877)

Vanderbilt University . This institution, opened in 1875, is under the patronage of the Methodist Episcopal See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, South, and was named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius Vanderbilt, who contributed $1,000,000 to its funds, and whose son, W . H . Vanderbilt, and grandsons, W . K . Vanderbilt and Cornelius Vanderbilt, gave to the university about $820,000 . It is coeducational and embraces an See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, a biblical department, and departments of See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy and See also:

• DENTISTRY (from Lat. dens, a tooth)

dentistry; in 1909 it had 125 instructors and 959 students .

The University of Nashville is a non-sectarian institution embracing a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college department, a medical department, a preparatory department, and the See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• PEABODY
• PEABODY, ANDREW PRESTON (1811–1893)
• PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER (1804-1894)
• PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869)

Peabody College for Teachers; it was incorporated under the See also:

• LAWS

laws of North Carolina as Davidson See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1785 and under the laws of Tennessee as Cumberland College in 18o6, and the See also:

• PRESENT

present name was adopted in 1826 . The George Peabody College for Teachers, an important part of the institution, was opened as a normal school in 1875; in 1907–1908 it had an enrolment (including the summer session) of 647 students . In 1909 it received $r,000,000 from the Peabody Fund, later supplemented by $250,000 from the state, $200,000 from the city and $100,000 from Davidson county . The University of Tennessee, located mainly at See also:

• KNOXVILLE

Knoxville, has at Nashville its medical and dental departments . See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary, opened in 1865, Boscobel College, opened in 1889, and Buford, See also:

• BELMONT, AUGUST (1816–189o)

Belmont and See also:

• RADNOR, EARLS OF

Radnor colleges are all non-sectarian institutions of Nashville for the higher See also:

• EDUCATION

education of See also:

• WOMEN

women . For the education of negroes the city has See also:

• FISK, JAMES (1834-1872)
• FISK, WILBUR (1792-1839)

Fisk University (opened in 1866, incorporated in 1867), under the auspices of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Missionary Association and the Western Freedman's Aid See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission of the Congregational Church (noted since 1871 for its See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

Jubilee Singers,who raised See also:

• MONEY

money for Jubilee Hall, finished in 1876); it embraces a college department, a preparatory department, a normal department and departments of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, See also:

• MUSIC

music and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical training; and See also:

• WALDEN, ROGER (d. 1406)

Walden University, founded as Central Tennessee College in 1866, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and embracing a college department, a normal department, an industrial department, and departments of See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, music, See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

bible training, See also:

• NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse training and domestic See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . The Baptist, the Methodist Episcopal (South), the Cumberland Presbyterian, and the See also:

• AFRICAN

African Baptist and the African Methodist Episcopal churches have See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing houses in Nashville . The leading manufactures of the city are See also:

• FLOUR

flour and grist See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products (valued at $4,242,491 in 1905), See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and See also:

• TIMBER

timber products—Nashville is one of the greatest hard See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood markets in the United States, and in 1905 the value of lumber and timber products was $1,119,162 and of planing-mill products, $1,299,066 —construction and repair of See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam railway cars ($1,724,007 in 1905), See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco ($1,311,019111 1905), fertilizers ($846,511 in 1905), men's clothing ($720,227 in 1905), See also:

• SADDLERY

saddlery, See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness, See also:

• SOAP

soap and candles . The See also:

• TOTAL

total value of the products of the factories increased from $15,301,096 in 190o to $23,109,601 (16.8% of the entire factory product of the state) in 1905, amounts greater than those of any other city ir. the state . Nashville has a large trade in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, groceries, dry goods, drugs, and boots and shoes . The See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works and the electric See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant are owned and operated by the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality . Nashville was founded in 178o as " the advance guard of western See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization " by a See also:

• COMPANY

company of two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred or more pioneers under the leadership of James Robertson, the nearest See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement being at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time about three hundred miles distant .

When first settled it was named Nashborough in honour of See also:

• ABNER (Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light ")

Abner See also:

• NASH, RICHARD (1674-1762)

Nash (1716-1786), who was at the time See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of North Carolina, or more probably in honour of the Revolutionary general, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Nash (x720-1777), a See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Abner, killed at See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-See also:

• TOWN

town; but when, in 1784, it was incorporated as a town by the North Carolina legislature the present name was substituted . In 18o6 Nashville was chartered as a city . Although it was not made the capital of the state until 1843, the legislature met here from 1812 with the exception of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from 1815 to 1826 . Many of the pioneers of Nashville were slain by the See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek and See also:

• CHEROKEE
• CHEROKEE (native Tsalagi, " cave people ")

Cherokee See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, and at times the settlement was saved from destruction only by the heroism of Robertson, but in 1794 the savages were dealt a crushing See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow at Nickojack on the See also:

• LOWER

lower Tennessee and much more peaceful relations were established . On the 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 185o a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention, known as the Southern or Nashville Convention, whose See also:

• ACTION

action was generally considered a See also:

• THREAT

threat of disunion, met here to consider the questions at issue between the North and the South . Since such a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting had first been proposed by a state convention of See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, the famous See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

Compromise See also:

• MEASURES

Measures of 185o had been introduced in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress and the support of the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement had been greatly weakened thereby except in South Carolina and Mississippi . Nine states, however, were represented by about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo delegates, mostly Democrats, and the convention denounced the See also:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

Wilmot Proviso, and, as " an extreme concession on the part of the South," promised to agree that . W. of See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, there should be See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery only in the territory S. of 36° 30' N. See also:

• LAT

lat . At an adjourned meeting in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November it expressed its dissatisfaction with the Compromise Measures of Congress, and asserted the right of the South to secede . During the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Nashville was at first held by the See also:

• CON

Con-federates, but See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1862 it was occupied by the Federals, who retained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it to the end . The See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Nashville was fought on the 15th and 16th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1864 between the Union See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army under See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-General G . H .

Thomas and the Confederates under General J . B . See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood . The Union defences extended in a semicircle See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Nashville, the flanks on the river above and below . Hood's army was to the south-east, lightly entrenched, with its flanks on two creeks which empty into the Cumberland above and below Nashville . This position he desired to maintain as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as possible so as to gather recruits and supplies in safety . If Thomas, whose army was of See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

motley See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, attacked, he hoped to defeat him and to enter Nashville on his heels . Thomas, however, would not strike until he had his army organized . Then, on the 15th, he emergedfrom the entrenchments and by a vigorous attack on the Con-federate See also:

• LEFT

left forced back Hood's See also:

• LINE

line to a second position 14 m. to the south . Hood, having detached a part of his army, desired to gain time to bring in his detachments by holding this line for another See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Thomas, however, gave him no See also:

• RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, modern repit, Lat. respectus, regard, consideration, respicere, to look back at)

respite . On the 16th the Union army deployed in front of him, again over-lapping his left flank, and although a frontal attack was repulsed, the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the Federal right wing compelled Hood to extend his own lines more and more .

Then the Federals See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke the attenuated line of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence at its left centre, and Hood's army drifted away in disorder . The pursuit was vigorous, and only a remnant of the Confederate forces reassembled at See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, 40 M. to the south, whence they See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell back without delay behind the Tennessee .