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NASHVILLE , the See also:capital of See also:Tennessee, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of See also:Davidson county, on the See also:Cumberland See also:river, 186 m. S.S.W. of See also:Louisville, See also:Kentucky. Pop. (189o) 76,168; (1900)
80,865, of whom 3037 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 30,044 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 110,364. Nashville is served by the Tennessee
Central, the Louisville & Nashville, and the Nashville, See also: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, and by several steamboat lines. The Cumberland river is crossed here by four See also:foot-See also:bridges. Nashville is situated on and between hills and bluffs in an un-
dulating valley; its streets are paved with See also:brick or See also:granite blocks in the business See also:section and macadamized or paved with See also:asphalt in the residential sections. The See also:city has See also:fine public buildings, many handsome residences, and several beautiful parks. The See also:principal See also:building is the See also:State See also:House, a fine example of pure See also:Greek See also: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, with a See also:tower 205 ft. in height. On the grounds about it are a See also:bronze equestrian statue of See also:Andrew See also:Jackson, by See also:Clark See also:Mills (1815–1883), and the See also:tomb of See also: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, who lived in Nashville. Other prominent buildings and institutions are the See also:United States See also:Government Building, the County See also: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, the Tennessee See also:Industrial School, the State Library, the Library of the State See also:Historical Society housed in See also:Watkins See also:Institute, a See also:Carnegie library, See also:park buildings, the State See also:Penitentiary, See also:Vendome See also:Theatre, the See also:Board of See also:Trade Building, the City See also: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 See also:Catholic), and, near the city, a Confederate Soldiers' See also:Home and a State Hospital for the Insane. Eleven See also:miles See also:east of the city is the " Hermitage," which was the See also:residence of President Andrew Jackson.
The grounds of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897 (commemorating the See also:admission of Tennessee into the See also:Union) on the See also:west border of the city now constitute Centennial Park, in which still stand the reproduced See also:Parthenon of See also:Athens, the See also:History Building, which in See also:general outline is a See also:reproduction of the Erectheum and contains a museum and an See also:art See also:gallery, and a See also:monument to the memory of James See also:Robertson (1742–1814), the founder of the city. Besides this there are four other parks: Glen-See also:dale Park in the See also:south section, a See also:place of much natural beauty; See also:Shelby Park. in the eastern See also:part of the city, fronting the river; Watkins Park, on the See also:north; and Cumberland See also:Driving Park. In See also:Mount Olivet See also:Cemetery is a beautiful Confederate Soldiers' monument surrounded by the See also:graves of 2000 Confederate soldiers, and a little to the north of the city is a See also: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 states. In the western part of the city is See also: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 of See also: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 See also:department, a biblical department, and departments of See also:engineering, See also:law, See also:medicine, See also:pharmacy and See also:dentistry; in 1909 it had 125 instructors and 959 students. The University of Nashville is a non-sectarian institution embracing a See also:college department, a medical department, a preparatory department, and the See also:George See also:Peabody College for Teachers; it was incorporated under the See also:laws of North Carolina as Davidson See also:Academy in 1785 and under the laws of Tennessee as Cumberland College in 18o6, and the See also: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, 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, opened in 1865, Boscobel College, opened in 1889, and Buford, See also:Belmont and See also:Radnor colleges are all non-sectarian institutions of Nashville for the higher See also:education of See also:women. For the education of negroes the city has See also:Fisk University (opened in 1866, incorporated in 1867), under the auspices of the See also:American Missionary Association and the Western Freedman's Aid See also:Commission of the Congregational Church (noted since 1871 for its See also:Jubilee Singers,who raised See also:money for Jubilee Hall, finished in 1876); it embraces a college department, a preparatory department, a normal department and departments of See also:theology, See also:music and See also:physical training; and See also: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, See also:commerce, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, music, See also:bible training, See also:nurse training and domestic See also:science. The Baptist, the Methodist Episcopal (South), the Cumberland Presbyterian, and the See also:African Baptist and the African Methodist Episcopal churches have See also:publishing houses in Nashville.
The leading manufactures of the city are See also: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 and See also:timber products—Nashville is one of the greatest hard See also: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 railway cars ($1,724,007 in 1905), See also:tobacco ($1,311,019111 1905), fertilizers ($846,511 in 1905), men's clothing ($720,227 in 1905), See also:saddlery, See also:harness, See also:soap and candles. The See also: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, See also:cotton, groceries, dry goods, drugs, and boots and shoes. The See also:water-See also:works and the electric See also:lighting plant are owned and operated by the See also:municipality.
Nashville was founded in 178o as " the advance guard of western See also:civilization " by a See also:company of two See also:hundred or more pioneers under the leadership of James Robertson, the nearest See also: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 See also:Nash (1716-1786), who was at the time See also:governor of North Carolina, or more probably in honour of the Revolutionary general, See also:Francis Nash (x720-1777), a See also:brother of Abner, killed at See also:German-See also: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 from 1815 to 1826. Many of the pioneers of Nashville were slain by the See also:Creek and See also:Cherokee See also: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 at Nickojack on the See also:lower Tennessee and much more peaceful relations were established. On the 3rd of See also:June 185o a See also:convention, known as the Southern or Nashville Convention, whose See also:action was generally considered a See also: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, the famous See also:Compromise See also:Measures of 185o had been introduced in See also:Congress and the support of the See also:movement had been greatly weakened thereby except in South Carolina and Mississippi. Nine states, however, were represented by about See also:loo delegates, mostly Democrats, and the convention denounced the See also:Wilmot Proviso, and, as " an extreme concession on the part of the South," promised to agree that. W. of See also:Missouri, there should be See also:slavery only in the territory S. of 36° 30' N. See also:lat. At an adjourned meeting in See also: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 See also:War Nashville was at first held by the See also:Con-federates, but See also:early in 1862 it was occupied by the Federals, who retained See also:possession of it to the end. The See also:battle of Nashville was fought on the 15th and 16th of See also:December 1864 between the Union See also:army under See also:Major-General G. H. Thomas and the Confederates under General J. B. See also:Hood. The Union defences extended in a semicircle See also: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 as possible so as to gather recruits and supplies in safety. If Thomas, whose army was of See also:motley See also: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 forced back Hood's See also: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. Thomas, however, gave him no See also: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 of the Federal right wing compelled Hood to extend his own lines more and more. Then the Federals See also:broke the attenuated line of See also: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, 40 M. to the south, whence they See also:fell back without delay behind the Tennessee.
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