When the state first voted on secession from the Union in early 1861, like many Tennesseans, opposed it. When it was time to vote again in June of 1861, they voted nearly 100 to 1 to leave the Union. Young men enlisted in the Confederacy vastly, so many that it quickly formed the 16th Tennessee Infantry. Benjamin J. Hill organized the 5th Tennessee Infantry, later renumbered as the 35th; trained just south of here at nearby Camp Smartt.  

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