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- A large group of East Tennesseans gather today in Greeneville, Tennessee, (Senator Andrew Johnson's hometown and the former capital of the State of Franklin) in support of the Union and to protest the state’s secession. East Tennessee would furnish more troops to the Federal army than to the Confederate cause./1861
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| Capital of State of Franklin |
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