The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War

We at the Center hope you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by family and friends!

Congratulations to the members of the UT Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC who were contracted this weekend at the ceremony in Neyland Stadium. As a part of Salute to Service week these Volunteers were recognized and appreciated for their bravery. Thank you for your commitment to the United States Military and determination to protect our nations freedom!

This was our last full week as interns at the Center! Thanks for following along and supporting all of our work this semester! 🍊

Last week, The Center participated in the Universities first “Veterans Town Hall” event, which provided resources and community to our local and student Veterans!

pictures: UTK news

Samuel Hopkins “Hop” Bailey Jr. a Knoxville native and an Army Corp Pilot served his country bravely during World War II. His profile photo is leaning up against a beautiful frame. Within this frame is a silk safety scarf that has a map of Europe across it. The purpose of this scarf was to be worn by fighter pilots incase they are stranded or crash and need to find their way back across allied lines. Thank you for your service!

Our interns hardwork has paid off and the mapping project is fully complete! Go check it out from the link in our bio!

This Day in History: The Siege of Knoxville began, led by Confederate General Longstreet. Longstreet hoped his troops would be able to capture Fort Sanders. This led to the Battle of Fort Sanders on November 29. Ultimately, the Confederates suffered heavy losses, and the Union troops under General Burnside defeated Longstreet’s army. Knoxville, and most of East Tennessee, remained under Union control until the war’s end.

We wrapped up a busy Veterans week filled with events, stories, and so much gratitude. We are proud to support our veterans and celebrate them for their service 🇺🇸⭐️

Happy Monday y’all! Today I would like for everyone to give a warm center welcome to our newest addition Jace! He is a retired member of the United States Air Force and is donating his time to helping all the centers interns with their research, digitizing and mapping. We’re so excited to have you Jace and thank you for all of your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸

To finish our Veterans week, we want to highlight General James M Holmes. General Holmes is a four star United States Air Force General and UTK alum! He has generously donated the items pictured to our Special Collections. We thank him for his service and for his generosity!

Picture 2: Medals awarded to General Holmes
Picture 3: pictures from his service
Picture 4: Letters of Congratulations from every living US President after General Holmes retirement in 2020.