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Tennessee National Parks
National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of Tennessee. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).

Andrew Johnson
Greeneville
Appalachian
Lake Superior
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area (pictures)
Oneida
Fort Donelson
Dover
Fort Donelson
Dover
Great Smoky Mountains (pictures)
Mosca
Obed
Wartburg
Shiloh National Military
Shiloh
Shiloh
Shiloh
Stones River
Murfreesboro
Stones River
Murfreesboro

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Stones River National Cemetery

Murfreesboro, TN

In July 1862, Congress passed legislation giving the President of the United States the authority to purchase land for the establishment of cemeteries "for the soldiers who shall die in the service of their country." This legislation effectively began the National Cemetery system. Stones River National Cemetery was established in 1865 and has more than 6,000 Union graves. In 1933 responsibility of the cemetery was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service.