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Nashville, TennesseThe settlement of Nashborough, was named after the Revolutionary War hero General Francis Nash. Two groups of pioneer settlers, led by the founding fathers James Robertson and Colonel John Donelson, came by land and by water from Fort Patrick Henry in East Tennessee. Nashville was founded on Christmas Eve 1779.
Col. Donelson’s daughter Rachel became the wife of Andrew Jackson, the United States seventh president.

In 1862, during the US Civil War, Nashville was overtaken by the Union army. In 1865 the Confederates attempted to regain control in what is known as the Battle of Nashville, considered as the last battle of the Civil War.
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