TENNESSEE - THE 14TH FASTEST GROWING STATE

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Tennessee is the 14th fastest growing state in the US and is ranked 17th by population. It is ranked 36 by total land area. In 1796, it became the 16th state to join the Union. The capital and second largest city is Nashville, with a 2008 population of 626,144. The Nashville Metropolitan Area is the state’s largest, at 1,521,437 people. Tennessee’s largest city is Memphis, with a 2008 population of 670,902 and 1,280,533 in its metro area.

Many major battles of the American Civil War were fought in Tennessee—most of them were Union victories. Ulysses S. Grant and the U.S. Navy captured control of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers in February 1862. They held off the Confederate counterattack at Shiloh in April. Memphis fell to the Union in June, following a naval battle on the Mississippi River in front of the city. Capture of Memphis and Nashville gave the Union control of the western and middle sections; this control was confirmed at the Battle of Murfreesboro in early January 1863 and by the subsequent Tullahoma Campaign.

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