County museum to host Civil War exhibit

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) - A museum in eastern Tennessee is preparing to host a traveling Civil War exhibit complete with artifacts, photos and memorabilia.

The “Hoofbeats in the Heartland: Civil War Cavalry in Tennessee” exhibit will open to the public Unicoi County Heritage Museum on Saturday. The traveling exhibit comes from the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, and Unicoi museum curator Martha Erwin says her museum will be the last to display the exhibit in east Tennessee.

The Johnson City Press reported (bit.ly/1ki7NTG) that the exhibit is funded in part by a grant from the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, opened in 2007 and has since continued to travel across the state.

Erwin says the exhibit’s purpose is to educate students and visitors about the important role Tennessee played in the Civil War.

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Information from: Johnson City Press, https://www.johnsoncitypress.com