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| University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Updated: 02/2008 | |
DESCRIPTION: At the legislature of the Southwest Territory meeting in the territorial capital, Knoxville, the University of Tennessee was chartered on September 10, 1794 as Blount College. The college struggled for 13 years with a small student body and faculty. In 1807, the school was renamed East Tennessee College; however, when its first president and only faculty member died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed. It reopened in 1820, and in 1840 was elevated to East Tennessee University. In the midst of the Civil War the college was virtually destroyed, as students and faculty left to join both the Union and Confederate forces, their divided loyalties reflecting those of East Tennessee itself. The college buildings were occupied by troops from both sides and were sometimes used as hospitals. Shelling significantly damaged the grounds. The president, who took the college's reins in 1865, was a Union sympathizer, and he managed to secure some $18,500 in restitution funds from the federal | |
| MISSION: Please visit University of Tennessee Wiki for more information about the school. | |
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Headquarters: Knoxville,US-TN Web Site:
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