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293:, including Bradley County, voted against secession and sympathized with the Union. Sherman spent the night at the house on Nov. 30, 1863, and it was there that he received orders to take command of a column of troops moving to relieve Knoxville. According to historic records, the back porch was the site of a tense conversation between Mrs. Henegar and Sherman, in which the general advised Mrs. Henegar, who was a supporter of the Confederacy, to leave the South for safety, claiming that "not even a bird would remain" in the south after he was finished. Mrs. Henegar rejected his advice and declared that she and her husband, who was a Unionist, would never leave. 51: 68: 93: 100: 75: 589: 321: 599: 525: 266:. Henegar and his wife, Margaret Lea Henegar, returned to Charleston after the removal and constructed the home in 1849. The home was designed by architect William Baumann, and constructed in the 535: 604: 308:
to paint the Henegar House. The painting, titled "Sherman Leaving the Henegar House - December 1, 1863", was completed in 2012, and is housed in the nearby
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The Henegar House was listed on the NRHP on July 6, 1976. The house was added as a site to the Tennessee sites in the
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The Henegar House was constructed on the former site of the military headquarters of
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradley County, Tennessee
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by Henry Benton Henegar, who served as wagonmaster and secretary under
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national tour in 2010. In November 2011 it was announced that painter
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National Register of Historic Places in Bradley County, Tennessee
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Front of the Henegar House in Charleston, Tennessee.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Henegar House is located in Tennessee
Henegar House is located in the United States
Charleston
Tennessee
35°17′12″N 84°45′17″W / 35.28667°N 84.75472°W / 35.28667; -84.75472
Federal
76001764
Charleston, Tennessee
Bradley County
National Register of Historic Places
Gen. Winfield Scott
Fort Cass
Chief John Ross
Cherokee Removal
Trail of Tears
Federal-style architecture
Civil War
William T. Sherman
Oliver O. Howard
Marcus J. Wright
East Tennessee
Civil War Trails Association's
Don Troiani
Allan Jones
Hiwassee River Heritage Center
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee in the American Civil War

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