Grundy County, Tennessee and surrounding areas suffered under the occupation of the Confederate and Union forces for most of the Civil War.
The Confederate raid on the Union garrison at Tracy City created a flurry of troop movement to protect the coal mines and Unio.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with Tennessee governor Isham Harris, planned Forrest\'s famous raid on Murfreesboro in Beersheba Springs.
Though no major battles were fought here, the are was important for several strategic reasons.
Grundy County, Tennessee and surrounding areas suffered under the occupation of the Confederate and Union forces for most of the Civil War