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词条 Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Russellville, Tennessee)
释义

  1. History

  2. Modern status

  3. References

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| name = Bethesda Presbyterian Church
| nrhp_type =
| image = Civil War Hospital.jpg
| caption =
| nearest_city= Russellville, Tennessee
| coordinates = {{coord|36|14|51|N|83|13|40|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Tennessee#USA
| built = 1835
| architecture =
| added = April 11, 1973
| area = {{convert|5|acre}}
| governing_body = Private
| refnum = 73001771[1]
}}

Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Russellville, Tennessee, US, that was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Bethesda Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832.[2] The church building was completed in 1835. It is a brick building equipped with high-back wooden pews and an "ornate" wooden pulpit.[3][4]

As the Civil War approached, the congregants' sympathies were divided between the Union and secessionist sides. The split led the church to suspend activity until after the hostilities ended.[3][4]

Some 25,000 Confederate Army soldiers under the command of General James Longstreet arrived at the church in December 1863 to spend the winter, after the Battle of Bean's Station. They remained there until February 1864 and used the church building as a hospital.[3][4] Military engagements occurred near the church in both October and November 1864.[3] In "Vaughn's Stampede" in October, Union forces under General Alvan Gillem attacked Confederate troops commanded by General John C. Vaughn, causing them to retreat to Carter's Station on the Watauga River.[5][6] In "Gillem's Stampede" in November, Confederate forces prevailed over Gillem's troops, chasing the Union forces westward to a defensive position near Knoxville.[6][13] During one of these skirmishes, a cannonball penetrated one of the church walls, causing structural damage that was repaired by reinforcing the walls with large iron rods.[3] The Union Army used the church as a hospital for soldiers wounded in these operations.[7] Many soldiers from both sides are interred in the church cemetery. Eighty of the wartime burials are unidentified.[3][4][7]

Worship services resumed after the war ended, but church members could not reconcile their political differences. Confederate and Union supporters sat on different sides of the church, separated by empty pews. In 1871, one group walked out together; they then joined the Presbyterian Church of Morristown. The other group continued to worship at Bethesda Presbyterian Church until 1875, when they closed Bethesda and left to become part of the new Russellville Presbyterian Church.[3][4]

Modern status

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] The church building and its cemetery are maintained by members of a local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.[4] In 2011, a pair of local teenagers vandalized the church and its cemetery, breaking windows and defacing gravestones.[8] It currently has a Civil War Trails sign that signifies its usage in the American Civil War and a plaque honoring the fallen Civil War veterans.

References

1. ^{{NRISref|2009a}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkersTN/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=032-A03&MarkerTitle=Russellville%20Area%20-%20From%20Bridge%20to%20Bridge%0A |title=Russellville Area – From Bridge to Bridge |work=Historic Markers Across Tennessee |publisher=Latitude 34 North |type=website |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35659 |title=Bethesda Presbyterian Church: A Church Divided |work=The Historical Marker Database |accessdate=January 12, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/01/bethesda-was-war-hospital-casualty/ |title=Bethesda Church was first a hospital, then a casualty |first=Amy |last=McRary |date= April 1, 2012 |newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel}}
5. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.tnvacation.com/civil-war/place/2089/affair-at-morristown/ |title=Affair at Morristown |publisher=Tennessee Department of Tourist Development |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YH-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA72 |title=The Dreaded 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry: Marauding Mountain Men |first=Melanie |last=Storie |publisher=The History Press |year=2013 |isbn=9781626191129 |pages=72–75}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tnvacation.com/civil-war/place/2098/bethesda-church-and-cemetery/ |title=Bethesda Church and Cemetery |publisher=Tennessee Department of Tourist Development |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://archive.wbir.com/news/article/178710/2/Teens-in-custody-in-church-cemete |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140113105001/http://archive.wbir.com/news/article/178710/2/Teens-in-custody-in-church-cemete |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |title=Teens in custody in church, cemetery vandalism |date=August 3, 2011 |publisher=WBIR-TV |location=Knoxville, Tennessee }}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

9 : Presbyterian churches in Tennessee|Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee|Churches completed in 1835|19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States|American Civil War hospitals|Buildings and structures in Hamblen County, Tennessee|1875 disestablishments in Tennessee|National Register of Historic Places in Hamblen County, Tennessee|American Civil War cemeteries

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