Joseph B. Palmer

Joseph B. Palmer is a Tennessee historical marker in Rutherford County.

Murfreesboro, 434 East Main St.

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A brigadier general in the Confedered Army, he was born in this country in 1825, a state legislator at age 23, and major of Murfreesboro, 1855-59. Wounded six times during the Civil War, he led the Tennessee Brigade home from Greensboro, N.C., at the war's close. he built this house in 1870, died here in 1890, and is buried in nearby Evergreen Cemetery.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1824 · Kentucky (Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Kentucky (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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On the National Register nearby

Gen. Joseph B. Palmer House100 ft

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