Tennessee militia

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military organization militia

The Tennessee militia was a volunteer military force from the U.S. state of Tennessee that played a key role in early 19th-century American frontier conflicts and the War of 1812 under leaders such as Andrew Jackson.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tennessee militia canonical	7
Tennessee volunteers	1
Volunteer State militia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ militia ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Tennessee ⓘ
commandedBy	Andrew Jackson ⓘ James Robertson ⓘ John Sevier ⓘ Sam Houston ⓘ William Carroll ⓘ
composedOf	cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ mounted riflemen ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Tennessee National Guard ⓘ
followedBy	Tennessee National Guard ⓘ
hasRole	frontier defense force ⓘ state defense force ⓘ volunteer military force ⓘ
hasTypeOfUnit	frontier riflemen ⓘ ranger companies ⓘ
influenced	reputation of Tennessee as the "Volunteer State" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Tennessee ⓘ
militaryBranch	land forces ⓘ
nickname	Tennessee militia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volunteer State militia
notableMember	Andrew Jackson ⓘ Davy Crockett ⓘ surface form: David Crockett John Coffee ⓘ Sam Houston ⓘ William Carroll ⓘ
organizedUnder	Militia Acts of the United States ⓘ surface form: Militia Act of 1792 Tennessee state government ⓘ
participatedIn	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ Battle of New Orleans ⓘ Chickamauga Wars ⓘ Creek War (1813–1814) ⓘ surface form: Creek War First Seminole War ⓘ Nickajack Expedition ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
partOf	United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States armed forces Militia Acts of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States militia system
recruitmentBasis	local county units ⓘ voluntary enlistment ⓘ
usedFor	conflict with Native American nations ⓘ frontier security ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of New Orleans → hasParticipant → Tennessee militia ⓘ

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park → associatedWithGroup → Tennessee militia ⓘ

Tennessee frontier → involves → Tennessee militia ⓘ

Tennessee militia → nickname → Tennessee militia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volunteer State militia

John Sevier → memberOf → Tennessee militia ⓘ

Battle of Lake Okeechobee → USUnitsInvolved → Tennessee militia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee volunteers

Red Stick War → hasInvolvedParty → Tennessee militia ⓘ

Confederate States militia → hasPart → Tennessee militia ⓘ

John Coffee → militaryBranch → Tennessee militia ⓘ