Tennessee – the Volunteer State
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Princess HillDr. HoffmanPos 210March 21, 2017TennesseeThe Volunteer StateTennessee is a state that is in the southeastern region of the United States. It’s the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the other 50 states. The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact that is regarded as the first constitutional government of the Appalachians. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy during the Civil War in 1861. However, in 1862, it was the first state to be remitted into the Union after the war ended. During the Civil War, Tennessee recruited more soldiers for the Confederate Army and more for the Union Army than the other states. During the 1750s, the modern spelling “Tennessee” was attributed by governor James Glenn. The spelling was popularized by the publication of Henry Timberlake’s ”Draught of the Cherokee Country” in 1765. It’s the location of several Over hill Cherokee towns following the end of the Anglo-Cherokee War. Tennessee is known as the “Volunteer State” because during the War of 1812 the role was played by volunteered soldiers from the state. The state constitution allows no more than two justices of the five-member Tennessee Supreme Court.  History, Tennessee (History n.d.)
Office of the Chief Clerk of the Senate, The Constitution of the Senate of Tennessee, November 4, 2014,