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It had already been intimated to Burnside that he was to be relieved, and in consequence he was inactive and apathetic, confining his operations to an aimless expedition whose advance extended only as far as Blain's crossroads, whence it was soon withdrawn.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Soon after getting the mills well running, and when the shipment of their surplus product down the river by flatboats had begun, I was ordered to move to Knoxville, on account of demonstrations by Longstreet from the direction of Blain's crossroads.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Inside scoop: Blain's southpaw style might not be exciting, but he was the Most Outstanding Boxer at the 2003 World Amateur Championships, where he routed Russia's Alexander Martin 32-13 for gold.

USATODAY.com 2005

It had already been intimated to Burnside that he was to be relieved, and in consequence he was inactive and apathetic, confining his operations to an aimless expedition whose advance extended only as far as Blain's crossroads, whence it was soon withdrawn.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Longstreet from the direction of Blain's crossroads.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

After twenty days absence, we arrived back at Blain's Cross Roads.

Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). John Coram 1902

It was certainly a glorious day for Blain's X Roads, and she never had another such a grand occasion.

Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). John Coram 1902

Very few of them had iron tires; and the first man to bring into the country about Blain's Cross Roads, in 1840, a wagon with tires made of iron, was, I believe, old Buckeye Crawford, who came from North Carolina, about that year, and settled by House Mountain.

Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). John Coram 1902

One of the most memorable times that ever occurred at Blain's X Roads, was the occasion of the great debate between James K. Polk and James C. Jones, candidates for governor, over sixty years ago.

Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). John Coram 1902

Spears, Jas. G., brigadier general United States Volunteers, in Morgan's command; at Blain's Cross-roads; assigned to 23d army corps

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864