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All four of them are being held for allegedly starting a series of fires over the past two years in Tiptonville, which is just north of Memphis.
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Tiptonville, now this is actually going to be in Tennessee.
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Tiptonville, this was probably just not even 30 seconds old, just off the printer.
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General Pope having crossed over by steamers a part of his army to the east bank, captured a large part of this rebel army, at and near Tiptonville.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Ever since the 12th of February he has been waiting on the Yankees 'pleasure, in the Mississippi, at all places below Columbus, and having been under fire for thirteen days at Tiptonville, Island
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Having passed the island as related, on the night of the 4th, the Carondelet on the 6th made a reconnoissance down the river as far as Tiptonville, with "Island No, 10" was heavily fortified by the Confederates
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The enemy evacuated their works, pushing down towards Tiptonville, but there were actually no means for them to escape, caught between the swamps and the river.
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Having passed the island, as related, on the night of the 4th, the Carondelet on the 6th made a reconnoissance down the river as far as Tiptonville, with General Granger on board, exchanging shots with the Confederate batteries, at one of which a landing was made and the guns spiked.
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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A mile below Tiptonville begin the great swamps, extending down both sides of the Mississippi for a distance of sixty miles.
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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Tiptonville, failing in which the gunboats fell back down the river.
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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