Janeway Cabin Historical

Janeway Cabin Historical (HM1W5O)

Location: Blaine, TN 37709 Grainger County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 9.174', W 83° 42.019'

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When the Veterans Came Home

This single-room cabin was constructed about six miles east of here, the home of John Janeway and his wife, Gertrude. It is typical of such dwellings in Appalachian Tennessee. During the Civil War, Janeway join the fighting late, in June 1864, enlisting in the 14th Illinois Cavalry after encountering a group of Union soldiers on his was to Massengill Mill to deliver a load of corn. Only 17 years old, he changed his last name to January to keep his parents from finding him. He was captured during Gen. George Stoneman's raid on Macon, Georgia, and held in a Confederate prison before his release in December 1864.

After the Battle of Knoxville in November 1863, Union and Confederate forces occupied parts of Grainger County. Union Gen. James G. Spears, commanding the 25th Infantry Brigade, made his headquarters at Stones Mill, a mile east of the Janeway cabin. On December 17, his troops clashed with Confederate Gen. James Longstreet's command on the southside east of Richland Creek. By December 21, Longstreet established headquarters at Shields Station while Spears had moved his headquarters to Massengill Mill by December 23. The war moved away from the Janeway cabin.

In 1928, when Janeway was 81 years old, he married 18-year-old Gertrude Grubb. After he died in 1937, Gertrude Janeway continued to live in the cabin until
her death in 2003, the last widow of a Union veteran in Tennessee.
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HM NumberHM1W5O
Series This marker is part of the Tennessee: Tennessee Civil War Trails series
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Placed ByTennesse Civil War Trails
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Date Added Thursday, December 8th, 2016 at 9:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 257069 N 4004286
Decimal Degrees36.15290000, -83.70031667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 9.174', W 83° 42.019'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 9' 10.44" N, 83° 42' 1.14" W
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Area Code(s)865
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 240 Indian Ridge Rd, Blaine TN 37709, US
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