March 17, 2004

Tax Revolt of 1869

The Tennessean today recounts an interesting aspect of Nashville's post-Civil War history.

With the chaotic way that money was flowing out of the city's coffers, it might just as well, he said, be called the ''loose milk department.''

As public concern grew, a committee of local residents made up of former Confederates and Unionists organized a group that initiated a taxpayer revolt and demanded answers while the debate grew ever sharper.

Read the entire story here.

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