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How did Tennessee get its nick name?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Tennessee's nickname is "the Volunteer State", after the men who "volunteered" for military service in US wars against Indians and the British (in the Battle of New Orleans) under General Andrew Jackson, and later on the side of Texas in its Revolution against Mexico.

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