So 49 other states DON'T have the nickname "Volunteer State."
Tennessee is known officially (by some accounts) and on its licence plates as the Volunteer State, a name which goes back (depending on which reference you use) either to 1812, when the volunteer soldiers showed particular courage in the Battle of New Orleans, or to 1847 when the Governor called for three regiments to serve in the Mexican War, and 30,000 men volunteered.
No. Tennessee has the nickname Volunteer State.
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Tennessee's nickname "The Volunteer State" came from the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers, under the leadership of General Andrew Jackson, fought bravely in the battle of New Orleans.
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No Tennessee has that nickname.
"The Volunteer State." The nickname originated during the War of 1812 when thousands of Tennesseans enlisted in response to Governor Willie Blount's call for volunteers.
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The nickname of "The Volunteer State" originated during the War of 1812 when thousands of Tennesseans enlisted in response to Governor Willie Blount's call for volunteers.
Nashville is the capital city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Tennessee's nickname "The Volunteer State" came from the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers, under the leadership of General Andrew Jackson, fought bravely in the battle of New Orleans.