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In 1811, the Cheairs family settled at this site. Nathaniel and Susan McKissack Cheairs began construction of Rippavilla in 1851. Cheairs raised two companies for the Confederate Army in 1861. In February 1862, Maj. Cheairs carried Gen. Grant's "unconditional surrender" demand to Gen. Buckner at Fort Donelson. Gen. Hood's command had a rancorous breakfast at Rippavilla on the morning of the Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. The Saturn Corporation, the United Auto Workers, and the Maury County Government restored the home in 1997.
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Spring Hill, Tennessee · United States
