Editing Campbell County, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Campbell County was formed in 1806 from parts of [[Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson]] and [[Claiborne County, Tennessee|Claiborne]] Counties. It was named in honor of [[Arthur Campbell (Virginia soldier)|Colonel Arthur Campbell]] (1743–1811), a member of the [[Virginia]]  [[House of Burgesses]] and an officer during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071010141951/http://co.campbell.tn.us/history.html History of Campbell County], originally published on county's official website. Accessed at Archive.org, April 6, 2013.</ref>

New Mammoth Cave, located in Elk Valley, approximately 10 miles southwest of Jellico, was mined for [[Potassium nitrate|saltpeter]] (the main ingredient of gunpowder) during the [[War of 1812]]. This cave possibly was also mined during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. In 1921, the cave was developed as a tourist attraction and was open to the public until at least 1928. Today, New Mammoth Cave is securely gated by the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]. It is protected as a sanctuary for bats, including the federally endangered [[Indiana bat]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Caves of Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains |first=Larry E. |last=Matthews |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-879961-30-2 |chapter=Chapter 6: New Mammoth Cave |pages=117–130|publisher=National Speleological Society }}</ref>

During the Civil War, the county's sympathies were predominantly with the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. On June 8, 1861, voters in Campbell County rejected Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 1,094 to 60.<ref>Oliver Perry Temple, ''[https://archive.org/details/easttennesseean00tempgoog/page/n227 <!-- pg=199 quote="The detailed vote of the several counties was as follows". --> East Tennessee and the Civil War]'' (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.</ref> On August 1, 1861, Campbell County became the first Tennessee county to form a [[Union Army]] unit for the Civil War, organizing Company B of the [[1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry|1st Tennessee Infantry]] at Jacksboro.<ref>Joe Stephens, [http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/30/campbell-county-first-in-state-to-form-union/ Citizen's Voice: Campbell County first in state to form Union units], ''Knoxville News Sentinel'', July 30, 2011, page 2B.</ref>