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|   United States Colored Troops at Johnsonville - New Johnsonville TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites United States Colored Troops formed the majority of Johnsonville's garrison. They played a crucial role in the construction of the depot and its defensive works. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryW99.8 km | Nashville and Northwestern Railroad - New Johnsonville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Before you is the old railbed of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad. In 1863, the Union army extended the railroad to the Tennessee River, creating a reliable and secure supply line between the Ohio River and Nashville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryW99.8 km | The Town of Johnsonville - New Johnsonville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites A civilian community grew up beside the army supply depot, providing goods and services to soldiers and civilian workers during the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryW100.1 km | The Union Supply Depot - New Johnsonville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Johnsonville was a vital cog in the Union war machine. At this busy, noisy, sprawling complex of wharves, docks, warehouses and corrals the work of war continued unabated. Steamboats crowded the wharf. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryW100.1 km | The Tennessee River in the Civil War - New Johnsonville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Steamboats and gunboats could move freely from Paducah to Alabama, bringing supplies and soldiers to whichever side controlled the river. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
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| 16th Tenn. Reg’t. C.S.A. - McMinnville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In memory of
those members of the
16th Tenn. Reg’t C.S.A.
killed in battle,
whose names are inscribed hereon. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
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| Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 4, 1863 - Cowan TN in U.S. Civil War Sites On 4 July 1863 Union Major General Philip Sheridan’s 3rd Division (McCook’s XX Corps) was stationed here in Cowan. This was the deepest advance of Union infantry in the Tullahoma Campaign. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/13/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallerySE105.1 km | Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 4, 1863 - Anatomy of a Campaign - Cowan TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In late June of 1863, Union Major General William S. Rosecrans launched a massive offensive from his base in Murfreesboro in an attempt to drive Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s 43,000-man Army of Tennessee from its entrenchments at Shelbyvill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/13/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
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| White Hall 1878 in U.S. Civil War Sites December 24, 1824 Col. James White founded the town of Whitesburg, AL south of Huntsville on the Tennessee River. Whitesburg was burned by Union troops during the Civil War and never rebuilt. posted by: krsmith2 location: Alabama date approved: 12/9/2012 last visited: never |
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| Rice House - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Site of Gen. Gideon Pillow's headquarters where on the night of February 15, 1862, the principle Confederate commanders met to decide the fate of Fort Donelson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/2/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW116.5 km | Rice House-Decision to Surrender - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites At 1:30 a.m., February 16, 1862, at a final council of war in the Rice house Confederate Generals Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner decided that their failed breakout attempt meant that surrender was inevitable. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/2/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW116.5 km | 13,000 Prisoners - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Thirteen thousand dejected Confederate defenders of Fort Donelson huddled here against the cold on February 16, 1862. They had fought long and hard against Grant's forces and did not consider themselves defeated. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/2/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW116.5 km | Dover Hotel-Surrender House - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites After Buckner accepted what he called Grant's "ungenerous and unchivalrous" terms of surrender, the two generals met here to work out the details. Their conversation was friendly. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/2/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117 km | Hallowed Ground - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Donelson National Cemetery was established in 1867 as the final resting place for Union soldiers and sailors who died during the Civil War and were buried in this area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117 km | Cemetery Lodge - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites This 1877 house served as office and quarters for the cemetery keeper until 1931. The design of the building is Second Empire (French), from the reign of Napoleon III (1852-1870). posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117.2 km | Holding the Outer Lines - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites The remains of the trenches you see here are part of the outer line of defenses that protected Fort Donelson against land attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117.6 km | Federal Troops and Casualties at Fort Donelson U.S.A. - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites McClearnand's Division strength 8000, killed 311, wounded 1058, missing 183 - Aggregate 1552 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117.6 km | Confederate Troops and Casualties at Fort Donelson C.S.A. - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Buckner's Division strength 3425, killed 51*, wounded 314*, missing 41 - Aggregate 406* posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117.6 km | Fort Donelson - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Here the Union won its first major victory of the Civil War. The surrender of Fort Donelson, along with the capture of Forts Henry and Heiman, forced the Confederacy to abandon Nashville and give up southern Kentucky. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW117.8 km | Confederate Monument-Fort Donelson - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Because they had fought against the United States, Confederate dead were not reburied in the National Cemetery. This monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy is a memorial for those men. It was dedicated in 1933. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW118 km | Life at Fort Donelson - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites "We lived luxuriously in comfortable tents and log huts," one Fort Donelson soldier wrote in the more tranquil days before cold weather set in and the armies clashed. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW118.1 km | Union Camp - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites The weather was bitterly cold and, as the soldiers of General Smith's division lay tentless and fireless along this ridgeline the night of February 15, 1862, an icy wind made sleep impossible. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW118.1 km | Lauman's Brigade-C.F. Smith's Division - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites On February 15, 1862, about 2 p.m., this brigade received orders to assault the extreme right of the Confederate position. The 2d Iowa led the attack and was closely followed by the 52d Indiana, temporarily attached to this brigade. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW118.1 km | Gun Positions-Fort Donelson - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites The four mounds in this section of the water batteries are some of the first structures built to defend the river. The Confederates mounted three 32-pounder cannon here but moved them before the gunboat attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryNW118.1 km | The River Batteries-Fort Donelson - Dover TN in U.S. Civil War Sites C.S.A. The River Batteries Captain Joseph Dixon (Killed) Captain Jacob Culbertson Commander-The lower water battery established at this point mounted eight 32-pounder guns and one 10-inch columbiad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/1/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
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