Historic Fort Negley and Civil War Nashville

[@kevinchong6740]

My great great great grandfather used to live at the foot of Fort negley. I read about it in his sons obituary that was in the newspaper it was put into one of my mother's childhood and family photo book. Thank you for saying that information.

[@josephdriesenga2730]

If you do visit Nashville I would also suggest visiting the Tennessee State Museum, which has an excellent section on the Civil War. It also has free parking in downtown, which is pretty rare.

[@retromotors383]

As always, an excellent job. Thank you, gentlemen.

[@joemabry9643]

Thank you!

[@robertreisner6119]

When my mom and I visited Nashville in 1984 for a CTDA Convention we visited the ruins of Fort Negley. It wasn't much to look at but the late Roy Acuff was with us and told us we it was and what happened. I guess Alaskans were rare sight in Nashville at that time, but we had a wonderful time during our 6 day visit. Your group has put on a very excellent commentary on the western theater of the Civil War. It was a theater that allowed great manuvers and prospects of tactical and strategic war efforts. My deepest wishs to all of you and your families and Merry Christmas.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Glad you enjoy!

[@DavidWilliams-hv7so]

Thank you for doing the western theater and coming to the Nashville area. You guys do a great job in explaining the battles. Have enjoyed many of your KZbin adventures.

[@mr.pickles810]

Cool place been there 3 times. Once with the Chicago light artillery us and a few othera including our sister battery were invited to camp and demonstrate inside the fort and along the side but inside the park. Our camp was by the original enterance. Taking the cannon up the incline was sketchy. Awesome memories this must of been 2014. Met a Nashville native and singer(jessica ridley). Me and her had family fight at the battle of Nashville under Ohio regiments. I remeber her story because she told me her ancestors unit was the unit that recieved the surrender.

[@debramartin7029]

What a fantastic tour you guys are sharing with us. Thanks Kris for summing up the long game strategy. I never thought of it that way.... they are playing backgammon then, not chess!

[@kimberlysusie701]

Thank you gentlemen! When I lived in Nashville, Fort Negley was a hidden gem not far from me. Now, I have the Stones River battlefield in my backyard, literally.

[@TheRedMan_88]

Recently, I visited Belle Meade plantation where part of the battle was, they have a great tour discussing the battle

[@edcremmins5707]

Much appreciated, great job, thank you.

[@astaboy]

My GG Grandfather, Esau Independence York, was stationed at Ft Negley.

[@timfrye3586]

superb

[@SophiaBecker-l6m]

Thank you! That was very well done. One of my children is in fourth grade, studying TN history, and this was a very helpful introduction to her study of Fort Negley.

[@rustyreeves9458]

Thank guys, While Ive toured Nashville battle most of my time was on Shys Hill and Overton Hill. The far right. Confederate Genl and later Ole Miss math professor, General Claudius Sears lost a leg and his favorite horse Billy on the retreat of the 16th

[@joejohnston2035]

so much for being free /emancipated. went right back into the fire

[@andrewhoward9870]

Very interesting

[@citizenbobx]

I keep thinking about Game of Thrones here, with Stannis in front of Winterfell: "Milord... there won't be a siege."

[@nathanfisher1826]

Great history

[@russelldesjardins4001]

Hood reached the outskirts of Franklin before Schofield arrived. He went into camp for the night and Schofield marched past in the dark. Hood had the opportunity to face Schofield in the open but missed it. You can read about it in "Advance and Retreat" by Hood.

[@c.coleman2979]

It can't be stressed too strongly that Nashville was a major transportation hub then, as now. During the Civil War, rail lines ran southward on BOTH SIDES of the fort.

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

ft donelson and Henry? are the key factors to the Victory in 1865??? fascinating !

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

i never knew the UNION army at Nashville was a hodge podge force of the AOC AOO, AOP?

[@bjohnson515]

Thanks ... Did the Fort ever come into play in the Battle of Nashville?

[@rickbreze7469]

Were the contraband paid or impressed into service to build the fort? Impressed: applied to something using pressure.

[@brettanymichellelawson-top5197]

Have they been to the grand old opry yet

[@ScottSmith64]

It seems improbable to build such an extensive and elaborate structure by ex slaves and unskilled laborers in so short a period of time. Perhaps this structure already existed and they just uncovered it. Just look at the pictures as to how intricate not just the walls but the design and foundation. I’d love to see a structure like this be built the same way.

[@Odin029]

Many of these ex-slaves wouldn't have been unskilled. There's a long tradition of stone masonry in the Middle Tennessee area including the dry stack method that the enslaved people would have learned from the Scotch-Irish and then adapted over the decades. There was also a tradition of stone wall building with mortar in the area. So there would have been plenty of very skilled stone masons coming off of those plantations.

[@zion897]

This could explain why it never saw battle, even during the battle of Nashville

[@dwaynemaroney7159]

They definitely found it there and refurbished it. It's much older than we are told.

[@snakerivers2345]

"Tight as a tick"

[@garyburke3935]

I am a African American board member at Fort Negley, and a descendant of a US Colored Troops soldier in the Battle of Nashville and at Fort Negley. I am also the voice of the walking tour, and in the Fort Negley visitor centers video. How can you present a program like this talking about African American history at Fort Negley, and not have representation in this video?

[@emintey]

I have to strongly disagree with Gary on this one...about Hood. I don't pretend to have superior historical knowledge but ever since Hood took command of that army his highly aggressive strategy suffered nothing but abject failure, first at Atlanta, then Franklin and finally Nashville where he lost his army entirely. At Franklin he ordered massive frontal assaults against an entrenched enemy and suffered large losses including highly experienced and able commanders. At Nashville he attempted to besiege a fortified city with only half the number of troops as the defenders, where it is generally considered that it would require that he outnumber them by 2 to 1. Ordinarily I think it would be said that this was incompetence of the highest order but it is also true that Hood had lost both an arm and a leg in battle and had to be strapped onto his horse and it appears likely his judgement had also been impaired.

[@kyleUT]

63,000 cubic square feet? We know you meant cubic feet. 👍

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

😀

[@tombrennan6312]

You make too much of Vauban: though he was the best builder of black powder era artillery fortifications he didn't originate the system. All the structures used in such fortifications---the ditch, bastion, glacis, covered way, ravelin and other outworks---originated (mainly in Italy) in the late 1400s and the 1500s and were in use long before Vauban. Indeed, the jagged tenaille trace SW and NE ends of Fort Negley are more Prussian than French in design.

[@outdoorlife5396]

Hood was on meds, he was not thinking clearly. It was a waste of time and people. As far as if John B. Hood could have done this or that, well if ifs and buts were nuts and butts we would all have a Merry Christmas. Or if my Aunt had nuts, she would be my uncle

[@jumpmaster82nd.]

Bad subordinates throughout the campaign regardless of Hoods state of health. The buck stops at the top.

[@outdoorlife5396]

@@jumpmaster82nd. true, but Davis was famous for picking his friends and sticking with them. Cleborne, Forrest almost any would have been better

[@fredwilliams7551]

less schtick just the facts and lose the hat