Kelley’s Point Civil War Battlefield Park
Nashville Greenways
NOTE: As of 2022 the homeless population in the park has grown to over 50 people.
Kelleys Point Park entrance is right behind Jim & Nicks Bar-B-Q at 7004 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN 37209. The river overlook is about 500 yards from the parking area.
Some historians are sceptical that this is the correct location of Kelley’s Battery, refered to as “Bell’s Mill” in the Battle of Nashville Navy records. This is confused in the U.S. Naval-OR on page 641 of Volume 26. This transcript is clearly an error. Bell’s Mill is 18 miles by water (the Navy would be sure of this fact), but is 9 miles by road. I believe that who ever transcribed the hand written text from the original report, mistook a “4” for the number “9”. This could have been reenforced by the first bend in the river being closer to 4 miles, where the second bend at 9 miles, is Bell’s Mill/Bend.
Read more about how The Fighting Parson took on the US Navy Iron and Tinclads on the Cumberland River at Nashville in early December prior to the epic Battle of Nashville.
Revised Map PDF of Signage at the overlook
Kelley’s Point Virtual 360º Tour
UPDATED: 24 September 2017 (new map option in center screen – double click on or off). This tour includes the recently cleared hills to the east and west of Kelley’s Point. The terrain rises to around 250 feet above the Cumberland River. This will be the last imagery of this before apartments are constructed.
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Suggested Reading:
Forrest’s Fighting Preacher: David Campbell Kelley of Tennessee (Civil War Series) Kindle Edition
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