Battle of Nashville & Beyond

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Kelley’s Point Under Siege – Again

Kelley’s Point at Brookmeade Park fights a new battle

https://www.reclaimbrookmeadepark.com

For the last five years, the homeless population has grown to around 100 people, mostly young white males. The population is so large that citizens are afraid to use the park. Recent efforts are underway to relocate the campers into Section 8 housing. The problem is that there is very little availably in the city.

The city Greenway was established in 2004. Not only did it once offer a beautiful vista on the bluffs of the Cumberland River, it was also the site of a historic American Civil War naval battle preceding the Battle of Nashville. It’s also the site of hundreds of Native American stone box graves.

The recent explosion of new real estate development has increased the demand for parks and greenways. This park is so overrun with indigent residents, visitors report feeling unsafe in the 14 acre wooded enclave. The problem has spilled over into the commercial business, which report escalating petty-crime and pan-handlers.

This virtual tour was shot August 21, 2021. It illustrates the explosion of the problem since 2016 seen here on Google Maps.

UPDATE: Nashville Metro Parks started a partial cleanup of the park on 25 August 2021. Secondary cleanup 16 September 2021. This phase removed an alleged heroin distribution center.

Before (2016)

After (2021)

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Old Soldier’s Home

Civil War Confederate Soldier’s Home:

In January 1889 the Frank Cheatham Bivouac of the Association of Confederate Soldiers forwarded a bill to the Tennessee General Assembly to establish a home for indigent and disabled Confederate veterans on the grounds of the Hermitage…read more

The home stood about a mile north of the cemetery.

NOTE: Access to the site is restricted to The Hermitage Farm Tour.

4580 Rachels Ln, Hermitage, TN 37076

President Andrew Jackson had two sons that were Confederate officers. One of them, Captain Samuel Jackson was killed in the Battle of Chickamuaga.

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3D Battlefield

Battle of Nashville Defensive Positions in 3D

These are several defensive positions of the Confederate and Union Armies during the Battle of Nashville in 3D. Google Maps imagery was used to visualize the landscape in three dimensions. The terrain should be within 6 feet of the actual surface. Note: the Cumberland River was much lower in 1864 due to the absence of dam’s downstream.

The portions are accurate locations, but the earthworks are of an unknown type, so this is just an approximation.

Redoubts #1, 2 & 3

Redoubt #1 by belmontguy on Sketchfab

Redoubts #4 & 5

Redoubt #5 by belmontguy on Sketchfab

Shy’s Hill

Shy’s Hill by belmontguy on Sketchfab

Kelley’s Point at Bell’s Mill

Naval Battle of Nashville by belmontguy on Sketchfab

Union Fort Negley

Fort Negley St. Cloud Hill by belmontguy on Sketchfab

© Bob Henderson from The Athens of the South

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Fort Negley in 3D

As far as I know, this is the first 3D model built of historic Fort Negley in Nashville, Tennessee. It took about 50 hours to build, and I am still making revisions to it. 

The terrain is taken from Google Earth, and is only accurate to plus or minus five feet.

May load slow on mobile devices, or slow internet connections.

Fort Negley (Harker) in Nashville, Tennessee by belmontguy on Sketchfab

March 27, 2020 Aerial Scan

 

30 Pound Rifled Parrot Cannon

Parrott Rifle


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Shy’s Hill Pano

Shy’s Hill 360° Panorama Virtual Tour

4615 Benton Smith Road, Nashville, TN

Revised: 12 Feb 2019

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Painting by Howard Pyle | Oil on Canvas, 1906, Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Battle of Nashville: Day 2

“At about 3:30 p.m. he sent a message to Thomas and XVI Corps commander Gen. Andrew Smith that unless he were given orders to the contrary in the next five minutes, his division was going to attack Compton’s Hill and the Confederate line immediately to its east”… read more

Minnesota lost more men in this action than any other in its participation of the war. Shy’s Hill Park is open all year long from sun-up to sundown. It requires a steep 10 minute hike to the top from Benton Smith Road off Harding Place. The tour has links to other expanded tours of the Battle of Nashville and the Nashville National Cemetery as noted by the small white floating globe icons in the panorama.

There are links in the virtual reality tour to others, including:

  • the grave site of Colonel William M. Shy.
  • the Minnesota State Capitol
  • expanded tour of The Battle of Nashville

Note: get the full screen experience by clicking the icon in the lower left of the video frame. A zoom option is available also for reading the historical signage. Some markers are embedded in the floating icons.

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