Battle of Nashville & Beyond

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Fort Granger Tour

Fort Granger Virtual Tour:

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113 Fort Granger Dr, Franklin, TN 37064 | Lat: 35.92559 Long: -86.85999

Pinkerton Park Entrance is on Highway 96 near the Harpeth River Bridge

Revised: 12 Dec 2016 with higher resolution images and wintertime vistas.

Battle of Franklin tour of Civil War Fort Granger. The tour links to the Carter House, Carnton, Cotton Gin and Nashville tours.

Built in 1862-1863 atop Figuers Bluff on the Harpeth River on the Nashville Railroad, it encompasses about 275,000 square feet. It is named for Union Gen. Gordon Granger, and played a significant role in The Battle of Franklin in 1864.

Note: get the full screen mode 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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Stones River Tour

 Stones River Virtual Tour

1999 North Thompson Drive, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129
2787 Van Cleave Ln, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
 

Revised: 25 JAN 17

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The Stones River National American Civil War Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This American battlefield is home to the oldest Civil War monument in the United States of American: The Hazen Monument on tour stop #5 of this virtual tour.

The battlefield property is divided into two separate sites: the Main Battlefield off Thompson Lane, and McFadden’s Ford a few miles north off US Highway 41 / 70.

The Main Park Battlefield is located at 3501 Old Nashville Highway Murfreesboro, TN 37129.

Hours of operation

This 3D like virtual tour includes:

  • Stones River National Military Park Visitor Center
  • The Cotton Field
  • Parson’s Battery
  • Slaughter Pin
  • Stones River National Battlefield Cemetery – NMPS web page about the cemetery
  • The Hazen Monument
  • McFadden’s Ford
  • Evergreen Cemetery – Confederate Circle | 519 Greenland Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
  • Fortress Rosecrans – 35.852308, -86.412033 (916 Golf Ln, Murfreesboro, TN 37129)

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Fort Donelson

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Virtual Tour of Fort Donelson: 

 120 Lock D Rd, Dover, TN 37058

Located in Dover, Tennessee on the Cumberland River, this inter-active virtual tour includes pop-up information with historical interpretive markers (there is a zoom option for reading the signage). The tour also links to the Shiloh battlefield tour.

A land and naval battle, this Union victory opened up middle Tennessee and hastened the capture of the first southern state capital: Nashville.fort-donelson-image

 “The Confederates built upper and lower river batteries in an attempt to defend the strategic transportation and supply routes provided by the river and protect major supply bases in Clarksville and Nashville, Tennessee. They armed the batteries with heavy seacoast artillery”. – nps.gov

Fort Donelson National Cemetery – this National Military Cemetery was established in 1867 and includes veterans of the 19th and 20th century.

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Mill Springs

Mill Springs Virtual Tour 

 

The Battle of Mill Springs Kentucky was one of the first victories of the Union in the Western American Civil War. It was commanded by the Virginian / Union mill-springs-imageGeneral George H. Thomas (North), and General George B. Crittenden (South). 

About 200 solders were killed in the battle. It solidified the US Army’s line in the border state of Kentucky. Nashville Banner editor Confederate Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer was killed in this conflict.

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Kennesaw Mountain

Battle of Atlanta Virtual Tour 

 

900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw, GA 3015kennesaw-image

The battle of Kennesaw Mountain was one of the last successful maneuvers of the Confederate Army of Tennessee in the Atlanta Champaign. This virtual tour, includes the Kennesaw mountain top and 

 

Cheatham Hill

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“The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, ending in a tactical defeat for the Union forces. Strategically, however, the battle failed to deliver the result that the Confederacy desperately needed—namely a halt to Sherman’s advance on Atlanta.” – Wikipedia

 

 

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