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Image 1 of 1: Named after General James S. Negley (1826-1901), Fort Negley served as the largest inland stone fortification built during the Civil War. Strategically located on top of St. Cloud Hill, the Fort was made out of limestone, logs, earth, and railroad iron. The Fort was built by both freedmen, runaway slaves, and enslaved African-Americans. The Fort played a role in the Battle of Nashville, with the actual battle taking place south of the Fort. Significantly, United States Colored Troops fought to repel Confederacy forces. During the 1930s, the Fort was reconstructed by the Works Progress Administration in an effort to preserve integrity of the Fort. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2019.
Named after General James S. Negley (1826-1901), Fort Negley served as the largest inland stone fortification built during the Civil War. Strategically located on top of St. Cloud Hill, the Fort was made out of limestone, logs, earth, and railroad iron. The Fort was built by both freedmen, runaway slaves, and enslaved African-Americans. The Fort played a role in the Battle of Nashville, with the actual battle taking place south of the Fort. Significantly, United States Colored Troops fought to repel Confederacy forces. During the 1930s, the Fort was reconstructed by the Works Progress Administration in an effort to preserve integrity of the Fort. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2019.

Named after General James S. Negley (1826-1901), Fort Negley served as the largest inland stone fortification built during the Civil War. Strategically located on top of St. Cloud Hill, the Fort was made out of limestone, logs, earth, and railroad iron. The Fort was built by both freedmen, runaway slaves, and enslaved African-Americans. The Fort played a role in the Battle of Nashville, with the actual battle taking place south of the Fort. Significantly, United States Colored Troops fought to repel Confederacy forces. During the 1930s, the Fort was reconstructed by the Works Progress Administration in an effort to preserve integrity of the Fort. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2019.

Fort Negley

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Description

Named after General James S. Negley (1826-1901), Fort Negley served as the largest inland stone fortification built during the Civil War. Strategically located on top of St. Cloud Hill, the Fort was made out of limestone, logs, earth, and railroad iron. The Fort was built by both freedmen, runaway slaves, and enslaved African-Americans. The Fort played a role in the Battle of Nashville, with the actual battle taking place south of the Fort. Significantly, United States Colored Troops fought to repel Confederacy forces. During the 1930s, the Fort was reconstructed by the Works Progress Administration in an effort to preserve integrity of the Fort. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2019.

Title Fort Negley
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Juliet Larkin-Gilmore, Vanderbilt PhD Candidate; 2019
Date 1862; 1930s
Address 1100 Fort Negley Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37203
Type Landscape
Coverage Area 2
Source James St. Clair Morton, architect
Contributor Works Progress Administration; United States Army; Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; City of Nashville; Metropolitan Parks and Recreation Department
Subject African Americans; Civil War; Military; National Register of Historic Places; Neighborhoods; New Deal; Pubic Parks; Reconstruction; Sports
Keywords Buildings, Confederate Army, Contrband Camps, Federal Government, Forts, Local Government, Metro Parks, Slavery, Works Progress Administration, Union Army, Fort Negley
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0