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Fort Negley reproduced in Nashville on original site, Nashville, Tennessee, 1944
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Fort Negley reproduced in Nashville on original site, Nashville, Tennessee, 1944
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Title
Fort
Negley
reproduced
in
Nashville
on
original
site
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1944
Topical entry
Postcards--Tennessee--Nashville
Fortification--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Forts & fortifications--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Military History
Capital City
Civil War
Architecture
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Fort Negley (Tenn.)
Description
A
postcard
of a
reproduction
of
Fort
Negley
on its
original
site
approximately
two
miles
south
of
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
.
Built
during
the
Civil
War
after
Union
troops
gained
occupation
of
Nashville
in
1862
,
Fort
Negley
was
constructed
using
the
labor
of
newly
freed
African
Americans
. The
star-shaped
fort
is
built
out
of
limestone
.
Construction
was
overseen
by
Captain
James
St
.
Clair
Morton
, and the
finished
structure
was
named
after
Union
Army
commander
,
General
James
S
.
Negley
.
Shortly
after
the
war
the
fort
was
abandoned
. In
1930
the
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA)
made
a
project
to
begin
restoration
of
Fort
Negley
.
Due
to the
start
of
World
War
II
the
project
was
put
on
hold
for a
while
. The
fort
officially
reopened
to the
public
in
2004
.
Forms
part
of the
Norton
Postcard
Collection
.
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3.5
x
5.5
in.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Associated
Industries
(Publisher)
Date
1944
Type
Still
Image
;
Postcards
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Norton - 0226
Language
English
Relation
Norton
Postcard
Collection
Coverage
1940-1949
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
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