Monday, June 16, 2025

A flight over Fort Negley, Nashville's 'masterpiece'

 
A reporter in 1862 described the forts defending Union-occupied Nashville as the "most complete of the kind in the country." Fort Negley, built on St. Cloud Hill with mostly African-American labor, was especially impressive. "A masterpiece," the Philadelphia Press correspondent called it. The fort was constructed under supervision of Captain James St. Clair Morton, a 33-year-old Philadelphian and West Point graduate.

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  1. Anonymous9:25 PM

    excellent. someone should do this to the cw battlefields they can get to . shiloh tracked from above through course of the battle would be so cool.... same with any others that are within range.

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    1. Can't fly drone in national parks.

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