Covered by Cross Fires
Inscription
To find such a wide break in a fort's wall seems strange to a person today. Yet the gap you see here - then called a sortie passage - is a carefully calculated part of the defenses of Fortress Rosecrans. The area close to the walls was cove
Location
AddressN35 51.084 W86 24.581
CityMurfreesboro
CountyRutherford
StateTennessee
Coordinates35.851400, -86.409683
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