New Citizen Soldiers
Inscription
In the months after this fort was built, thousands of men from Middle Tennessee joined eight new federal infantry regiments. Black men in blue coats guarded the railroad that fed Fortress Rosecrans, and helped garrison Nashville and Chattanooga. B
Location
AddressN35 51.048 W86 24.563
CityMurfreesboro
CountyRutherford
StateTennessee
Coordinates35.850800, -86.409383
Sources
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