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This 1864 diagram of Fort Negley shows its complex design.
- 1. Stockade, made of 12-ft.-high cedar posts, with turrets and
underground cisterns.
- 2. East Ravelin, or inner works
- 3. West Ravelin, or inner works
- 4. Casement No. 1. Housing a 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle, a cannon
capable of hurling a 29-lb. shell 2.5 miles
- 5. Casement No. 2, with adjacent powder magazine.
- 6. South Main Work.
- 7. North Main Work
- 8. Main Entrance Gate
- 9. East Outer Parapets with redans allowing crossfire.
- 10. West Outer Parapets with redans allowing crossfire.
- 11. Southwest Bastion, a bombproof structure with multiple artillery.
- 12. Southeast Bastion, a bombproof structure with multiple artillery.
- 13. Bastion Tunnels.
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