TSLA UNVEILS NEW HIGH-TECH INTERACTIVE CIVIL WAR MAP PROGRAM
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has announced a new on-line mapping program which depicts Civil War battle areas in various formats. The Tennessee Civil War Geographic Information System (GIS) Survey is the first of its kind in the nation. It shows hundreds of locations where Civil War battles, engagements, skirmishes and other military actions took place. The interactive GIS application for the Civil War in Tennessee is now available at: http://tnmap.tn.gov/civilwar/.
The web site allows modern aerial photography, street maps and land use maps to be overlaid onto sites where Civil War actions occurred in Tennessee. It also links narrative information about these events from the Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook. Complete accounts of all the state units that served in the war are searchable by county along with 1860 United States Census data. The Tennessee Civil War Survey is funded by the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service.
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Below is a sampling of maps to help interpret the run-up to the Battle of Nashville and the battle itself, depicting Union and Confederate lines, areas of conflict, strategic action and terrain on both December 15 and 16, 1864
Hood’s campaign moving from Georgia to Nashville, 1864
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Below are battle maps used by historian Stanley F. Horn in his book The Decisive Battle of Nashville, published in 1956 and regarded as one of the most definitive explanations and descriptions of the Battle of Nashville.
First Day of Battle, December 15, 1864
Below is a sampling of maps to help interpret the run-up to the Battle of Nashville and the battle itself, depicting Union and Confederate lines, areas of conflict, strategic action and terrain on both December 15 and 16, 1864
- Hood’s campaign moving from Georgia to Nashville, 1864
(Click to Enlarge)
(Click above map to enlarge)
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Below are battle maps used by historian Stanley F. Horn in his book The Decisive Battle of Nashville, published in 1956 and regarded as one of the most definitive explanations and descriptions of the Battle of Nashville.
Second Day of Battle December 16, 1864
Assault on CSA Right Flank, December 16, 1864
“Peach Orchard Hill”
Assault on CSA Left Flank, December 16, 1864
“Shy’s Hill”
Overview of both days, December 15-16, 1864
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Fort Brentwood
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This is a copy of an original drawing by John L. Anderson of the Brentwood Stockade. It was probably drawn in 1863 and is on display courtesy of the Jim Kay Collection. The only other known sketch of the stockade was completed by Anson Smith is in The National Archives. Built during 1862 to guard the railroad bridge at the Little Harpeth River, Fort Brentwood housed troops from the 104th Illinois as well as the 19th Michigan. On March 25, 1863 the stockade was captured by the 4th Mississippi and the 10th Tennessee Calvary units under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Captain Elijah Bassett surrendered the garrison of the 19th Michigan, which included about 200 men, all supplies, arms, and a dozen wagons. Forrest retreated west towards Hillsboro Road where he was pursued by Brigadier General Green Clay Smith and 700 Union Calvary.
