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Remains of Fort Hill
Photographer: Duane and Tracy Marsteller
Taken: September 4, 2022
Caption: Remains of Fort Hill
Additional Description: This earthen fort was the headquarters of the 13th U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), led by Col. John A. Hottenstein, from the fall of 1863 to the end of the war. The fort defended the army-operated railroad that ran from Johnsonville on the Tennessee River east to Nashville.
Submitted: September 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p676808
File Size: 6.143 Megabytes

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