Historic Edgefield in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Surrender of Nashville 612 Woodland Street

Surrender of Nashville Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Lugnuts, February 20, 2020

1. Surrender of Nashville Marker

Inscription. After union successes to the north in TN and KY, Col. John Kennett, 4th Ohio Vol. Cavalry, ordered Cpt. H.C. Rodgers to Edgefield. They jet with Nashville Mayor R.B. Cheatham, Feb. 23, 1862, at the Edgefield home of the banker Charles Fuller, to discuss temrs of surrender. The city was conveyed to Federal control on Feb., 25. Fuller became a U.S. Treasury agent at the end of the war prior to his death in 1868. The Fuller home was destroyed in the East Nashville Fire of 1916.

Erected 2016 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 157.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 23, 1862.

Location. 36° 10.374′ N, 86° 45.699′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Historic Edgefield. Marker is on Woodland Street east of South 6th Street, on the right when traveling east. Located in East Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 612 Woodland Street, Nashville TN 37206, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Miles House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Baptist Church

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(about 500 feet away); East Nashville Fire (approx. 0.2 miles away); City of Edgefield (approx. ¼ mile away); Meigs School (approx. ¼ mile away); Jesse James House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Shelby Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Shelby Park (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed By Lugnuts, February 20, 2020

2. Surrender of Nashville Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 464 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 25, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.