Kingston Springs in Cheatham County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Trail Head
Site CH155
Kingston Springs City Park
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 4, 2022
1. Trail Head Marker
Inscription.
Trail Head. Site CH155. Prior to the Civil War, a rail line ran from Nashville to Kingston Springs. After the federal seizure of Nashville in 1862, work began to extend the line westward from Kingston Springs to Johnsonville, providing another supply line for the federal armies. The 12th and 13th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry regiments guarded the trestles, bridges and blockhouses along the railroad they had constructed. Such structures were prime targets of the Confederate raiders and guerrilla parties. Block houses and field fortifications were constructed at vulnerable trestles and bridges for protection., At this site the original stone piers of the bridge are still present although the course of the railroad has shifted to the south. A stockade existed on a ridge just beyond the bridge and soldiers are buried in a cemetery nearby.
Prior to the Civil War, a rail line ran from Nashville to
Kingston Springs. After the federal seizure of Nashville
in 1862, work began to extend the line westward from
Kingston Springs to Johnsonville, providing another
supply line for the federal armies. The 12th & 13th U.S.
Colored Troops Infantry regiments guarded the trestles,
bridges and blockhouses along the railroad they had
constructed. Such structures were prime targets of the
Confederate raiders and guerrilla parties. Block houses
and field fortifications were constructed at vulnerable
trestles and bridges for protection.
At this site the original stone piers of
the bridge are still present although
the course of the railroad has
shifted to the south. A stockade
existed on a ridge just beyond the
bridge and soldiers are buried in a
cemetery nearby.
Location. 36° 6.064′ N, 87° 6.393′ W. Marker is in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, in Cheatham
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County. It is on Kingston Springs 0.1 miles west of Park Street (County Road 1931), on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the Burns Park canoe/kayak launch on the east side of the Harpeth River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingston Springs TN 37082, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee, in the Highland Rim, and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 467 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
