Belle Meade in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Hood's Maneuvers

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 9, 2024

1. Hood's Maneuvers marker

Inscription. Sending Lee's Corps and the bulk of his army's artillery toward Columbia to engage and hold Schofield in check, Hood moved the Confederate Army of Tennessee east along this road to Davis's Ford of Duck River. Here he crossed, to place himself across the Federal line of retreat to Nashville.

Erected 2024 by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 29.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 7.182′ N, 86° 51.301′ W. Marker is in Belle Meade, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is at the intersection of Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) and Belle Meade Blvd, on the right when traveling west on Harding Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4721 Harding Pike, Nashville TN 37205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

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

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itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hillwood Estates (approx. half a mile away); Dutchman’s Curve Train Wreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Richland Creek Greenway (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.8 miles away); Kenner Manor Historic District (approx. 0.8 miles away); Belle Meade Deer Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Belle Meade Plantation (approx. one mile away); War on the Home Front (approx. one mile away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 9, 2024

2. Hood's Maneuvers marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.