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Near Fort Heiman Road, 0.6 miles east of Kline Trail, on the left when traveling east.
Two of the ironclad gunboats that attacked Fort Henry on February 6, 1862, were among several designed by Samuel S. Pook for the U.S. War Department in 1861. They were called "Pook Turtles" because their sloping rectangular sides, called casemates, . . . — — Map (db m231256) HM
On Fort Heiman Road south of County Road 1242D4, on the left when traveling south.
Mounds of earth atop this high bluff are the remains of Confederate Fort Heiman. Its commanding view of the Tennessee River made it ideal to support the low-lying, flood-prone Fort Henry across the river. Confederate Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, then . . . — — Map (db m173073) HM
On Fort Heiman Road south of County Road 1242D4, on the left when traveling south.
In late October 1864 Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and 3,500 Confederate cavalrymen used Fort Heiman as a base to attack Union supply vessels on the Tennessee River. After placing several artillery pieces along this bluff, Forrest's troopers . . . — — Map (db m173070) HM
Near Fort Heiman Road, 0.6 miles east of Kline Trail, on the left when traveling east.
Fort Heiman is part of Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Named for Confederate Col. Adolphus Heiman who commanded the fort's 1,000-man garrison, Fort Heiman was a small, irregular earthen fortification built here atop Stewart's Hill on the . . . — — Map (db m173038) HM
On State Highway 121 at Cypress Trail, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 121.
Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports. Captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m37939) HM
On State Highway 121 at Cypress Trail, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 121.
Gerard Furnace Built 2¼ miles east in 1854 by Browder, Kentucky and Co. Inside it was 24ft. high and 10½ ft. across at widest point, burning locally made charcoal fuel. Its air blast machinery was powered by steam. In 34 weeks of 1857, it . . . — — Map (db m37941) HM
Near Fort Heiman Road, 0.6 miles east of Kline Trail, on the left when traveling east.
Fort Heiman, in which you are standing, was built almost entirely by slaves from Mississippi and Alabama. Slaves, as well as white laborers pressed into Confederate service, helped to build all three forts guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m173046) HM
On Fort Heiman Road, 0.1 miles east of Kline Trail, on the left when traveling east.
After Confederate forces abandoned Fort Heiman in February 1862, Federal troops occupied it until March 6, 1863. The fort was strengthened and became a major supply depot for Union troops and gunboats. A new fortification (Federal Fort) was also . . . — — Map (db m173033) HM