On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 51) at Graves Street (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway.
Federal forces captured this important Confederate work, 18 miles west, in 1862. To end depredations committed by the Federal garrison, Forrest, with a force from his Confederate Cavalry Corps, attacked and captured the fort. Of the garrison of 551 . . . — — Map (db m43263) HM
On Adams Avenue at B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Route 14), on the right when traveling east on Adams Avenue. Reported damaged.
From 1854 to 1860, Nathan Bedford Forrest operated a profitable slave trading business at this site. In 1826, Tennessee had prohibited bringing enslaved people into the state for the purpose of selling them. As cotton and slavery grew in . . . — — Map (db m117144) HM
