Fort Hill At Waverly

Fort Hill At Waverly is a Tennessee historical marker in Humphreys County.

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Built in 1864 by the 12th and 13th U. S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, this Federal earthen fort was named Fort Hill. It protected the Nashville and Northwestern Military Railroad, which linked the Federal supply depot at Johnsonville with Nashville. Supply trains passed through Waverly bound for General William T. Sherman's army operating in Georgia. The 1st Kansas Artillery had a detachment here. In 2001 Fort Hill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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On the National Register nearby

Fort Hill and Butterfield, Archibald D., House280 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.