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Annual Picnic At Fort Defiance ~ Note Changes!

The annual Picnic at Fort Defiance will be held on September 27th from 1 pm until 5 pm.

Bring your own picnic basket and picnic foods and join the soldiers and civilians of 1860 Clarksville!

This event is open to the public and free. We will be accepting donations for the [...]

Civil War: Hoofbeats In The Heartland - Symposium

Saturday, July 26, 2008

To Benefit

Friends of Fort Defiance and

Tennessee Civil War Trails Program

Sponsored by Customs House Museum & Cultural Center

Clarksville, TN

For more information, registration form, list of speakers, topics and cost, please go here.

Junteenth Celebration Schedule of Events

Schedule Of Events for The Mt Olive Juneteenth Celebration at Fort Defiance

June 6th

12:00 — 6:00 Camp Set-Up

June 7th Event

10:00 Camp Opens

11:00 – 2:00 Presentations

11:00 – 11:30 Dr. Howard Winn – Living Under Occupation

11:30 – 12:00 Dr. George Smith – US Colored Troops

12:30 – 1:00 Yvonne Prathery – 1860’s Women of Color

1:00 – 1:30 Thomas Forehand [...]

19th Century Proverbs

.....The best things come in small packages.
-late 19th

.....Better be safe than sorry.
-mid 19th

.....Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
-mid 19th

.....Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
-late 19th

.....Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.
-early 19th

.....Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
-mid 19th

.....You should know a man seven years before you stir his fire.
-early 19th

Fort Defiance Quick Facts

Fort Defiance was once known as Fort Sevier and again as Fort Bruce

The fort sits on a 200 foot high buff overlooking the Cumberland River

A gun platform facing north over-looked the Cumberland river, one gun platform faced west and another bomb-proof gun platform faced south. The main gate of the fort opened to the east.

When Fort Defiance fell to Union troops, the ironclad U.S.S. Cairo and the Conestoga were on the Cumberland River near Clarksville.

Fort Clark was situated on the opposite bank of the Red River from Fort Defiance.

Trenches inside the fort were constructed for communication and at least one powder magazine.

Local historians believe that there still may be one powder magazine under the mounds at Fort Defiance.

Retired Judge Sam Boaz preserved and donated the Fort Defiance site to Clarksville in the mid 1980's.

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Civil War: Hoofbeats In The Heartland - Symposium

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