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The Day Clarksville Was Rocked By A Cannon Ball

Some interesting reading about Ft. Defiance over at Mark-Watching The Wheels. Take a look

The Day Clarksville Was Rocked By A Cannon Ball

1865 Map of Clarksville Showing Fort Bruce/Fort Defiance

Diary of Nannie Haskins

Our Board President, Phyllis Smith, is busy transcribing the Diary of Nannie Haskins which we will be placing on the Fort Defiance web site in sections. The Diary is in the collection of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Check our Pages sections to the left of the main website frequently for updates!

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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The Day Clarksville Was Rocked By A Cannon Ball

1865 Map of Clarksville Showing Fort Bruce/Fort Defiance

Diary of Nannie Haskins

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