The motorhome is still parked at VFW Post #4895. We are planning to depart later this morning and will be crossing into Kentucky.
Yesterday was a leisurely day. It was supposed to rain hard…but never did. We decided to visit the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center. There once was a fort there…but no battle was fought there. The Confederates were thinly staffed and poorly trained. Believing they had not a chance against the expected superior Union forces…they walked away from the fort. When the Yankees arrived…they found white flags flying from the fort and the city surrendered without a shot being fired.
The Interpretive Center tells the story of what life was like in Clarksville, population 5,000, during the Civil War. A 15 minute film presents it from a woman’s point of view. You can read about the Interpretive Center by clicking their official website link…
http://www.cityofclarksville.com/index.aspx?page=161
Here are some of the photos that I took…
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…
The fort is gone…a pedestrian trail lines the area…
This is where the fort was…
Some signs in the area…
Clarksville…
Scenes from the film…
The fort(s) were like magnets for black slaves wanting to join the Union Army…
Under occupation whites needed passes to go places and had to present these passes to the black Union Soldiers…
General Grant…
Under occupation business resumed…
Confederate dead…
Regular life returned for the Southerners…
Exhibits inside the Interpretive Center. Photography was difficult due to dim lighting and mini-spotlights…
The red line shows the railroad passing through Clarksville…
Crossing the hidden fingers meant the loyalty oath didn’t count to some. See below…
The Interpretive Center was a very pleasant different presentation about the times during the Civil War.
After our visit we headed down to the riverfront…
Where we saw some of the remnants of the recent flooding of the river…
The rail fence in the river is where people would normally walk…
On the left in the below photo you can see the river had been into the parking lots by the mud and snags stacked in a pile on the left just beyond the truck…
Two prized possessions during the Civil War were the rivers and railroads…both means of moving supplies…
The control house for the swinging bridge…
Enjoying interesting places and museums is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!
The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of Tennessee. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…
Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!
Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8
If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/
All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2013
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