• Fort Negley is now listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).[12]...
  • Organized in 2013, the Friends of Fort Negley supports education and preservation programs and advocates for the protection of greenspace at Fort Negley...
  • As for the 2700+ folks who actually built Fort Negley, 600 to 800 of them died during construction, and only 310 ever received any pay.
  • Fort Negley is a UNESCO Slave Route Site of Memory and features Civil...
  • The center is located at 1100 Fort Negley Blvd. It features exhibits, monthly activities, annual events and self-guided tours of Fort Negley Park.
  • Fort Negley was the largest fort built by the Union army. It was built in 1862 by conscripted laborers- both slaves and freed Blacks.
  • Fort Negley, built in 1862, is the largest inland masonry fort in the U.S. Nashville was the 2nd most fortified city during the War. Come by to find out why.
  • Negley employed Captain James S. Morton, an army engineer, to design and build a fort to protect the south road and railroad approaches to Nashville.
  • The ruins of Fort Negley are worth a stop while on a tour of Tennessee battle sites, such as Fort Donelson, Stones River and Chattanooga.