List of forts in Tennessee
The following is a list of forts in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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River battery at Fort Donelson
Forts in Tennessee
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Interior view of Fort Loudoun
Name | County | Built | Notes |
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05Fort Adair | Knox | 1788 or 1791 | Location unknown, destroyed |
10Fort Assumption | Shelby | 1739 | |
15Bledsoe's Fort | Sumner | 1781–83 | |
20Fort Blount | Jackson | 1794 | Site excavated 1989-1994 |
20Camp Boone | Montgomery | 1861 | |
25Fort Cass | Bradley | 1835 | |
25Fort Defiance, Tennessee | Montgomery | 1861 | a multi-million dollar museum and interpretive center construction began 2010. |
30Fort Donelson | Stewart | 1861 | |
35Fort Henry | Henry and Stewart | 1861 | |
40Fort Loudoun | Monroe | 1756 | |
45Fort Nashborough | Davidson | 1781 | |
50Fort Negley | Davidson | 1862 | |
55Fort Pillow | Lauderdale | 1861 | |
60Fort Prudhomme | Lauderdale, Shelby or Tipton | 1682 | Location unknown, destroyed |
65Fort Randolph | Tipton | 1861 | Destroyed |
70Fort Sanders | Knox | 1861 | |
75Fort Southwest Point | Roane | 1797 | |
80Tellico Blockhouse | Monroe | 1794 | |
85Fort Watauga | Carter | 1775 | |
90White's Fort | Knox | 1786 | |
95Fort Wright | Tipton | 1861 | Only powder magazine left |
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