Lunette Palmer

Lunette Palmer was a multi-sided, angled Civil War earthwork that projected outward from the basic profile of the fort. Like the ten lunettes of Fortress Rosecrans, it was designed so infantry or artillery could sweep every inch of ground in front of the fort, leaving no dead spaces where an attacking foe could take refuge. The original function of the nearby earthen mounds is not certain, but they may be the remains of a magazine, a roofed earthen structure built to store ammunition for the lunette's cannon.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee · United States