Old Confederate Fort

This high elevation was used by both armies during the Civil War. Large earthworks were constructed here in February 1862 by Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles. At the time, more than 500 sick and wounded soldiers were being treated in Florence following the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson. The last action here occurred on Christmas Day, 1864, when two federal gunboats shelled the position from the Muscle Shoals in an attempt to block General Hood's river crossing above Florence following the battles of Franklin and Nashville.

Florence, Alabama · United States