Fort Granger

Fort Granger stood atop Figuers Bluff, where its position allowed the Union army to command the town of Franklin as well as the road and railroad serving Nashville. The 84th Indiana Infantry was among the regiments that improved and manned the fort after arriving from Nashville early in March 1863 and camping beyond the fort and railroad. The following month, regimental surgeon Dr. Samuel S. Boyd drew a map showing the locations of headquarters, military and contraband camps, and other nearby earthworks. Within a few weeks of the 84th's arrival, the regiment lost men to sickness, while healthier soldiers patrolled the countryside, guarded crossroads, and skirmished with Confederate raiders. By June, the 84th had been transferred south to campaign around Tullahoma. A photograph of Company C was taken before May 9, 1864, and Major William A. Boyd, shown in the photograph, died soon after being wounded that day in fighting north of Atlanta, Georgia, while his brother, Surgeon Samuel S. Boyd, survived him. Samuel S. Boyd resigned on March 23, 1865. The city later acquired the property from private owners to save it from development, and Fort Granger was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Franklin, Tennessee · United States