Military Monuments & Museums
Visit the Hazen Brigade Monument which commemorates the Stones River Campaign, a decisive battle favoring Union forces. This monument is noted as the oldest intact civil war monument still standing in its original location. Carnton Mansion, once used as a field hospital for wounded and dying Confederate soldiers, offers tours of the house, grounds and garden. Explore historic Lairdland Farm House and Civil War Museum where you can see an extensive collection of Union and Confederate artifacts, or head for the memorial in Greeneville, the only memorial in Tennessee to honor troops from both the Union and Confederate armies.
Bledsoe's Fort Historic Park
Eighty-acre park. Includes archaeological site, Isaac Bledsoe's fort c. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Castalian Springs, TN
Phone: 615-452-5463
Blockade Runner, Sutlery & Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum is dedicated to the common soldier North or South during the June 1863 Tullahoma Campaign. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Wartrace, TN
Phone: 931-389-6294
Bradley Academy Museum & Cultural Center
Built in 1917 as a school for African Americans. Features restored classroom, Civil War exhibit and local history exhibits. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Murfreesboro, TN
Phone: 615-867-2633
Britton Lane Civil War Battlefield
Site of 1862 battle. Restored log cabin used as a hospital on battlefield site. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Denmark, TN
Phone: 731-935-2209
Buck Lodge Fortifications (Fort Mitchell)
The Buck Lodge site was another federal stockade meant to protect the vital Louisville and Nashville railroad line. Manned by the 13th Indiana Field Artillery and the 106th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the fortifications protected two bridges as well as a water tank. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Gallatin, TN
Phone: 888-425-5286
Butler Museum
This museum depicts early life in the mountains featuring Indian artifacts, Civil War artifacts and artifacts from home life. Old town of Butler up to 1948 when gates of Watauga Dam were closed. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Butler, TN
Phone: 423-768-3880
Carnton Plantation
Carnton is the restored home of John and Carrie McGavock. The house once a vibrant plantation home, served as field hospital to hundreds of wounded and dying Confederate soldiers following the Battle of Franklin in 1864. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Franklin, TN
Phone: 615-794-0903
Cedar Creek Iron Furnace
The only remaining "double stack" furnace in the western rim of Tennessee, which ceased operation during the Civil War. The location is now a park. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Linden, TN
Phone: 931-589-2453
Charlotte Courthouse Square Historic District
See Tennessee's oldest operating courthouse, built in 1804, along with 10 other historic buildings. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Charlotte, TN
Phone: 615-446-2349
Chattanooga History Center
Chattanooga's story is amazing. Learn and experience it here. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-265-3247
Chattanooga National Cemetery
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Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-855-6590
Chattanooga Regional History Museum
The Chattanooga Regional History Museum has an extensive Civil War collection, including a mountain howitzer; Grant’s headquarter’s chair; dozens of muskets, rifles, swords, knives, pistols, and projectiles; various accoutrements; uniforms; original photographs taken by R. M. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-265-3247
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
Point Park commemorates the soldiers who fought in the 1863 Civil War battles for Chattanooga. The battlefields of Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain and portions of Missionary Ridge are all components of the National Park. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Lookout Mountain, TN
Phone: 423-821-7786
Clay County Museum & Cordell Hull Law Office
Designed to preserve and protect Clay County's history. Featuring artifacts of Celina, a historic river town and permanent river history exhibits. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Celina, TN
Phone: 931-243-4220
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Visit the one of the most photographed buildings in Tennessee, the Customs House Museum! First used as a post office and customs house in 1878 to accommodate the flourishing tobacco trade, this architecturally unique structure houses both permanent and rotating exhibits. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Clarksville, TN
Phone: (931) 648-5780
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