Johnsonville supply base
Supply base, Johnsonville, Tennessee.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- Johnsonville, Tennessee
- Years
- 1864
- Today
- State historic site
JOHNSONVILLE SUPPLY BASE
Supply base where supplies came up the Tennessee River and went by rail to Nashville for Thomas's Army of the Cumberland. Forrest's artillery attacked it on November 4, 1864. The garrison burned its own supply boats, and 28 boats and barges were destroyed.
Then
Supplies came up the Tennessee River, were unloaded at Johnsonville and went by rail to Nashville for Thomas's Army of the Cumberland.
Forrest's artillery attacked the base on November 4, 1864. The garrison burned its own supply boats, and 28 boats and barges and millions of dollars of supplies were destroyed.
Now
State historic site
Johnsonville State Historic Park in Humphreys County. The town site was flooded by Kentucky Lake in 1944.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 1.5 miles away.
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