The September 27th Knoxville Trivia Blog had an entry on the Fort Sanders re-enactment. Sure wish I'd seen it before this past weekend as we were in Knoxville all weekend long. We heard about the kids getting sick, but not that it was going on all weekend, but I should have figured it would be.
Anyway, the author said that Fort Sanders was the single bloodiest day in Knoxvile history when Confederate General Longstreet lost 800 men assaulting the fort. The northwest bastion of the fort has been reconstructed to scale, but not on the actual site which is near the University of Tennessee campus as I saw a monument and marker to it as we were walking up and down those numerous hills.
This reconstruction can be reached by going on Rutledge Pike about 12 miles from Knoxville, turning left onto Circle Road and taking it to the end and turning right onto Washington Pike.
The blog had a picture of it. Hopefully, this part of Fort Sanders will remain standing.
Still haven't heard anything more about the sick students.
I Wonder If the Attacking Confederates Were Listening to "All Summer Long" on Their Ipods this Past Weekend? Hey, "Sweet Home Alabama." --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
