In Nashville

• 1). Visit the Battle of Nashville Monument Park. The park is located four miles south of Nashville at Granny White Pike and Battlefield drive. This park marks the place which Gen. Stephen D. Lee and his men held during the first day of the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. It is open from dawn to dusk.
  
  
• 2). Visit the Belle Meade Plantation located at 5025 Harding Road in Nashville. Belle Meade served as headquarters for Confederate General James Chalmers and was the site of a small skirmish between the cavalry and infantry during the Battle of Nashville.
  
  
• 3). Visit the State Capitol building located on Charlotte Avenue between 6th and 7th Avenue in Nashville. By 1862, the Capitol building was occupied by Union Soldiers and became Union Fort Andrew Johnson. Rumor has it that a ghost of one of the Union soldiers still haunts the building. A statue of Sam Davis, "boy hero of the Confederacy" can be found on the grounds of the capitol building.
  
  
• 4). Visit Union Fort Negley at 1100 Fort Negley Boulevard in Nashville. Fort Negley was the largest fortification in Nashville and was Union Army in December 1862. It is believed that some of the first shots during the Battle of Nashville were fired from here.
  
  
• 5). Visit Shy's Hill which is located at 4619 Benton Smith Road in Nashville. This hill served as the location of a decisive encounter during the Battle of Nashville on December 16, 1864.
  
  
• 6). Visit the Sunnyside (aka Sevier Home) which is located in Sevier Park on 12th Avenue South. This house ended up in between the Union and Confederate lines during the Battle of Nashville and served as a hospital for wounded soldiers.
  
  

Outside of Nashville

• 1). Visit the Carter House located on 1140 Columbia Avenue in Franklin. The Carter House served as a Federal command post during the Battle of Franklin, in November 1864. You can still see evidence of over 1,000 bullet holes from the battle.
  
  
• 2). Visit Stones River Battlefield in Murfreesboro. Stones River was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War that began on December 31, 1862. When it was over three days later, 24,000 casualties--approximately one-third of the soldiers who fought there--were dead.
  
  
• 3). Visit Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Fort Donelson was the site of a several day battle from February 14 to February 16, 1862 and was one of the Union's first big victories.
  
  
• 4). Visit Shiloh National Military Park. This park commemorates the battle that occurred from April 6-7, 1862 battle around Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing and resulted in more than 23,000 casualties.
  
  
• 5). Visit Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Park. This park is the site of some of the toughest fighting done in the Fall of 1863.