Old Johnsonville (3E 12) - New Johnsonville TN
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Don.Morfe
N 36° 03.771 W 087° 57.981
16S E 412973 N 3991351
This town was named for Andrew Johnson, military governor of Tennessee (1862 - 65). Although the community had been a steamboat landing prior to the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM1396C
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2020
Views: 5
Old Johnsonville-This town was named for Andrew Johnson, military governor of Tennessee (1862 - 65). Although the community had been a steamboat landing prior to the Civil War, it was not until the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad was completed by the Union Army in May, 1864, that it gained prominence as a major supply depot. Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest destroyed the supply depot on Nov. 4, 1864, but there still remain near the town two Union redoubts built for defense of the depot. The guns in the earthworks were inadequate, and Forrest destroyed the supply base and defending gunboat flotilla as well. After the war, Johnsonville thrived for forty years as a river-rail transfer point, but severe flooding stopped its growth. T. V. A. then purchased the land for Kentucky Lake and in 1945 the town ceased to exist.
LOCATION: Marker is near New Johnsonville, Tennessee, in Humphreys County. Marker is on Redoubt Lane west of Museum Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at or near this postal address: 90 Redoubt Lane, New Johnsonville TN 37134, United States of America.
Marker Name: Old Johnsonville
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 3E 12
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission.
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