Fort Negley reopened to the public this month for the first time after 60 years of neglect. The fort, built in 1862, was the largest and most important fortification built by Union troops occupying Nashville during the Civil War.
You could have lived here all your life and never been to the Fort, now is your chance to visit and enjoy the rich history of the area, look at this as an Adventure not a cache hunt.
As a very young lad ignoring the signs and gate that closed the fort and visiting it when we were kids. ''Not only did I trespass myself, I trespassed with all my “BUDDYS“,'' It has changed a great deal in 40 years, come get all the history you can stand.
All of the Waymarks are in the closes order, and the shortest way around stay on the designated roads and paths. Do NOT go around or over any of the barricades they are there for a reason. Once inside the fort stay to your left. Also please do not climb on anything.
As you are walking from one Waymark to another take the numbers and keep a running total until after you have done Waymark #20.
If the answer is a year like 1856 then your number would be 1,856
After you are done with the Waymarks multiply that total number times 4, then subtract 13,008 for the final number. You will end up with a six digit number, use it like this ABC,DEF
Replace them here N 36 08.ABC W 86 46.DEF this is where the log book and cache is at a plastic jo-tote is located d
Waymark #1 N36 08.604 W86 46.525
Using the labor of slaves and free blacks how many cubic feet of stone was
used to build the largest masonry fortification in North America ?_______
How many hinges are on the main interpretive board? _______
How many “V” blocks are in front of the interpretive board? ________
Waymark #2 N36 08.637 W86 46.470
The distance between Ft Donelson and Nashville was how many miles?___
Waymark #3 N36 08.676 W86 46.437
What year did he resigned from the Union army? _________
Waymark #4 N36 08.707 W86 46.401
In what year was he appointed military governor of Tennessee? ______
Waymark #5 N36 08.722 W86 46.393
What year was he promoted to chief engineer of the Union army?______
Waymark #6 N36 08.746 W86 46.408
What was his age year when he run away from home? _______
Waymark #7 N36 08.761 W86 46.435
In what year did he flee to the north? ______
Waymark #8 N36 08.762 W86 46.458
How many men were officially enrolled as laborers ? _______
Waymark #9 N36 08.728 W86 46.495
How many entrances went into the fort? _______
Now go to your left inside the fort
Waymark #10 N36 08.738 W86 46.469
How many 64-pound guns were there ? ______
How many 32-pound smoothbore were there ? ______
By what year was the artillery upgraded to the 30 iron forged Parrott gun ? ______
How much did the new gun weight ? _______
What year did John H Ferguson do his sketch of Fort Negley? _______
Waymark #11 N36 08.733 W86 46.455
How old was the Sergeant from Scotland ? ______
Waymark #12 N36 08.708 W86 46.456
What is the combined length of the bastions walls ? _______
Waymark #13 N36 08.715 W86 46.484
What is the model on canteen pictured ? ______
What was the date it was found ? _______
After this stop if you would like find three benchmarks,
this would be the time, they are NEGLEY, NEGLEY RM 1 and
NEGLEY RM 2 they will give you a clue to one of my puzzle
caches
Waymark #14 N36 08.690 W86 46.473
Trees located within the stockade were use for how may purposes ? _____
How many Cisterns did they have for water ? _______
Waymark #15 N36 08.694 W86 46.520
When was Fort Huston renamed ? _______
Waymark #16 N36 08.705 W86 46.513
How many companies did the commander of the Union Army of the
Cumberland ordered to man Fort Negley ? ______
There should be another cache real close by you now GCM77J by Southpaw
Waymark #17 N36 08.690 W86 46.499
How many color bearers lost their lives ? _______
The U.S.C.T. Thirteenth TN suffered how many casualties ? _______
Out of how many men in the thirteenth ? _______
After Peach Orchard Hill, The Confederates suffered 4,400
casualties and the Union had how many ? _______
Waymark #18 N36 08.724 W86 46.497
How many steamships were dispatched ? ______
How many tons did they carry ? ______
Waymark #19 N36 08.693 W86 46.570
How many men worked on the WPA project at a cost of $84,000 ? ______
Please take the rock stairs to your right to the next Waymark
Waymark #20 N36 08.736 W86 46.581
How many blacks aided in the defeat of the Confederates ? ______
How many fortification did they help build around Nashville ? _______