Civil War Journey in Clarksville, Tenn.

Faces
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA
Occupied Palmyra, Tenn. in
January 1863. Joined Joe Wheeler
in unsuccessful attempt to
recapture Dover.
Maj. Jeremy Gilmer, CSA
Engineer assigned to build/fortify Fort Defiance.
Gilmer wasted time surveying but not actually
constructing any earthworks of substance. Like
elsewhere in the region, efforts to protect Nashville
had languished due to labor shortages (see page 6).
Cpt. Frank P. Gracey, CSA
From Eddyville, Ky. Married daughter
of Clarksville physician, Joshuah
Cobb. Enlisted in 3rd Ky. Inf. at
Camp Boone. Promoted to 1st Lt.
and commanded Cobb’s Ky. Battery.
Wounded several times, most severly
at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. Captured Union supply
ship, Mazeppa, and gunboat, USS Undine. Becomes
prominent Clarksville businessman. Clarksville’s
Frank P. Gracey SCV Camp 225 named for him.
Greenwood Cemetery.
Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Captures Fort Henry and demands
the “Unconditional Surrender” of
Confederate forces at Fort Donelson
in February 1862. Following
Clarksville’s surrender, Grant is
here on February 20 and 23, 1862.
By 1864, Grant was Commanding
General of entire Union Army.
Nannie Haskins (Williams)
Teenage daughter of Clarksville
physician who observes the activities
and events of her occupied town from
her home overlooking Cumberland
River, garrisoned with Union troops
and gunboats. Her diary, with vivid
descriptions, heartbreak and hatred of Yankees, is
quoted extensively in the Ken Burns PBS series, The
Civil War. Greenwood Cemetery.
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