Status: Preserved
Address: 3085 Honey Tree Drive, Germantown
Built: 1863-1864
Architectural Style: Park
Original Function/Purpose: Park
History: The Germantown Redoubt site is a hilltop fortification next to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad east of the older part of Germantown. It dates back to the Civil War as a point along the Memphis-Charleston Railroad, a vital Confederate supply route and is one of the few remaining Civil War redoubts in Tennessee, as well as in the Mid-South area. Archeological field work from 1985 revealed a trench for setting a series of posts along the line of the wall (for a revetment), charcoal and soil stain evidence of posts and possible other wood elements, as well as Minie balls (ammunition), nails and pieces of sheet iron scrap from inside the wall trench, and at least one musket ball. The redoubt remains in excellent condition as an example of a virtually intact Civil War outpost, as well as what military occupation life could have been like, well behind the front lines.
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County Commission District: 4