SJU5
Corporal
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2018
Guys,
In following the post Gettysburg route of my NJ 13th Reg, they were trained to Nashville and after a month were charged with guarding the Duck River Bridge over which the Nashville and Chattanooga rail lines ran. In his memoirs, which were extremely accurate, Private Samuel Toombs wrote that the 13th was stationed on the south bank of the Duck River bridge. In his book, he wrote other regiments from NY and Wisconsin were task with guarding the rail lines in Estelle Springs, Tullahoma, War Trace, Normandy and Shelbyville. There is also a mention of a Maupin's Station located a mile from where the 13 th were.Looking at CURRENT day maps, the Duck River now ends at a 1950's dam. I believe that Duck River continued further east before the dam was constructed.
What I'm trying to find is any information as to where the accurate location of the bridge was as its written in other sources as an important assignment with possible photographs of the bridge in the Civil War.
The first photo is the area around Estelle Springs and today its called the Elk River Bridge and the second is way north between War Trace and Normandy. The RR lines ONLY cross water at these two locations. The tip off is the 13th was located only 1 mile from Maupins Station, whereever the heck that was!
Thanks in advance!
In following the post Gettysburg route of my NJ 13th Reg, they were trained to Nashville and after a month were charged with guarding the Duck River Bridge over which the Nashville and Chattanooga rail lines ran. In his memoirs, which were extremely accurate, Private Samuel Toombs wrote that the 13th was stationed on the south bank of the Duck River bridge. In his book, he wrote other regiments from NY and Wisconsin were task with guarding the rail lines in Estelle Springs, Tullahoma, War Trace, Normandy and Shelbyville. There is also a mention of a Maupin's Station located a mile from where the 13 th were.Looking at CURRENT day maps, the Duck River now ends at a 1950's dam. I believe that Duck River continued further east before the dam was constructed.
What I'm trying to find is any information as to where the accurate location of the bridge was as its written in other sources as an important assignment with possible photographs of the bridge in the Civil War.
The first photo is the area around Estelle Springs and today its called the Elk River Bridge and the second is way north between War Trace and Normandy. The RR lines ONLY cross water at these two locations. The tip off is the 13th was located only 1 mile from Maupins Station, whereever the heck that was!Thanks in advance!
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