Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports. Captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentucky Lake.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 121 and Cypress Trail, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 121.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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