Fort Byington

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Fort Byington

"The Hill", dear to University of
Tennessee alumni, was protected by
a battery of Federal cannon and
a brigade of infantry during
Longstreet's siege of Knoxville, in
Nov., 1863. A line of entrenchments
ran across the west and south
slopes of the hill, connecting
Fort Sanders and Second Creek.

• fort byington
• university of tennessee
• civil war
• 1863
• longstreet
• fort sanders