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Fort Hill in Waverly, TN is home to an earthen fort which was the headquarters of the 13th U.S. colored Troops (USCT) from 1863 until the end of the civil war. It was built for the protection of the US Army operated railroad running from the Tennessee River in Johnsonville to Nashville. The 13th USCT also fought in the Battle of Nashville in December of 1864. The fort is about one acre, the walls are surrounded by an outer ditch around eight feet tall from top to bottom. The interior is about 3 feet below the top wall. An opening in the eastern wall was used as the main entrance. A bastion on the northeast corner would have held a cannon and had a perfect view of the railroad below. There were at least two other fortifications built in the area to protect the trestles of the railroad, one including a blockhouse. The troops were constantly harassed by rebels in the area. Writing about Captain Napier's Confederate Guerrillas, a soldier wrote, "This gang have their headquarters near Waverly, and they are supported and sustained by the whole community in that vicinity. Waverly is the nest of the vilest and most pestilential set of traitors that live, and the place ought to be destroyed." In 1870 Lt. James Nicholas Nolan, of the 1st Kansas Battery, came back to Waverly and built his home across from the fort he had served at. The home is now the Humphrey's County Museum and both the fort and the home are on the National Register of Historic Places. If you look at the 5th picture, the red speck to the right of the home is a caboose, a memorial to a tragic accident in 1978 in which a train derailed. The train was moved to the side so other rail traffic could pass through, including a tanker containing Liquid Petrolium, which exploded on February 24th around 3PM. The sound was heard 25 miles away and 16 people were killed. This illustrates the view of the railroad held by the fort. 
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