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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1863-1866) - A Union [[U.S. Civil War]] Lunette established in 1863 as a part of [[Fortress Rosecrans]] in present day Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Named Lunette Thomas after Major General [[George H. Thomas]]. The Lunette was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when Fortress Rosecrans was abandoned. | {{PageHeader}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1863-1866) - A Union [[U.S. Civil War]] Lunette established in 1863 as a part of [[Fortress Rosecrans]] in present day Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Named Lunette Thomas after Major General [[George H. Thomas]], {{Cullum|1028}}. The Lunette was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when Fortress Rosecrans was abandoned. | |||
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== History of Lunette Thomas == | == History of Lunette Thomas == | ||
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[[File:Lunette Thomas 17.jpg|thumb|center|796px|Lunette Thomas Front Curtain and Ditch]] | |||
Lunette Thomas and the other Lunettes at [[Fortress Rosecrans]] were lightly armed earthworks along the outer perimeter providing strong points along a line of rifle trenches that connected them. Each Lunette was served by batteries of three to nine guns under the command of a commissioned officer with 60 to 100 enlisted men present. | Lunette Thomas and the other Lunettes at [[Fortress Rosecrans]] were lightly armed earthworks along the outer perimeter providing strong points along a line of rifle trenches that connected them. Each Lunette was served by batteries of three to nine guns under the command of a commissioned officer with 60 to 100 enlisted men present. | ||
Lunette Thomas was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when [[Fortress Rosecrans]] was abandoned. | Lunette Thomas was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when [[Fortress Rosecrans]] was abandoned. | ||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Partial remains and several markers. | [[File:Lunette Thomas 14.jpg|thumb|left|200ps|Lunette Thomas Interpretive Panel]] | ||
Partial remains and several markers. Part of a preserved section that includes the remains of Lunette Palmer, Lunette Thomas and the connecting curtain and rifle pits. | |||
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(M) 35.85084, -86.40939, Lunette Thomas Marker | (M) 35.85084, -86.40939, Lunette Thomas Marker | ||
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'''Location:''' Old Fort | '''Location:''' Old Fort Street in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. {{GNISMapPoint}} | ||
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tUhHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Redoubt+Johnson&source=bl&ots=1m-CKRS7-P&sig=EO8e-ul92BHhOdXatdib0MvhnyM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uRmiVMDnGYeyyQTQgYGYAw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Redoubt%20Johnson&f=false Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the 51st Congress 1890-'91 with Index, GPO, 1891, Chapt XLIV, page 93, Google Books.] | * [https://books.google.com/books?id=tUhHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Redoubt+Johnson&source=bl&ots=1m-CKRS7-P&sig=EO8e-ul92BHhOdXatdib0MvhnyM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uRmiVMDnGYeyyQTQgYGYAw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Redoubt%20Johnson&f=false Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the 51st Congress 1890-'91 with Index, GPO, 1891, Chapt XLIV, page 93, Google Books.] | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/tn-cent.html#murfrees North American Forts - Lunette Thomas] | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/tn-cent.html#murfrees North American Forts - Lunette Thomas] | ||
* [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37864 HMDB - Lunette Thomas Marker] | * [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37864 HMDB - Lunette Thomas Marker] | ||
{{Visited| | {{Visited|15 May 2016}} | ||
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[[Category:Tennessee Rutherford County]] | [[Category:Tennessee Rutherford County]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2016 Research Trip]] | ||
[[Category:Starter Page]] | [[Category:Starter Page]] | ||
[[Category:U.S. Civil War Forts]] | [[Category:U.S. Civil War Forts]] | ||
[[Category:Murfreesboro Defense System - U.S. Civil War]] | [[Category:Murfreesboro Defense System - U.S. Civil War]] | ||
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Lunette Thomas (1863-1866) - A Union U.S. Civil War Lunette established in 1863 as a part of Fortress Rosecrans in present day Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Named Lunette Thomas after Major General George H. Thomas, (Cullum 1028). The Lunette was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when Fortress Rosecrans was abandoned.
History of Lunette ThomasAfter the Union army occupied Murfreesboro, Tennessee in January 1863, Major General William S. Rosecrans, (Cullum 1115), Commander of the Army of the Cumberland, gave his chief engineer Brigadier General USV James St. Clair Morton, (Cullum 1495), the job of designing and constructing what became Fortress Rosecrans. Morton planned a large enclosed fortification of over 200 acres that occupied both the north and south sides of the Stones River at Murfreesboro and included an important road junction and a rail line.  Lunette Thomas and the other Lunettes at Fortress Rosecrans were lightly armed earthworks along the outer perimeter providing strong points along a line of rifle trenches that connected them. Each Lunette was served by batteries of three to nine guns under the command of a commissioned officer with 60 to 100 enlisted men present. Lunette Thomas was abandoned in 1866 after the end of the war when Fortress Rosecrans was abandoned.
Current Status Partial remains and several markers. Part of a preserved section that includes the remains of Lunette Palmer, Lunette Thomas and the connecting curtain and rifle pits.
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Links: Visited: 15 May 2016
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