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Sulphur Trestle Fort Site, Elkmont, AL

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Sulphur Trestle Fort Site

Earthwork fort near Elkmont, Alabama, where Confederate forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a Union garrison in 1864.

Elkmont, AL

About Sulphur Trestle Fort Site

This Civil War battlefield in Limestone County preserves the earthwork fort that guarded a railroad trestle over Sulphur Creek. On September 25, 1864, Confederate troops led by Nathan Bedford Forrest overran the Union defenders and won the fight. The fort had four bastions and two 12-pound howitzers. Much of the surrounding battlefield remains undeveloped, and the 1973 National Register listing was later expanded to cover about 317 acres. Most of the land is private, but a former railroad bed now serves as the Richard Martin Trail, where an interpretive panel stands near the fort.

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