Before leaving Pebble Isle Marina we accepted an invitation to join the staff for homemade cinnamon buns. If you know me well, you know that I rarely eat sweets. This time I decided to make an exception, I wanted to join in the conversation and, at the same time, not offend the host. We were on the river for several hours with me standing up, sitting down, moving here, and moving there before I realized I was having a “sugar high.” How do you say, never again?
Sunday was a beautiful day to cruise the river. We left Kentucky Lake behind us and continued on the Tennessee. We passed our first two river barges, cruised by a Tennessee National Wildlife Park, and entered Perryville Marina with the lowest water level we ever hope to see be beneath Andiamo. Our depth-gage showed a mere 0.5 feet of water below our keel and we were inside the entrance channel, a traumatic experience for the captain who was sure that we would run aground. The day ended with a glass of wine and a full moon, life is good.
Civil War History (April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865)
While at Pebble Isle Marina we visited Johnsonville State Historic Park which commemorates the site of the Johnsonville Depot, the Battle of Johnsonville and the historic town site of Johnsonville that existed from 1864-1944. Johnsonville, the location of a Union supply depot, was attacked on November 4th, 1864 by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The attack destroyed 14 transports, 20 barges, four gunboats and more than $6 million worth of supplies meant for Union General William T. Sherman’s army in Georgia. Although this battle was a win for the Confederate army it did not stop General Sherman’s march to the sea.
