Fort Lytle

Fort Lytle is an American Civil War fort located on what is now the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

Fort Lytle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°59′15″N 86°27′08″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1861
Built by	Buckner, General Simon Bolivar; Harrison, Colonel Benjamin
MPS	Warren County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000848[1]
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1984

The fort was built in 1861 by Confederate army troops under General Simon Bolivar Buckner at the peak of Vinegar Hill and was named Fort Vinegar. It was renamed for William Haines Lytle after his 1863 death leading a cavalry charge in the Battle of Chickamauga. The hill was later called College Hill.

It was later improved by the Union army under Colonel Benjamin Harrison.^[2]