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Nashville District Commanders
Lt. Col. John W. Barlow 8-18-1888 to 10-23-1891
Barlow was the first Nashville District Engineer. His task was to oversee the construction of a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. He later served as USACE chief of engineers.
Lt. Col. Henry M. Robert 10-23-1891 to 6-9-1893
2nd District Engineer. Author of Robert's Rules of Order. He later served as USACE chief of engineers.
Capt. John Biddle
6-9-1893 to 6-1-1898
3rd District Engineer
Maj. Dan C. Kingman
6-1-1898 to 3-31-1899
4th District Engineer
Lt. Col. Milton B. Adams
3-31-1899 to 7-18-1900
Lt. Col. M. B. Adams
Maj. Dan C. Kingman 7-17-1901 to 9-17-1901 8th District Engineer
Lt. Col. M. B. Adams 9-17-1901 to 4-22-1903 9th District Engineer
Capt. W. J. Barden
10th District Engineer
Lt. Col. Clinton B. Sears
Maj. H. C. Newcomer
1st Lt. W. G. Caples
Maj. William W. Harts
14th District Engineer. Later served as chief engineer on the Lincoln Memorial and director of debris mission following 1906 California Earthquake
Maj. C.A.F. Flagler
7-18-1910 to 12-8-1910
12-8-1910 to 7-24-1911
7-24-1911 to 10-21-1911
Maj. Edgar Jadwin
Maj. H. Burgess
12-11-1911 to 7-22-1916
Capt. Jarvis J. Bain
Maj. Lytle Brown
21st District Engineer
Maj. Jarvis J. Bain
22nd District Engineer
Mr. W. S. Winn
No photo available 23rd District Engineer
Mr. A. B. McGrew
No photo available 24th District Engineer
Col. J. B. Cavanaugh
Lt. Col. Lytle Brown
Maj. Robert R. Ralston
Maj. Harold C. Fiske
Maj. J. L. Schley
29th District Engineer. Also commanded the 307th Engineering Battalion during World War I. He later served as USACE chief of engineers.
Lt. Col. J. R. Slattery
Lt. Col. E. J. Dent
33rd District Engineer
Maj. Lewis H. Watkins
Maj. John F. Conklin
3-31-1929 to 8-2-1929
Maj. Frank S. Besson
Maj. Robert R. Neyland
Neyland served as 37th commander and district engineer of the Nashville and Chattanooga Districts in 1933 and 1934 while simultaneously teaching military science and coaching the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team. He served as the head football coach from 1926 to 1934, 1936 to 1940, and 1946 to 1952, and holds the record for most wins in team history. He amassed 173 wins in 216 games, which included six undefeated seasons, nine undefeated regular seasons, seven conference championships, and four national championships. His 1939 squad is the last NCAA team in history to hold every regular season opponent scoreless. He achieved the rank of brigadier general while serving with distinction in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Lt. Col. C.E. Perry
Maj. Benard Smith
Lt. Col. O. E. Walsh
40th District Engineer. Supported World War II military construction mission and later served as first commander of Mediterranean Division.
Lt. Col. W. A. Davis
No photo available 41st District Engineer
Col. Reading Wilkerson
Col. H. V. Canan
Col. Arthur W. Pence
Lt. Col. E. H. Dillon
Col. Henry Walsh
Lt. Col. Robert W. Lockridge
Lt. Col. E. B. Jennings
Col. G. M. Dorland
Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler
Col. Eugene J. Stann
Col. Vincent P. Carlson
Col. James B. Newman III
53rd District Commander
Col. Jesse L. Fishback
Col. John C. Bell
Col. William F. Brandes
Col. Henry J. Hatch
57th District Engineer. Also commanded 326th Engineering Battalion. He later served as USACE chief of engineers.
Col. Robert K. Tener
Col. Lee W. Tucker
Maj. William F. Malone
Col. W. M. T. Kirkpatrick
Col. Edward A. Starbird
No photo available 62nd District Engineer
Col. James P. King
Lt. Col. Stephen M. Sheppard
Lt. Col. J. David Norwood
Lt. Col. John L. Whisler Jr.
Lt. Col. Christopher J. Young
Lt. Col. Peter F. Taylor Jr. 7-10-1999 to 7-13-2001
Lt. Col. Steven W. Gay
Lt. Col. Byron G. Jorns
Lt. Col. Steven J. Roemhildt
Lt. Col. Bernard R. Lindstrom
Lt. Col. Anthony P. Mitchell
Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp
Lt. Col. John L. Hudson
Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy
Lt. Col. Cullen A. Jones 7-7-2017 to present 77th District Engineer