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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPEG_fort-donelson_Dover-TN.html
Here the Union won its first major victory of the Civil War. The surrender of Fort Donelson, along with the capture of Forts Henry and Heiman, forced the Confederacy to abandon Nashville and give up southern Kentucky and much of middle and west Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2Y_the-upper-water-battery_Dover-TN.html
C.S.A.The Upper Water BatteryCaptain Reuben R. RossCommanderLocated on this position, this battery mounted one 6 1-2-inch rifled gun and two 32-pounder Carronades. The guns were manned by a detachment of Ross' Battery of Maury Artillery which arri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2W_fort-donelson_Dover-TN.html
C.S.A.Fort DonelsonThe Confederate defenses consisted of this fort, two water batteries and the line of rifle pits enclosing these and the town of Dover. The garrison of the fort proper consisted of the30th Tennessee, ? Colonel John W. Head49th Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME28_surrender-house_Dover-TN.html
Here, following a council of war with Brig. Gens. Floyd and Pillow, Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner surrendered the Confederate defenders of Fort Donelson to Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant, USA. The two senior Confederate generals, having abandoned command, esc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1T_advance-on-fort-donelson_Dover-TN.html
Here was formerly a road following a telegraph line between Dover and Tennessee River. Following Ft. Henry's capture, Grant's Army of the Ohio marched on Ft. Donelson in two columns, the northernmost on this road. Leading in battle formation was t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1G_site-of-fort-henry_Dover-TN.html
This site of the first Union attack on river routes in the West lies below Kentucky Lake. Only the easternmost rifle pits remain above water. Because of the high water in the fort, only Capt. Taylor's Co. B. First Regt. Tenn. Art., stayed to slow …