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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATI_forrests-escape_Dover-TN.html
(overview)In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to take control of western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as the rivers. Grant captured Fort Henry on February 6, then…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1732_holding-the-outer-lines_Dover-TN.html
The remains of the trenches you see here are part of the outer line of defenses that protected Fort Donelson against land attack. This part of the line was initially occupied by Capt. Rice E. Graves' six-gun Kentucky Battery with instructions to k…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1731_graves-battery_Dover-TN.html
The Confederate outer defenses, in February 1862, formed a 3-mile broken line around Fort Donelson and Dover. The Confederates cut trees in front of the entrenchments to construct an abitis, a formidable obstacle to the enemy. Field artillery batt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGT_fort-henry_Dover-TN.html
About 4 mi. N. this one of two forts erected to deny Tennessee River to the Federals. Ft. Heiman faced it from the Kentucky side. It was surrendered following naval bombardment, to Flag Officer A.H. Foote, USN, by Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, CSA, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ37_the-stewart-county-iron-industry_Dover-TN.html
For over fifty years during the 19th Century, Stewart County was the center of the iron industry of Tennessee. For instance, in 1854, the county produced as much, tonnage-wise, as the next two largest producing counties in middle Tennessee and ove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1H_history-of-the-stewart-county-courthouse_Dover-TN.html
The first courthouse in Stewart County, Tennessee was erected in June 1806 in the Township of Dover. In 1823, the original log courthouse was replaced and later destroyed by fire during the Civil War in 1862. The courthouse was rebuilt in 1870. It…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZJ_freedmens-camp_Dover-TN.html
After the Union victory at Fort Donelson, slaves escaping from nearby farms and iron foundries flocked to the area seeking freedom and protection. By March 1863 some 300 refugees lived here at the freedmen's camp that came to be known as "Free Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZI_cemetery-lodge_Dover-TN.html
This 1877 house served as office and quarters for the cemetery keeper until 1931. The design of the building is Second Empire (French), from the reign of Napoleon III (1852-1870). This architectural style is characterized by gables and a roof cons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZG_hallowed-ground_Dover-TN.html
Fort Donelson National Cemetery was established in 1867 as the final resting place for Union soldiers and sailors who died during the Civil War and were buried in this area. The cemetery occupies the site of the second Fort Donelson built in 1863 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZE_rice-house_Dover-TN.html
At 1:30 a.m., February 16, 1862, at a final council of war in the Rice house (originally located in front of you at the corner of Pillow and Petty streets) Confederate Generals Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner decided that their failed breakout attempt …
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