Dover,
TN
TN
During my high school years I lived in Donelson, TN which is located
just outside of Nashville. After touring the Fort, I felt very honored to
have grown-up in a area named after such an important site and deep
in history.
just outside of Nashville. After touring the Fort, I felt very honored to
have grown-up in a area named after such an important site and deep
in history.
Unconditional Surrender of Fort Donelson created jubilation
throughout the North and silence in Dixie. It was the North’s first
major victory of the Civil War, opening the way into the very heart of
the Confederacy.
This was a major victory for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and a
catastrophe for the South. It ensured that Kentucky would stay in the
Union and opened up Tennessee for a Northern advance along the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Grant received a promotion to
major general for his victory and attained stature in the Western
Theater, earning the nom de guerre "Unconditional Surrender."
throughout the North and silence in Dixie. It was the North’s first
major victory of the Civil War, opening the way into the very heart of
the Confederacy.
This was a major victory for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and a
catastrophe for the South. It ensured that Kentucky would stay in the
Union and opened up Tennessee for a Northern advance along the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Grant received a promotion to
major general for his victory and attained stature in the Western
Theater, earning the nom de guerre "Unconditional Surrender."
| Entrance sign to the park. |
| Lower Water Battery. Cannon line facing downstream of the Cumberland River. |
| I sitting on the lower bunk in a reconstructed confederate log hut |
| Seth eyeing a cannon on the Upper Water Battery line |
| The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected this monument in 1933 |
| I'm looking in the direction the Union gunboats approaced in Feb. 1862 |
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