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Map of Fort Donelson. The site was established as Fort Donelson National Military Park on March 26, 1928. The national military park and national cemetery were transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It was ...
Fort Donelson was a fortress built early in 1862 by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to control the Cumberland River, which led to the heart of Tennessee, and thereby the Confederacy. The fort was named after Confederate general Daniel S. Donelson .
The Campaign for Fort Donelson. National Park Service Civil War series. Fort Washington, PA: U.S. National Park Service and Eastern National, 1999. ISBN 1-888213-50-7. Cooling, Benjamin Franklin. Fort Donelson's Legacy: War and Society in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862–1863. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. ISBN 0-87049-949-1.
The Battle of Dover, also known as the Second Battle of Fort Donelson, was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on February 3, 1863, in Stewart County, Tennessee. [ 1 ] Background
Fort Donelson, the site of a major Union victory in the Civil War, is located west of downtown Dover and located inside Fort Donelson National Battlefield Park. Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, a 8,862 acres (35.86 km 2) habitat for waterfowl and aquatic plant life, is located on the Cumberland River east of Dover.
The 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a Confederate infantry regiment from Mississippi.The 4th Regiment, formed of volunteer companies from central Mississippi, was captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson, captured again after the Siege of Vicksburg, and then fought in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns before surrendering after the Battle of Fort Blakeley in April, 1865.
Civil War: Fort Donelson Fort Henry: Fort Necessity: Pennsylvania: NB March 4, 1931: 902.80 acres (3.7 km 2; 1.4 sq mi) French and Indian War: Fort Necessity: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania: Virginia
In Spring 1864, the 8th Kentucky was converted to mounted infantry and fought the remainder of the war as dragoons. It served under Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest for much of that time. The 8th Kentucky Regiment surrendered on May 4, 1865, at Columbus, Mississippi , nearly a month after Robert E. Lee 's surrender at Appomattox Court House in ...