Stewart
13,000 Prisoners
Dover, TN
Thirteen thousand dejected Confederate defenders of Fort Donelson huddled here against the cold on February 16, 1862.
6-pounder Gun
Dover, TN
The 6-pounder was the prime artillery piece of the Mexican War and the smallest regulation gun of the Civil War.
Advance on Fort Donelson
Here was formerly a road following a telegraph line between Dover and Tennessee River.
Brown's Brigade
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's Division Colonel John C. Brown's Brigade Early on February 15, 1862 General Buckner's...
Buckner's Defense
Dover, TN
To stop the Confederate break-out attempt on February 15, Grant sent his reorganized troops against the Confederate left.
Buckner's Division
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's Division On February 15, 1862, about 1 p.m. this division in compliance with General Floyd's...
Confederate Breakout
Dover, TN
"Fill your cartridge boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so.
Control the Rivers and Railroads
Dover, TN
During the Civil War rivers and railroads routinely carried soldiers, material, and food to keep the war effort going.
Dover Hotel
Dover, TN
Built between 1851 and 1853, this hotel accommodated riverboat travelers before and after the Civil War.
Forrest's Cavalry
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry On February 15, 1862, during the attack Forrest's Cavalry covered the extreme left of the...
Fort Donelson
Dover, TN
The mounds of earth you see before you are the remains of Fort Donelson, which originally covered 15 acres.
Fort Henry
About 4 mi. N. this one of two forts erected to deny Tennessee River to the Federals.
Freedmen's Camp
Dover, TN
After the Union victory at Fort Donelson, slaves escaping from nearby farms and iron foundries flocked to the area seeking freedom and...
Graves' Battery
Dover, TN
The Confederate outer defenses, in February 1862, formed a 3-mile broken line around Fort Donelson and Dover.
Greene's Battery
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's Division Colonel Thomas J. Davidson's Brigade Greene's Battery The 2nd Division of this...
Gun Positions
Dover, TN
The four mounds in this section of the water batteries are some of the first structures built to defend the river.
Hallowed Ground
Dover, TN
Fort Donelson National Cemetery was established in 1867 as the final resting place for Union soldiers and sailors who died during the...
History of the Stewart County Courthouse
Dover, TN
The first courthouse in Stewart County, Tennessee was erected in June 1806 in the Township of Dover.
Holding the Outer Lines
Dover, TN
The remains of the trenches you see here are part of the outer line of defenses that protected Fort Donelson against land attack.
Life at Fort Donelson
Dover, TN
"We lived luxuriously in comfortable tents and log huts," one Fort Donelson soldier wrote in the more tranquil days before cold weather...
Maney's Battery
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's Division Colonel Adolphus Heiman's Brigade Maney's Battery This battery of four pieces...
Planning to Escape
Dover, TN
The road heading down the ravine (to your left) is Main street.
Quarters for the Troops
Dover, TN
On the hillside before you, inside the fort walls, stood some 100 log huts, part of 400 built in the area to house the Confederate garrison.
Reconstructed Powder Magazine
Dover, TN
The original magazine was a one room, double-wall building constructed of logs.
Rice House
Dover, TN
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...
Seizing the Initiative
Dover, TN
Come on, you volunteers, .
Site of Fort Henry
This site of the first Union attack on river routes in the West lies below Kentucky Lake.
Stankiewicz's Battery
Dover, TN
In February 1862 Capt. Peter K. Stankiewicz commanded a battery of one 8-inch howitzer and two 9-pounder iron guns at this location.
Surrender House
Dover, TN
Here, following a council of war with Brig. Gens.
Texas
Dover, TN
Remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Fort Donelson and other engagements of this theater of the Civil War.
The River Batteries
Dover, TN
C.S.A. The River Batteries Captain Joseph Dixon (Killed) Captain Jacob Culbertson Commander The lower water battery established at this...
Union Camp
Dover, TN
The weather was bitterly cold and, as the soldiers of General Smith's division lay tentless and fireless along this ridgeline the night...
Wharton's Brigade
Dover, TN
C.S.A. Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow's Division Colonel Gabriel C. Wharton's Brigade 51st Virginia, Lieut. Colonel James W. Massie...
With Admirable Precision
Dover, TN
This is the smallest of the two river batteries built by Confederates in 1861 to protect the Cumberland River, a strategic transportation...