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Fort Donelson National Battlefield

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on October 15, 1966. It was redesignated a national battlefield on August 16, 1985. Public Law 108-367 (October 25, 2004) increased the authorized boundary of the national battlefield from 551.69 acres (2.23 km) to 2,000 acres (8.09 km). On October 30, 2006, Calloway County transferred the
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Infantry, set to work on May 10, 1861, to find suitable ground just inside the Tennessee border to cover the two strategic rivers. They surveyed possible sites along the Cumberland River, noting the high ridges and deep hollows near the Kentucky border. In mid-May, on the west bank of the river not
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rivers were potential avenues for a Union invasion of the South through Kentucky and into Tennessee and beyond. Since Kentucky had declared neutrality, the Confederacy could not build defensive works within the state without risking alienating the local population. The local population in western
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attacked on February 15, 1862, is largely in private hands and occupied by residential development. The Cumberland River was dammed in the 1960s; this area is currently referred to as Lake Barkley. It covers an area roughly similar to the original river while at flood stage, as it was during the
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far below Dover, Anderson laid out the water battery of Fort Donelson, twelve miles (19 km) from the Kentucky line. The new fort was named in honor of the Confederate General
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and central Kentucky was pro-Confederate. Kentucky's westernmost (First) congressional district elected a secessionist and Lincoln proclaimed it to be in rebellion.
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The park preserves much of the original battle site, including the river batteries and the eroded remains of the fort, but the area in which the
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The river landing community of Lineport, Tennessee, was considered before the area near Dover was finally selected.
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Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry—Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Donelson National Battlefield
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Donelson National Cemetery
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Part of the lower river battery at Fort Donelson, overlooking the Cumberland River
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led to the capture of Tennessee's capital and industrial center,
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Cumberland Iron Works was one of the many iron ore furnaces in
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NPS.gov: official Fort Donelson National Battlefield website
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defensive line in the Western Theater was the state of
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Fort Donelson National Cemetery
IUCN category
natural monument or feature
Map showing the location of Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Map showing the location of Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Calloway County, Kentucky
Stewart County, Tennessee
USA
Dover, Tennessee
36°29′14″N 87°51′39″W / 36.48722°N 87.86083°W / 36.48722; -87.86083
National Park Service
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Donelson
American Civil War
Union Army
Brigadier General
Ulysses S. Grant
Flag Officer
Andrew Hull Foote
Confederate
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Union Navy
Union
Nashville
Dover, Tennessee
Battle of Fort Donelson
36°29′41″N 87°51′22″W / 36.49472°N 87.85611°W / 36.49472; -87.85611
Calloway County, Kentucky
Battle of Fort Henry

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