Sunday, April 8, 2018

Fort Donaldson, TN


Fort Donaldson is on the Cumberland river in northern Tennessee. The fall of this fort was a turning point in the civil war allowing the Union Army to make a way into Confederate Territory.






Powder magazine.

This photo and the one below are from the National Cemetery in Dover, TN.  The Union soldiers who died in the battle at Fort Donaldson are buried here.  There are over 500 graves for unknown soldiers.



The Dover Hotel is where the confederate General Buckner surrendered to union general Grant.


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