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Fort Donelson National Battlefield - Auto Tour

Enjoy a relaxing auto tour through Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Cover, Tennessee. Stop 1 - Confederate Monument: Confederate soldiers were hastily buried on the battlefield after the surrender. The exact location of their graves is unknown. The monument commemorates the Confederate soldiers that died at Fort Donelson. Stop 2 - Fort Donelson: Confederate soldiers and enslaved laborers built this 15-acre earthen fort over seven months, using axes and shovels to make a wall of logs and earth 10 feet high. Stop 3 - Log Huts: Soldiers and enslaved persons built more than 400 log huts as winter quarters for soldiers living at and working on the fort. Stop 4 - River Batteries: The rivers were vital arteries that flowed directly through the Confederate heartland. Transportation and supply routes depended heavily on the waterways. The upper and lower river batteries were armed with heavy seacoast artillery intended to defend the Cumberland River, the water approach to major supply bases in Clarksville and Nashville. Stop 5 - Smith's Attack: On February 15 Gen. Grant concluded correctly that for the Confederates to hit so hard on the right (Stop 9), they must have weakened their line elsewhere. Seizing the initiative, he told Gen. Smith to "take Fort Donelson". Stop 6 - Union Camp: After Smith's successful attack, this area became a Federal camp. That night, while both sides strengthened their positions, surrender discussions began. Stop 7 - Graves' Battery: Placed here to guard the Indian Creek Valley, this six-gun battery saw more action when it was moved to support the Confederate breakout attempt near Forge Road (Stop 9). Stop 8 - French's Battery: This four-gun battery, with Maney's Battery to the west, was intended to prevent Federal forces from attacking down Erin Hollow and penetrating the Fort Donelson perimeter. Stop 9 - Forge Road: At daybreak on February 15 Pillow and Joshnson's division with Forrest's cavalry tried to secure an escape route by attacking Gen. McClernand's soldiers on the Federal right flank. Stop 10 - Dover Hotel: Built 1851-1853, this building accommodated riverboat travelers before and after the Civil War. Buckner and his staff used it as their headquarters during the battle; it later served as a Federal hospital. After Buckner accepted Grant's surrender terms, the two met here to work out the details. Stop 11 - National Cemetery: After the Battle of Dover, the US Army rebuilt its fortifications here and protected the Federal supply line. Diaries by soldiers of the 83rd Illinois, stationed here after the Battle of Fort Donelson, tell how demanding a Civil War soldier's life could be.