Fort Donelson NB-Underground RR Freedom Network - Dover, TN
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 36° 28.956 W 087° 51.774
16S E 422704 N 4037824
This NPS Passport Cancellation Stamp was obtained in the Visitor Center, Fort Donelson National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WM12585
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2020
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield-"Fort Donelson will hereafter be marked in Capitals on the maps of our United Country..."
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender of Confederate Fort Donelson on Sunday, February 16, 1862. The Union victory at Fort Donelson elated the North, and stunned the South. Within days of the surrender, Clarksville and Nashville would fall into Union hands. Grant and his troops had created a pathway to victory for the Union.
Address: 120 Fort Donelson Road Main Visitor Center Dover, TN USA 37058
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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