Texas at Fort Donelson
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ggmorton
N 36° 28.835 W 087° 50.398
16S E 424756 N 4037582
A Texas Historical Commission marker placed in Dover, TN near where the Battle of Fort Donelson occurred.
Waymark Code: WM18EEY
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2023
Views: 3
Marker Number: -none-
Marker Text:
Remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Fort Donelson and other engagements of this theater of the Civil War.
During the battle at Fort Donelson February 12-16, 1862 Col. John Gregg's 7th Texas Infantry of Davidson's Brigade, Johnson's Division, were the right of a gallant line which drove the enemy from a hill under terrific fire. In support of Confederate General Wheeler's attack on the Federal garrison at Fort Donelson, February 3, 1863, the 8th Texas Cavalry - Terry's Texas Rangers - of Wharton's Brigade set up a road block 8 miles west of Dover and successfully stopped the Union land reinforcements from reaching the battle area. Although Col. B.F. Terry was killed at the battle of Woodsonville more than a year before this action, the Rangers continued to be known as Terry's Texas Rangers to the war's end. In General Hardee's special orders it was said of Terry: "His regiment deplores the loss of a brave and beloved commander; the army of one of its ablest officers.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy
Erected by the State of Texas 1964
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