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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPOY_gun-positions_Dover-TN.html
The four mounds in this section of the water batteries are some of the first structures built to defend the river. The Confederates mounted three 32-pounder cannon here but moved them before the gunboat attack. From this position they could not be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPOX_control-the-rivers-and-railroads_Dover-TN.html
During the Civil War rivers and railroads routinely carried soldiers, material, and food to keep the war effort going. The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers were the main arteries that carried the economic lifeblood to the heart of middle Tennessee.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPOU_exchanging-iron-valentines_Dover-TN.html
We awaited with deep anxiety the result of the attack and severe bombardment of the river batteries by our gunboats. Gloom ... ensued upon the news reaching us of their failure and withdrawal from the contest.H.W. Dudley, Taylor's Battery, McClern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPO8_footes-gunboat-flotilla_Dover-TN.html
The gunboat flotilla that Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote launched against Forts Henry and Donelson consisted of both timberclad and ironclad vessels. The timberclads - Conestoga, Lexington, and Tyler - were commercial river steamers converted to gun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM0_texas_Dover-TN.html
Remembers the valor and devotion ofher sons who served at Fort Donelsonand other engagements of this theaterof the Civil War.During the battle at Fort Donelson February 12-16, 1862 Col. John Gregg's 7th Texas Infantry of Davidson's Brigade, Johnso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLZ_the-river-batteries_Dover-TN.html
C.S.A.The River BatteriesCaptain Joseph Dixon (Killed)Captain Jacob CulbertsonCommanderThe lower water battery established at this point mounted eight 32-pounder guns and one 10-inch columbiad. Company A, 50th Tennessee, under Captain T.W. Beaumon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLY_reconstructed-powder-magazine_Dover-TN.html
The original magazine was a one room, double-wall building constructed of logs. It was made bombproof by a thick earth covering. The inner space was about 11 feet square. It held 1000 rounds for the guns of the Lower River Battery. An earthen-wall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLQ_with-admirable-precision_Dover-TN.html
This is the smallest of the two river batteries built by Confederates in 1861 to protect the Cumberland River, a strategic transportation and supply route to Clarksville and Nashville. Semicircular in design and set some 30 feet above the river, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLF_powder-magazine_Dover-TN.html
These earthworks are the remains of the powder magazine for the Upper River Battery. Accounts of the period contain no information about its size, shape, or manner of construction.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL6_stankiewiczs-battery_Dover-TN.html
In February 1862 Capt. Peter K. Stankiewicz commanded a battery of one 8-inch howitzer and two 9-pounder iron guns at this location. This battery helped defend against Union Gen. C.F. Smith's attack on Confederate Gen. Simon Buckner's position abo…
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