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DOVER, TN — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced last week that Tennessee will get more than $200,000 to purchase land threatened by development near Fort Donelson National Battlefield outside Dover in Stewart County, northwest of Nashville.
At a July 5 event at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, Zinke said $7.2 million in grants will be distributed to protect battlefields nationwide. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
Two grants totaling $212,204.50 were awarded to the Tennessee Historical Commission, partnering with the Civil War Trust, to purchase two tracts with a combined 43.22 acres at the site. Fought between February 12 and February 16, 1862, the Battle of Fort Donelson was a crucial moment in the Western Theater of the Civil War. The Union captured the fort, opening up the Cumberland River as a means of invading the interior south.
The battle is notable for elevating Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence. Forcing two Confederate generals to retreat and rebuffing a counterattack, Grant forced the unconditional surrender of rebel forces, earning him his "Unconditional Surrender" sobriquet.
At a July 5 event at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, Zinke said $7.2 million in grants will be distributed to protect battlefields nationwide. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
Two grants totaling $212,204.50 were awarded to the Tennessee Historical Commission, partnering with the Civil War Trust, to purchase two tracts with a combined 43.22 acres at the site. Fought between February 12 and February 16, 1862, the Battle of Fort Donelson was a crucial moment in the Western Theater of the Civil War. The Union captured the fort, opening up the Cumberland River as a means of invading the interior south.
The battle is notable for elevating Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence. Forcing two Confederate generals to retreat and rebuffing a counterattack, Grant forced the unconditional surrender of rebel forces, earning him his "Unconditional Surrender" sobriquet.
