Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Tour Stop 1 (Confederate Monument)

Confederate soldiers were hastily buried on the battlefield after the surrender. The exact location of their graves is unknown. This monument commemorates the Southern soldiers who fought and died at Fort Donelson. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the monument in 1933.

Sites between Tour Stop-1 and Tour Stop-2

   
 
(3-95) Northwest view of the Confederate Monument  

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Interpretive marker
 
Courtesy of Brian Risher, MS

     
 
(5-05) Enlarge Detail of monument
 
Inscription on monument
 
Courtesy of Brian Risher, MS
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Courtesy of Chris Shelton, IN

Sites between Tour Stop-1 and Tour Stop-2

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