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Site Name Fort Donelson National Battlefield Street Address 174 National Cemetery Drive City / State / Zip Dover TN, 37058 Phone number 931-232-5348 Web Page www.nps.gov/FODO   Admission Fee Free Hours The park visitor center is open daily from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, except Christmas Day. Visitor services Restrooms, Book Sales Outlet (EN), Visitor Center (museum/film/interpretive staff), Information Regular Events Memorial Day (National Cemetery)     Directions Fort Donelson National Battlefield is located on U.S. Hwy 79 one mile west of Dover, TN (30 miles west of Clarksville, TN).	Click to enlarge
Site Description
The Battle of Fort Donelson was a civil war engagement fought February 13-16, 1862. The Confederate surrender to Ulysses S. Grant was the first major civil war victory for the Union Army, and a devastating blow to the overall confederate defense strategy to protect and defend the southern heartland. The military loss of forts Henry and Donelson forced the confederate evacuation of middle and east Tennessee, and relinquished, to the Union Army, the control of the Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Nashville, and most railroads within Tennessee.

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