Dover, Tenn.–This week’s programs at Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover offer a variety of topics, from the surrender by Confederate General Simon Buckner to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Dover Hotel to the Free Slave State community that was created at Fort Donelson during the Civil War.
Monday, July 10th
3pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.
Tuesday, July 11th
11am Free State (Tour Stop #11)
“What was Free State?
Join a ranger and learn about this community of recently enslaved African Americans that lived, worked, and experienced freedom for the first time at the Union fort here in Dover, TN. What can we discover about them from stories left behind?
1pm River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
3pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.
Wednesday, July 12th
1pm River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
2pm River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
3pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.
Thursday, July 13th
1pm River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
2pm River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
3pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.
Friday, July 14th
No Programs today.
Saturday, July 15th
11am River Batteries (Tour Stop #4)
“Exchanging Iron Valentines”
Join with a park ranger and learn about the exciting and unprecedented events of February 14, 1862, when the new, “state of the art” ironclad gunboats of the Union Western flotilla took on engagement with the heavily fortified river batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson.
1pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.
3pm Surrender House (Tour Stop #10)
“Ungenerous and Unchivalrous terms”
Join with a park ranger for a program about the surrender of almost 13,000 Confederate soldiers and its’ impact on the war effort. The Dover Hotel was the site of that memorable meeting between Generals Ulysses Grant and Simon Buckner.