Dover, Tenn.— 156th Anniversary Events at Fort Donelson National Battlefield start on Saturday, February 3rd at 2 p.m. at Fort Heiman with a program by Larry Ray of Buchanan. Ray writes Civil War era feature articles for Paris! Magazine.
Ray will be presenting a program at the Fort Heiman pavillion, 682 Fort Heiman Road, New Concord, KY, and the program will include a short walk along the historic earthworks.
Following the Union victory at Forts Heiman and Henry, in February of 1862, Federal forces occupied both forts until the spring of 1863, when they were abandoned. Soldier accounts tell how, at Fort Heiman, some of the earthwork fortifications were leveled and destroyed as part of that abandonment. Today, at Fort Heiman, visitors can see some of the Confederate-built interior fortifications, as well as portions of the remaining Federal redoubt.
The 156th Anniversary events will continue through February 18, with several other free programs including a driving tour telling the African-American story at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15, and presentations by historians and professors that will be announced later.
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