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File:Fort Donelson National Cemetery. Here lie the remains of hundreds of Civil War fighters, most of who saw action scant yards away (27cda18009394874b246a49c0bc5575d).jpg

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English: HPC-000632.jpg
Photographer
English: Jack E. Boucher
Title
English: HPC-000632.jpg
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English: Fort Donelson National Cemetery. Here lie the remains of hundreds of Civil War fighters, most of who saw action scant yards away from their resting grounds. To the right, "Long Tom" was supposed to have been used in upper water battery. The headstones encircling this gun are the burial places of 62 men of the 11th Illinois Infantry reported to have fallen in resistng effort of Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest to cut his way out on 2/15/1862.
  • Keywords: cemetery; monument; cannon; Military: Civil War(NPS History Collection Themes); Commemoration(NPS History Collection Themes)
Depicted place
English: Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Date 1959
date QS:P571,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
27cda18009394874b246a49c0bc5575d
Source
English: NPGallery
Permission
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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English: Organization: National Park Service History Collection
Address: Harpers Ferry Center, PO Box 50, Harpers Ferry, WV, 25425, 304-535-6119
Email: HFC_Archivist@nps.gov
NPS Unit Code
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FODO
NPS Museum Number Catalog
InfoField
HFCA 1607

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