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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.

U.S. National Park Service

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Military-Civil War, (NPS History Collection Themes)
, Commemoration, (NPS History Collection Themes)
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Code: FODO

Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Latitude: 36.4912986755371, Longitude: -87.8561325073242

NPS Museum Number Catalog : HFCA 1607

NPS Historic Photograph Collection (HFCA 1607)
NPS History Collection

Title: Harpers Ferry Center
URL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/nps-history-collection.htm
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1959

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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

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Harpers Ferry Center