The Confederates had two river batteries, an Upper Battery with three guns, and a Lower Battery with nine guns. As Grant's forces surrounded Fort Donelson, Foote's fortilla of ships sailed up the Cumberland River to engage the river batteries.
This is the Upper Battery, so named because it lies on the upriver position, which is actually lower in elevation than the Lower Battery. Only the powerful 6.5in Columbiad rifle played any role in the battle, due to the fighting never reaching the range of the two obsolete Carronades.
Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Dover, Tennessee
Fort Donelson National Battlefield is a tourist attraction, one of the American Civil War forts in Dover, United States. It is located: 309 km from Nashville, 750 km from Memphis, 810 km from Louisville. Read further
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