The River Batteries-Fort Donelson - Dover TN
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N 36° 29.683 W 087° 51.356
16S E 423340 N 4039162
C.S.A. The River Batteries Captain Joseph Dixon (Killed) Captain Jacob Culbertson Commander-The lower water battery established at this point mounted eight 32-pounder guns and one 10-inch columbiad.
Waymark Code: WM1375A
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2020
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The River Batteries-Fort Donelson--C.S.A. The River Batteries Captain Joseph Dixon (Killed) Captain Jacob Culbertson Commander-The lower water battery established at this point mounted eight 32-pounder guns and one 10-inch columbiad. Company A, 50th Tennessee, under Captain T.W. Beaumont, manned the four guns on the right, and Company A, 30th Tennessee, under Captain B.G. Bidwell, manned the four guns on the left. A detachment of Captain Reuben R. Ross' battery of Maury artillery under Lieutenant H.S. Bedford operated the columbiad, which was emplaced on the extreme left.
On February 13, 1862, this battery engaged in a duel with the U.S.S. Carondelet. Near the close of the bombardment, which lasted nearly an hour, a projectile struck and disabled the third gun from the left and killed Captain Joseph Dixon, commander of the river batteries. It also disabled for a short time Captain J.P. Shuster, and killed and wounded two or three privates.
LOCATION: Marker is in Dover, Tennessee, in Stewart County. Marker is on Lock D Loop, on the right when traveling north. Located at stop 4, the river batteries, on the driving tour of Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Marker is in this post office area: Dover TN 37058, United States of America.
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