Model in Stewart County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Site of Fort Henry

February 6, 1862

Photographed by Shane Oliver, March 6, 2021

1. Site of Fort Henry Marker

Inscription. This site of the first Union attack on river routes in the West lies below Kentucky Lake. Only the easternmost rifle pits remain above water. Because of the high water in the fort, only Capt. Taylor's Co. B. First Regt. Tenn. Art., stayed to slow the Union gunboat advance. Five Confederate soldiers killed during the battle when their cannons exploded were buried on a ridge top north of here. Both Confederate and Union troops then moved along the trails to Ft. Donelson to the east.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3C 61.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list.

Location. 36° 30.425′ N, 88° 0.947′ W. Marker is in Model, Tennessee, in Stewart County. It is on Fort Henry Road near Land Between the Lakes Road, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dover TN 37058, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Henry (approx. half a mile away); Battle of Fort Henry

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Forrest Stages A Raid (approx. 2.3 miles away in Kentucky); Slave Labor (approx. 2.3 miles away in Kentucky); Pook Turtles (approx. 2.3 miles away in Kentucky); Fort Heiman (approx. 2.3 miles away in Kentucky); An Unfinished Fort (approx. 2.4 miles away in Kentucky); Under Union Occupation (approx. 2.6 miles away in Kentucky).

Also see . . . Fort Henry - Civil War Tennessee. (Submitted on July 31, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Fort Henry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Currey Russell

2. Fort Henry Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 28, 2003

3. Site of Fort Henry Marker

Fort Henry rests now at the bottom of Kentucky Lake, formed by damming the Tennessee River.

Fort Donelson Artillery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 28, 2003

4. Fort Donelson Artillery

Fort Donelson, the next target of the Federal troops after the surrender of Fort Henry, is located 12 miles to the east of Fort Henry on the Cumberland River.

River Batteries in Fort Donelson image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 28, 2003

5. River Batteries in Fort Donelson

Confederate troops at this battery defeated Union Flag Officer Andrew Foote's flotilla of ironclad and traditional wooden gunboats during a February 14, 1862 attack.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,703 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 10, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 2. submitted on March 18, 2011, by Currey Russell of Indian Mound, Tennessee. 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 31, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.