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.
Site of Fort Henry. February 6, 1862. 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.
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.)
Location. 36° 30.425′ N, 88° 0.947′ W. Marker is in Model, Tennessee, in Stewart County. Marker 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.
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 (approx.
Fort Henry rests now at the bottom of Kentucky Lake, formed by damming the Tennessee River.
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.
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 2,054 times since then and 38 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.