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Maury Artillery Soldier Recalls Fort Donnellson Fight
A Confederate Maury Artillery veteran recounts the 1862 Fort Donnelson siege from Edge Field through the river battles. He describes marching, winter quarters at Hopkinsville, the 64 pound gun duel with Union gunboats, Grant’s troops, prison at Camp Douglas, and a critique of whiskey and command decisions.
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Maury County
Tennessee
Santa Fe
Mot Sparkman
Ruben R. Ross
Clarksville
Maury Artillery
Bluecoats
Edge Field
Corinth
Mississippi
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Nashville
Fort Donnellson
Clarke Ville
Col. Ross
Fort Donnelson
Donnelson
Dover
Port Henry
Fort Henry
Lesons
Farragut
Grant
General Great
Neigbor
Christ
Confederacy
Bowling Green
Shiloh
Maury
Cumberland River
Cairo
Camp Douglas
Chicago
Illinois
Webb