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Sketch of Dover, Stewart Co. (Tenn.) Showing the Site of the U.S. Military Cemetery at Fort...
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Sketch of Dover, Stewart Co. (Tenn.) Showing the Site of the U.S. Military Cemetery at Fort Donelson and Its Surroundings
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Title
Sketch
of
Dover
,
Stewart
Co
.
(Tenn.)
Showing
the
Site
of the
U.S
.
Military
Cemetery
at
Fort
Donelson
and Its
Surroundings
Alternate Title
Fort Donelson
Date
circa
1867-1868
Genre
Drawings
Maps
Material/Technique
ink and colored wash on paper
Description
Hand-drawn
pictorial
map
depicting
part
of the
fort
itself
, the
Cumberland
River,and
the
town
of
Dover
. A
red
line
highlights
a
section
labeled
"
military
cemetery.
"
Below
it
the
word
"
Freestate
"
is
written
and in
parenthesis
: "
camp
of
contrabands.
"
Historical note
This
document
is
one
of the
very
few
to
identify
a
location
and
approximate
size
for a "
contraband
camp.
"
Such
camps
were
often
found
near
Union
fortifications
.
Many
African
American
former
slaves
and
other
persons
who
had
escaped
through
enemy
lines
sought
protection
and
sometimes
employment
as
Union
forces
coming
into the
South
.
Since
Tennessee
was in the
northernmost
portion
of the
western
war
theater
,
some
of the
earliest
contraband
camps
were
established
in or
around
strategic
transportation
corridors
,
such
as at
Dover
, at
Memphis
, and at
Grand
Junction
, an
important
railroad
intersection
between
Memphis
and
Corinth
,
Mississippi
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--African
Americans
Theme
Building a Future
Story
McKissacks, Wessyngton
Geographic Location
United
States
--
Tennessee
--
Fort
Donelson
;
United
States--Tennessee--Grand
Junction
;
United
States--Tennessee--Memphis
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
Rights
Images
reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
Fort
Donelson
,
National
Park
Service
, or the
National
Archives
&
Records
Administration
.
Credit line
Courtesy of Fort Donelson, National Park Service, original held by National Archives & Records Administration
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Fort Donelson, National Park Service
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Archival file
shades3/shades_nps_0001.tif
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