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Travel/Tennessee: A stirring Civil War site
Sun, 03/05/2017 - 7:00am | The News-Gazette
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Photo by: Frank Hosek
The sign for the Fort Donelson National Battlefield near Dover, Tenn.
By FRANK HOSEK
Lew Wallace, the Civil War Union general and author of "Ben Hur," once wrote this about Dover, Tenn.: "It was a village unknown to fame, meager in population, architecturally poor." Little has changed in 155 years. Located 67 miles west/northwest of Nashville on the Cumberland River, this town would in most cases be bypassed by people on their way to the home of country music.
More: http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2017-03-05/traveltennessee-stirring-civil-war-site.html
Sun, 03/05/2017 - 7:00am | The News-Gazette
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Photo by: Frank Hosek
The sign for the Fort Donelson National Battlefield near Dover, Tenn.
By FRANK HOSEK
Lew Wallace, the Civil War Union general and author of "Ben Hur," once wrote this about Dover, Tenn.: "It was a village unknown to fame, meager in population, architecturally poor." Little has changed in 155 years. Located 67 miles west/northwest of Nashville on the Cumberland River, this town would in most cases be bypassed by people on their way to the home of country music.
More: http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2017-03-05/traveltennessee-stirring-civil-war-site.html