Dover Hotel (Surrender House)
- Address: Petty St
- Vicinity: N of spring St, on the Cumberland River
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1853/00/00 | Built between 1851 and 1853, the Dover Hotel accommodates riverboat travelers before and after the Civil War. | |||||
| 1862/02/00 | Simon Bolivar Buckner | Confederate General | Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner and his staff commandeer the Dover Hotel as their headquarters during the battle. | Battle of Fort Donelson | ||
| 1862/02/15 | Ulysses S Grant | Union General | On the morning of the 15 of February, Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner ask Union Gen US Grant for terms. Grant's answer is short and direct: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." Buckner surrendered. | Battle of Fort Donelson | ||
| 1862/02/16 | Lew Wallace | Union General | The first Union general to reach the hotel, Lew Wallace, instructs Capt Frederick Knefler to tell the brigade commanders "to move the whole line forward, and take possession of persons and property ... but not a word of taunt-no cheering." | Battle of Fort Donelson | ||
| 1930/00/00 | The Dover Hotel stays in business until the 1930s. It has since been reconstructed through the efforts of the Fort Donelson House Historical Association and the National Park Service. |
| Particulars for Dover Hotel (Surrender House): | |
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| Military Event | American Civil War |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Hotel |
| Motif | War |
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