Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§428p Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 428p

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Establishes Fort Donelson National Battlefield as part of the National Park System to honor the February 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson and the campaign by Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote that resulted in its capture by Union forces. The park boundary is expanded to include the Fort Donelson site (including Fort Donelson National Cemetery) in Stewart County, Tennessee; Fort Heiman in Calloway County, Kentucky; the lands shown on map no. 328/80024 (September 2003); and any land added under section 428p–1.

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Title 16, §428p

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(a)Designation; purpose

There exists as a unit of the National Park System the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to commemorate—

(1)the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862; and

(2)the campaign conducted by General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral Andrew H. Foote that resulted in the capture of Fort Donelson by Union forces.

(b)Boundaries

The boundary of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield is revised to include the site of Fort Donelson and associated land that has been acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for administration by the National Park Service, including Fort Donelson National Cemetery, in Stewart County, Tennessee and the site of Fort Heiman and associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Fort Donelson National Battlefield Boundary Adjustment” numbered 328/80024, and dated September 2003. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

(c)Expansion of boundaries

The Fort Donelson National Battlefield shall also include any land acquired pursuant to section 428p–1 of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 428p

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110