Graves' Battery

Graves' Battery

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Placed here to guard the Indian Creek Valley, this six-gun battery saw more

action when it moved in support of the Confederate breakout attempt near the

Forge Road (see stop 9).

Two guns from Graves Battery assisted with the counterattack by General Grant's forces on the afternoon of February 15.

 

Rice E. Graves was born in Rockbridge, Virginia, but grew up in Kentucky. He received a Presidential appointment into the United States Army after his impressive showing at West Point Academy, but resigned this position to join the Confederate States Army. He received praise for his service at Fort Donelson. He died during the Battle of Chickamauga in September of 1863.

 

Graves' Battery loop as it appeared in 1935. New columns have been installed at this location to replicate those installed by the War Department during the years they managed the park.