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Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Log Huts
Confederate built Log Huts
James P. Bagsby
Log Hut
Soldiers and slaves built more than 400 log huts for winter quarters. For the garrisoned soldiers working on the fort, time passed pleasantly enough. "We lived luxuriously in comfortable tents and log huts," stated one soldier. In addition to the government rations of flour, fresh and cured meats, sugar, and coffee, boats brought boxes from home.
 
Inside View Log Hut
James P. Bagsby
Inside View Log Hut
Off-duty soldiers from the local area hunted and fished in the same locations they frequented not six months before as civilians. Sometime after the surrender, Federals burned the huts because of a measles outbreak.
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Did You Know?
Historically, the spelling of place names was often subjective. Hence Moores Creek National Battlefield, NC uses no apostrophe in “Moores”. The same can be said for the location of Ft. Moultrie NHS on Sullivans Island, SC.

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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST