Civil War | Historic Site
Dover Hotel (Surrender House), Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Tennessee
120 Fort Donelson Shores Road
Dover, TN 37058
United States
The Dover Hotel was the site where Gen. Ulysses S. Grant demanded "unconditional and immediate surrender" from Gen. Simon B. Buckner after the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862. The hotel is the only original major battle surrender structure remaining from the Civil War.
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