The firing was also heard in Galatia, Illinois, in Saline County. It was also recorded in a diary as being heard at Elizabethtown, Illinois, in Hardin County. Jon Musgrave www.IllinoisHistory.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dolluver01@aol.com> To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 4:05 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] FORT DONELSON > Could anyone tell me where Fort Donelson was located between Marion, IL and > Harrisburg. According to the Journal of IL. State Historical Society, April > 1934, Vol. 17, #1, The owner of the carding mill in Marion was "bribed" > with 10 free acres to move his mill from Marion to Harrisburg and as his > family traveled from Marion to Harrisburg, they traveled during the battle at > Fort Donelson hearing the guns. > Thanks, > Linda Holmes White > Dolluver01@aol.com >

Just as a note, Fort Donelson is about 120 miles by road from Harrisburg at the southern end of the Land Between The Lakes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Musgrave" <jmusgrave@onecliq.net> To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] FORT DONELSON > The firing was also heard in Galatia, Illinois, in Saline County. It was > also recorded in a diary as being heard at Elizabethtown, Illinois, in > Hardin County. > > Jon Musgrave > www.IllinoisHistory.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Dolluver01@aol.com> > To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 4:05 PM > Subject: [ILSALINE-L] FORT DONELSON > > > > Could anyone tell me where Fort Donelson was located between Marion, IL > and > > Harrisburg. According to the Journal of IL. State Historical Society, > April > > 1934, Vol. 17, #1, The owner of the carding mill in Marion was "bribed" > > with 10 free acres to move his mill from Marion to Harrisburg and as his > > family traveled from Marion to Harrisburg, they traveled during the battle > at > > Fort Donelson hearing the guns. > > Thanks, > > Linda Holmes White > > Dolluver01@aol.com > > > >