If all goes well, this will be our last full day at Green Turtle Bay Marina. Sunday, with our to-do list almost complete, we explored the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. We visited Woodlands Nature Station, did some hiking, and explored a possible anchorage for Tuesday night.
Returning to GTBM we had dinner with Susan and David, (Veritas) at the Commonwealth Yacht Club. The food was good and David shared information on marinas and anchorages between Chicago and Mobile, which will undoubtedly be very useful in the future.
Civil War History
To protect Tennessee, and its crucial rail system from the union, the Confederacy built Forts Heiman and Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. Their labors were not rewarded, on February 6, 1862, Fort Henry fell to the Union and ten days later Fort Donelson. These battles, the first to use ironclad gunboats during the Civil War, marked the first significant Union victories and established General Ulysses S. Grant as a major figure of the war.
