This site was the scene of the first Union attack on river routes in the West and lies below Kentucky Lake. Only the easternmost rifle pits remain above water. Because of the high water in the fort, only Capt. Taylor's Co. B. First Regt. Tenn. Art. stayed to slow the Union gunboat advance. Five Confederate soldiers were killed during the battle when their cannons exploded and were buried on a ridge top north of here. Both Confederate and Union troops then moved along the trails to Ft. Donelson to the east.