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Who Won the Battle of Fort Donelson?
Initial Union attempts to storm the nearby Confederate capital city of Richmond, Virginia had been unsuccessful in 1861. Thus ...
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THE VICTORY AT FORT DONELSON.; GEN. GRANT'S OFFICIAL REPORT. A VISIT TO THE BATTLE-FIELD.
FORT DONELSON, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1862. I was invited on Sunday morning by Gen. MCCLERNANDto take a ride over the battle-field ... retirement which they were at first forced into by the impetuous ...
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Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson
New View of the Henry-Donelson ... s 1862 campaign. In essence, Smith s case is that the strategic importance of Grant s capture of Forts Henry and Heinman has tended to be overlooked in comparison to ...