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FORT DONELSON

dŏnˈəlsən, Confederate fortification in the Civil War, on the Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn., commanding the river approach to Nashville, Tenn. After capturing Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River (Feb. 6, 1862), General Ulysses S. Grant, on Feb. 12, marched his men 12 mi (19 km) to Fort Donelson, which he proceeded to invest. Although assisted by gunboats, his army was repulsed by the Confederates. The Confederates were thrown back by the Union forces on the next day, after attempting to retreat. The fort fell on Feb. 16, opening the way for the advance on Nashville. Fort Donelson National Battlefield and National Cemetery is there (see National Parks and Monuments, table).

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Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth
Book by Stephen D. Engle; University of Nebraska Press, 2001
Subjects:	Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social Aspects
...Captain, 178-79; Cooling, Forts Henry and Donelson, 155-58; Hamilton, Fort Donelson, 134-41. 52. OR, 7:255...Buckner, 140-41; Hamilton, Fort Donelson, I57-6o; Cooling, Forts Henry and Donelson, 164-65...

The Age of Hate: Andrew Johnson and the Radicals
Book by George Fort Milton; Coward-McCann, 1930
Subjects:	Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics and government--1865-1869, United States--Politics and government--Civil War
...letter from Johnson declining honor, 113 Fort Donelson, in Tennessee, captured by Grant, 108 Fort Henry, in Tennessee, captured by Grant...22 ; retort on Sumner, 34 ; captures Forts Henry and Donelson, 108 ; compels evacuation of Nashville...

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: January 8 - March 31, 1862 - Vol. 4
Book by John Y. Simon, Ulysses S. Grant; Southern Illinois University Press, 1972
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885--Manuscripts, Manuscripts, American, Presidents--United States--Manuscripts, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...reconnoitered within a mile of Fort Donelson. FEB. 8. A U. S. gunboat fleet...Pillow assumed command of Fort Donelson. FEB. 10. USG held a council...unanimous decision to move on Fort Donelson at once. FEB. 12. USG marched...

Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox
Book by William B. Feis; University of Nebraska Press, 2002
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885--Military Leadership, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret Service
...placed us in sight of Fort Donelson, he wrote, but the forts guns forced a withdrawal...regard to the rest of Fort Donelson. Confident in his...and ground between Forts Henry and Donelson, at times edging...directly toward the fort while the Ridge...

The South vs. the South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War
Book by William W. Freehling; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects:	African Americans--Southern States--Politics And Government--19th Century, Confederate States Of America--Politics And Government, Confederate States Of America--Social Conditions, Slaves--Southern States--Political Activity--History--19th Century, Unionists (United States Civil War), United States--Army--Southern Unionists, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social Aspects, Whites--Southern States--Politics And Government--19th Century
...most of them evacuees from Fort Henry). Although Johnston rushed many men to Fort Donelson, he probably only hoped to delay the forts demise until his other Bowling...orders to his commander of Fort Donelsons reinforcements...miles from Fort Henry to Fort Donelson on a balmy February 12, a...

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Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862
Journal article by Ben Wynne; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 71, 2005
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862. (Book)--Book reviews
...Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862...Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862...events, the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson campaign of February 1862...With the surrender of the two forts, the Confederacy lost much...

The Lynching Massacre of Black and White Soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864
Journal article by James D. Lockett; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects:	Lynching--History, Massacres--United States, Soldiers--Crimes against, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...of truce during his negotiations with a forts commander prior to the attack, he would...force, confident that he could take the fort, he informed the forts commander, asking for an unconditional...Forrest the pretext he needed to storm the fort, and if it contained Negro troops, as...

McClellan and Halleck at War: The Struggle for Control of the Union War Effort in the West, November 1861-March 1862
Journal article by Ethan S. Rafuse; Civil War History, Vol. 49, 2003
Subjects:	Generals--Analysis, Generals--Military aspects, Generals--Military policy, Halleck, Henry W.--Analysis, Halleck, Henry W.--Military aspects, Halleck, Henry W.--Military policy, Lincoln, Abraham--Military policy, McClellan, George Brinton--Analysis, McClellan, George Brinton--Military aspects, McClellan, George Brinton--Military policy, Military strategy--Analysis, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...a bad idea while the fate of Fort Donelson remained undecided...the situation changed when Fort Donelson capitulated to Grant. Although...February 17, "in return for Forts Henry and Donelson." (34) Halleck repeated his...

Ulysses in His Tent: Halleck, Grant, Sherman, and "The Turning Point of the War"
Journal article by Carl R. Schenker Jr.; Civil War History, Vol. 56, 2010
Subjects:	Anderson, Scott Edward, Battle of Shiloh, 1862--Military aspects, Civil war--Military aspects, Grant, Ulysses S., Lincoln, Abraham, Pope, John
...Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland...On March 1, from Fort Donelson, the new major general...looting during the Forts Henry and Donelson campaign, and a trip...Grant to remain at Fort Henry and to give field...

The Chicago Light Artillery at Shiloh
Journal article by Bjorn Skaptason; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 104, 2011
...national celebration that followed Fort Donelson included more fulsome...in the press.26 Shortly after Fort Donelson, Ezra Taylor received news of...Shiloh as a punch to the gut. Fort Donelson was a large and hard-won battle...

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The Emergence of Ulysses S. Grant
Magazine article by Cole C. Kingseed; Army, Vol. 61, November 2011
Subjects:	Armed forces, Historians
...resplendent glory. As the victor at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and...the Norths man of the hour. At Fort Donelson, Grant had captured the largest...his generalship at Belmont; at Forts Henry and Donelson, Grant discovered that rapid...

Floating Junk Piles
Magazine article by Dana M. Wegner; Sea Classics, Vol. 36, April 2003
...February during the attack on Fort Henry on the Tennessee, downriver...own elevation. The pentagonal fort was small (three acres) defended...quality. To reconnoiter the fort, Gen. Grant was taken aboard...disaster to the gunboats. Fort Donelson stood on a bluff overlooking...

Border States Focus on an Enduring Legacy
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 91, May 2004
Subjects:	American Civil War, Arkansas, Kentucky, Memorials & monuments, Missouri, Museums, Tennessee
...Division. Outdoor exhibits. Fort Duffield West Point, (502...best-preserved and largest forts in the state. Self-guided...Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, (502) 624-3812...in WWI, Korea and Vietnam. Fort Donelson National Battlefield Dover...

The Rise and Fall of Ulysses S. Grant
Magazine article by Lynn Fabian Lasner; Humanities, Vol. 23, January 2002
Subjects:	American Civil War, Documentary films, Grant, Ulysses S (1822-85), Military officers, Presidents
...Confederate waterways through victories at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. When Simon Bolivar Buckner, the Confederate commander of Fort Donelson, asked Grant for his terms of surrender...

The Fiasco That Was Red River Squadron
Magazine article by Dana Wegner; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, May 2007
...Lexington, and the tinclads Ouachita, Fort Hindman, Cricket, Juliet, Gazelle...completed state early in the old Fort Donelson campaign and was finished under presidential...Whiskey" Smith from the capture of Fort Hindman, where Porter was able to...

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Fort Donelson and the Flight of John B. Floyd
Newspaper article by Clarence D. Long III; The Washington Times, April 21, 2001
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S.
Fort Donelson and the flight of John B. Floyd by Clarence...state. He was placed in command of Fort Donelson. But Floyd had little military experience...Point. Floyd apparently reached Fort Donelson on Feb. 13, 1862, the day Grant attacked...

Innovative Eads Tames, Harnesses Rivers; His Ironclads Help Secure Mississippi
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 31, 2004
Subjects:	Eads, James Buchanan
...Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River...in two locations near Fort Henry, a Confederate earthen fort on the Tennessee River...which would ensure the forts fall. As Footes seven...began bombarding the fort, Brig. Gen. Lloyd...nearly all his men to Fort Donelson, 10 miles away. Foote...

Father Avenges Sons' Death by Union
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 12, 2009
Subjects:	Soldiers--Appreciation
...the 5th Iowa Cavalry rode out of Fort Donelson in Tennessee looking for guerrillas...however, lay near the site of Fort Donelson, a Rebel bastion built to stop...on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson. The author notes that during...

Western Fights Given More Than Fair Credit
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 2, 2003
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S.
...such terms to the last Fort Donelson commander, Simon Bolivar...mismanaged the defense of Donelson, which Mr. Gott terms...Johnston, who let the forts become isolated. Johnston...three years. Taking the forts was vital but did not...title and claims go "a fort too far." Tom OBrien...THE FORT HENRY- FORT DONELSON CAMPAIGN, FEBRUARY...

Is Grant or Lee Greatest General? Crucial Decisions by Two Commanders Change the Direction of History
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 29, 2008
...own initiative, then moved on to Fort Donelson. Within two weeks, he captured that better-defended fort and a 14,000-man army in a manner...Grant. The February 1862 capture of Forts Henry and Donelson was a major blow to the left flank...

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Fort Donelson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORT DONELSON don ls n, Confederate fortification in...marched his men 12 mi (19 km) to Fort Donelson, which he proceeded to invest. Although...way for the advance on Nashville. Fort Donelson National Battlefield and National Cemetery...

Donelson, Fort
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DONELSON, FORT see Fort Donelson . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Fort Henry , in United States History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORT HENRY , in United States history Confederate...of the Civil War (Feb. 6, 1862). The fort was attacked and reduced by Union gunboats...capture, sent the bulk of his force to Fort Donelson before surrendering...

National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sites with pueblos, stone forts, and petroglyphs. Alibates...20 (8) Old Spanish masonry fort in Saint Augustine , Fla...Cowpens (Jan. 17, 1781). Fort Donelson BF NW Tenn. 1928 552 (224...458 (55,651) Historic forts and white sand beaches near Pensacola, Fla.; Fort Massachusetts and primitive...

Tennessee , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Shiloh National Military Park; and Fort Donelson and Stones River national battlefields...France, and c.1682 La Salle built Fort Prudhomme, possibly on the site...1861. However, after the firing on Fort Sumter and Lincolns call for troops...

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