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2 gru 2009 · The Union's Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in February 1862, after a week of siege and battle. The Confederates surrendered unconditionally, losing thousands of men and opening Tennessee to Union advances.
The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee – Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South.
The decisive Union victory at Fort Donelson thrust Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight and enabled Union advances up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. How it ended. Union victory. The capture of forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee were major victories for Ulysses S. Grant.
Albert Sidney Johnston. Battle of Fort Donelson, American Civil War battle (February 1862) that collapsed Southern defenses in the Mid-South and forced the evacuations of Columbus, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a general Confederate retreat in Kentucky.
On February 11, Johnston appointed Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd as the commander of Fort Donelson and the surrounding region. Nearly 17,000 Confederate soldiers, combined with improved artillery positions and earthworks convinced the inept Floyd that a hasty retreat was unnecessary.
16 lut 2012 · Learn how Ulysses S. Grant won his first great victory and captured Fort Donelson in 1862, forcing the Confederates to surrender. Explore the historical documents, maps, and images of the battlefield and its aftermath.
16 mar 2024 · Fought from February 12 through 16, 1862, the Union victory at Battle of Fort Donelson opened the Cumberland River as a pathway for federal invasion of the South in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
