Friendly Fire at Fort Donelson #history #civilwar #Union #Confederate #tennessee The Battle of Fort Donelson changed everything. In February 1862, a frozen Tennessee frontier became the gateway to the Deep South—and the place where Ulysses S. Grant earned the nickname that would define him: “Unconditional Surrender.” This animated battle map walks you step-by-step through the Union’s bold river campaign, the pounding naval assault, the surprise Confederate breakout attempt, and the dramatic surr

It's one of the most picturesque settings on any Civil War battlefield, Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. In February of 1862, the Federal Army and Navy combined their efforts to open the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. In the actions that followed, Middle Tennessee was opened to Federal incursions and the career of Ulysses S. Grant was placed on the fast track. Join Garry Adelman and Greg Biggs for all of the action that followed in the struggle to bring the bastion of Fort Donelson to it

Dover Tennessee Stewart County Tennessee Photographs (Video) -1960 Fort Donelson Civil War National Park. National Battlefield – Dover Tennessee Civil War -- Stewart County History Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender of Confederate Fort Donelson on Sunday, February 16, 1862. The Union victory at Fort Donelson elated the North, and stunned the South. Within days of the surrender, Clarksville and Nashville would fall into Uni