Fort Donelson National Battlefield preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites of the American Civil War Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign, in which Union Army Brigadier General Ulysses S. Gran
Part of the lower river battery at Fort Donelson, overlooking the Cumberland River
A portion of Fort Donelson National Cemetery
Battle of Fort Donelson
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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
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
…much of Tennessee. This struck a major blow to the Confederacy early in the war. The main portion of the park, in Dover, Tennessee, commemorates the Battle of Fort Donelson (). Fort Heiman, in nearby Calloway County, Kentucky, was a Confederate battery in the Battle of Fort Henry. The most vulnerable area in the Confederate…
Life of General Albert Sydney Johnston, embracing his services in the armies of the United States, the republic of Texas, and the Confederate States
Kentucky-Tennessee, 1862
Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck
Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant