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February 3, 2023

General Ulysses S. Grant’s Report on the Battle and Capture of Fort Donelson

From the beginning of the Civil War, both sides recognized the importance of controlling the major rivers in the western theatre of operations. The Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers, and others, were vital...

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December 26, 2019

The Evacuation of Fort Moultrie and Occupation of Fort Sumter by the U.S. Army in December 1860

On December 20th, 1860, a convention of South Carolina secessionists met in Charleston and voted unanimously to secede from the Union, the first state to do so. After this momentous–and ultimately fateful action–the convention...

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February 19, 2017

The Dover Hotel Was the Site of the Surrender of Fort Donelson to U.S. Grant

In February of 1862, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant led a combined army and navy campaign against the Confederate garrisons on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers in the state of Tennessee near the Kentucky...

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February 5, 2012

Union Forces Take Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee and Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Confederates Win at Valverde, New Mexico: February 1862

February 1862 in the Civil War After several months of relatively little action, the pace of the fighting picked up in February 1862. Although the Army of the Potomac stayed in winter quarters around Washington,...

Tagged: john floyd

General Ulysses S. Grant’s Report on the Battle and Capture of Fort Donelson

The Evacuation of Fort Moultrie and Occupation of Fort Sumter by the U.S. Army in December 1860

The Dover Hotel Was the Site of the Surrender of Fort Donelson to U.S. Grant

Union Forces Take Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee and Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Confederates Win at Valverde, New Mexico: February 1862

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