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THE BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON OR THE BATTLE FOR THE CUMBERLAND RIVER photo by fine art photographer Robert Turney
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THE BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON
OR
THE BATTLE FOR THE CUMBERLAND RIVER

TENNESSEE – FEBRUARY 11-16, 1862

Following the capture of Fort Henry Ford, Major General Ulysses (Something) Grant set siege to Fort Donelson. Confederate Brigadier General Samuel A. Mills launched a counter attack in an attempt to break out. In the early evening of February 15th, Mills’ troops were stymied by Grant’s newly formed Hannibal Division.

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