BGuthrie Photos: TN -- Fort Donelson Natl Battlefield

TN -- Fort Donelson Natl Battlefield:

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[1] FTDON_040609_006.JPG	[2] FTDON_040609_014.JPG	[3] FTDON_040609_026.JPG
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FTDON_040609_006.JPG: This is the Confederate memorial to their loss there
2. FTDON_040609_014.JPG: These are the trench lines that were the inner defenses of Fort Donelson. They were never breached but the situation was rapidly becoming hopeless for the Confederates so they panicked.
3. FTDON_040609_060.JPG: The view up the river. The Union ships tried to come up the river toward this point but were beaten back. The cannons are all missing because they're being refurbished with partly donated help and the park service can't count on completion schedules as a result.
4. FTDON_040609_081.JPG: Rebuilt cabins like the Confederates would have stayed in
5. FTDON_040609_147.JPG: This bird nest was in the cannon barrel
Wikipedia Description: Battle of Fort Donelson
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 12 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue of invasion of the South and elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general and earned him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.

The battle followed the capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 through February 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. On February 14, U.S. Navy gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with naval gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Donelson's water batteries.

On February 15, with their fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving a partial success, Floyd lost his nerve and recalled his men back into their entrenchments.

On the morning of February 16, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, both turned over their command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who agreed to unconditional surrender terms from Grant.
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