Fort Donelson
Because the union captured two confederate river sforts. These were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Union gun boats could now travel on the river as far as northern alabama
The next objective was the river-ports of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. (That was where Grant demanded 'Unconditional Surrender', which became his trademark name.)
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site was created in 1829.
The Union under U.S. Grant. This was where he first came to fame, after he had demanded (in his own phrase) 'unconditional surrender'. The public reacted well to this phrase, which chimed with 'US', and it became his nickname.
grant moved his troops down the mississippi river to pittsburg landing.
It was a major victory for the Union and was one of General Grant's early victories.
No. Fort Henry was a Union victory - a badly-sited river-post that was half under-water, and soon abandoned by the Confederates, who decamped to Fort Donelson.
In the course of the Union capture of Confederate Fort Donelson, the Union casualties came to 2,300 soldiers.
The fall of Fort Donelson in 1862 secured the flank of the Union forces in that area. General Henry Halleck took this opportunity to have Union forces to move up the Tennessee River as far as was possible.
Fort Donelson fell to the Union army February 16, 1862.
The loss of the Confederate Fort Donelson was due in part of the ineptness of the Rebel commanders. Their commanders divided their forces in such a manner that allowed General Grant an easier path to victory.
Grant moved his troops down the Mississippi River to Pittsburg Landing.
The seize of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Fort Donelson
The Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee was a key victory for the Union early on into the US Civil War. One significant factor in the Union victory was the help of Union gunboats to bombard the Confederate fort and troops mounting a counterattack against Federal forces. The capture of the fort gave the North control of the Cumberland River. The battle took place from February 11, 1862 to the 16th of that month.
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