Unconditional Surrender Grant
The Battle of Fort Donelson is tied to the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender Grant", gained by general Grant, the victor of the battle. When asked by the Confederate commander, General Simon Bolivar Buckner what the surrender conditions would have been, answered: " Unconditional surrender; I'm about to move against your positions".
General Grant was the 18th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1869 to 1877. He was a prominent military commander during the American Civil War, credited with leading the Union Army to victory. His nickname was "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, which he gained after demanding unconditional surrender from Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner during the Battle of Fort Donelson.
Ulysses Grant.
General John C. Floyd abandoned Fort Donelson leaving Brigadier General Buckner in charge. Floyd believed that because he once served as the US Secretary of War, he would be captured and not released on parole.
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.
The little-known U.S. Grant, who acquired his nickname here, after demanding 'Unconditional Surrender').
The Battle of Fort Donelson is tied to the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender Grant", gained by general Grant, the victor of the battle. When asked by the Confederate commander, General Simon Bolivar Buckner what the surrender conditions would have been, answered: " Unconditional surrender; I'm about to move against your positions".
General Grant was the 18th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1869 to 1877. He was a prominent military commander during the American Civil War, credited with leading the Union Army to victory. His nickname was "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, which he gained after demanding unconditional surrender from Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner during the Battle of Fort Donelson.
When Union General US Grant captured Fort Donelson, it was a terrible blow to the South's military situation in the West. Confederate President Jefferson Davis blamed the battle and surrender of Fort Donelson on its commander, General John Buchanan Floyd. Floyd was able to escape from being POW, however, Davis never gave him a command for the rest of the war. Floyd had been a political appointee, and died due to illness in 1863.
Confederate General Daniel Smith Donelson graduated from West Point in 1825. He was ranked fifth in his graduating class of 37 cadets. Donelson is most noted for his service the the battles of Perryville and Stone's River.
Ulysses Grant.
Ulysses Grant. He seems to have originated this phrase, which he first used after the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Northern public responded to it enthusiastically, partly because it chimed with U.S. for United States.
Ulysses Grant.
On Feb.16,1862, Fort Donelson fell when the Confederate Army under Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered to Grant's Union Army.
General John C. Floyd abandoned Fort Donelson leaving Brigadier General Buckner in charge. Floyd believed that because he once served as the US Secretary of War, he would be captured and not released on parole.
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Avery Johnson's nickname was "the little general".