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".
Grant's Army employed 24,531 soldiers, Confederate's 16,171.
The Confederate casualties at Fort Donelson were: 2,000 killed or wounded, 11,000 prisoners.
In the course of the Union capture of Confederate Fort Donelson, the Union casualties came to 2,300 soldiers.
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought on February 14-15, 1862.
Tennessee's fort Henry
The battle of Donelson lasted for 5 days. It was fought on February 11 to 16, 1862.
the battle of bunker hill IMPROVEMENT. The Battle of Fort Donelson, fought in February 1862.
Ft. Donelson is in Tennessee.
Fort Donelson
The Red Bath
The Battle of Fort Donelson broke out on February 14, 1862 at 3,30 PM, when the Union gunboats of Commodore Foote opened fire on the Fort's ramparts..
February 12-16, 1862
Fort Henry. Fort Donelson. Shiloh. Murfreesboro (Stones River). Chattanooga.
Casualties for the Union at the Battle of Fort Donelson amounted to 2, 832. On the Confederate side, because of their surrender, the Confederates lost 16,623 soldiers.
The Union forces as Fort Donelsson surrendered to U.S. Grant.