Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 1862

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 2, 2012.

Depicted ContentFort Donelson, TN

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, General Grant forces Fort Donelson's "unconditional and immediate" surrender

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Confederate troops attempt a full-scale break out from the siege of Fort Donelson

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Union troops reinforce the siege of Fort Donelson, while gunboats attack from the river

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Union forces surround Fort Donelson and begin probing attacks

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Map of Fort Donelson, and vicinity

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Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P.Putnam, 1862), IV: 167.