On February 12, Grant began moving his soldiers toward Fort Donelson and had the installation surrounded by the 14th. Union ...

GRANT will wait for them until noon' and at ... and I have only time to say that the siege began this morning at Fort Donelson, about 8 o'clock, the sole gunboat taking part being the Conestoga.

Grant's forces are on their way in the combined operation. The victory is one of maneuver rather than battle, for almost all of the Confederates have been withdrawn to Fort Donelson, about 11 ...

In essence, Smith s case is that the strategic importance of Grant s capture of Forts Henry and Heinman has tended to be overlooked in comparison to the capture of the more impressive Fort Donelson, ...

Shortly after the Civil War started in 1861, Grant once again became a soldier. As a battlefield commander, he won the Union's first major victory, capturing Fort Donelson in Tennessee and ...