PILLOW, who commanded the rebels at Fort Donelson. The report is very long, in striking contrast with the short and pithy report of Gen. GRANT. PILLOW took command of Fort Donelson on Feb. 8 ...

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

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, ...

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 combined what he had learned with his own considerable talents to win an impressive string of battlefield victories. He made his reputation in Tennessee, at Fort Donelson and at the Battle ...

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 ...

Almost a year into the American Civil War, the Union forces laid siege to Fort Donelson. In this episode, we're going to find out why this fort was strategically important, and how Ulysses S Grant got ...