What to See at Fort Donelson National Battlefield
•September 20, 2018 • 1 Comment
At Fort Donelson National Battlefield, visitors soon learn that it was dissention that led to an unconditional Confederate surrender.
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•September 20, 2018 • 1 Comment
At Fort Donelson National Battlefield, visitors soon learn that it was dissention that led to an unconditional Confederate surrender.
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•June 22, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Bushrod Johnson found fame as a Confederate general in the Civil War. An unlikely destiny for a man who had been born in Ohio and raised as a Quaker. More »
•April 24, 2017 • 1 Comment
In October 1859, Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. Stuart of the U.S. Army helped take back the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry from notorious terrorist John Brown. More »
•March 13, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Secretary of War Jefferson Davis lobbied long and hard for the creation of two new cavalry regiments. More »
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Starting with the first Battle of Bull Run, the United States Marine Corps took part in several significant battles on land and at sea during the Civil War. More »
•February 9, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Ulysses S. Grant smashed Forts Henry and Donelson in Kentucky, became the Union’s premier commander, and opened up Tennessee to a Federal invasion. More »
