American Civil War · BATTLE SITE · 1862

Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson (1862)

On the American Civil War map as “Forts Henry & Donelson”

6–16 Feb 1862 — Grant’s gunboats and infantry capture the twin river forts. His demand for “unconditional and immediate surrender” gives him a nickname and gives the North a hero. Nashville falls within days, and the river roads into the Confederacy lie open.

When

6–16 Feb 1862

Type

Battle site

Chapter

Anaconda Plan and the river war (chapter 5 of American Civil War)

Atlas

The American Civil War, 1840–1877

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