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Fort Donelson

Fort Donelson. Fort Donelson Facts. Battle started February 11 ended February 16, 1862. This was one of the first major union victories of the civil war. Grant moved his army conducting several small attacks on the fort. Weakening the south.

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Fort Donelson

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  1. Fort Donelson

  2. Fort Donelson Facts • Battle started February 11 ended February 16, 1862. • This was one of the first major union victories of the civil war. • Grant moved his army conducting several small attacks on the fort. Weakening the south. • Floyd tried a sneak attack on the union to create an escape route but Grant was away from the battlefield at the begging of the attack and finally rose a counter attack causing Floyd to give up.

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  4. Armies and Losses • The battle was a little lopsided the north had roughly 24,531 and the south about 16,171. • The north lost only about 507 soldiers, had about 1,976 injured and another 208 captured or missing. • The south really took a loss with about 327 deaths, 1127 wounded and about 12,392 captured or missing.

  5. Aftermath • This victory opened some major water ways for northern forces. • Fort Henry was also a major union victory that really helped the union win this battle.

  6. SOURCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Donelson Picture http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fort+donelson&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1024&bih=658&tbm=isch&prmd=ivnsb&tbnid=5IaAgXeCs7uhPM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/battle-fort-donelson.htm&docid=kl6zqWsmMVV6hM&w=885&h=1022&ei=koBuTsDLEcfIgQeitMz5BQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=542&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=132&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=86&ty=80

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