Fort Donelson campaign

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The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
associatedBattle Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
Battle of Fort Henry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Henry campaign
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
casualties thousands on both sides ⓘ
commander Andrew H. Foote ⓘ
Gideon J. Pillow ⓘ
John B. Floyd ⓘ
Simon Bolivar Buckner ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
confederateForceType Army of Central Kentucky elements ⓘ
linked to: Army of Kentucky
confederatePrisonersTaken over 12,000 ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date February 1862 ⓘ
endDate February 16, 1862 ⓘ
grantFamousPhrase unconditional surrender ⓘ
historicalSignificance boosted Northern morale early in the war ⓘ
marked a turning point in control of the Western rivers ⓘ
involvedFort Fort Donelson ⓘ
Fort Henry ⓘ
ledTo Union capture of Nashville ⓘ
promotion of Ulysses S. Grant to major general ⓘ
location Stewart County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
notableFor elevating Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence ⓘ
first major Union victory in the Western Theater ⓘ
large Confederate surrender ⓘ
objective capture Fort Donelson ⓘ
open river route into the Confederate interior ⓘ
secure Cumberland River ⓘ
openedAccessTo Cumberland River ⓘ
Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Nashville

Tennessee River ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Fort Henry campaign ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate February 11, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImpact broke Confederate defensive line in Kentucky and Tennessee ⓘ
secured key rivers for Union operations in the West ⓘ
theater Cumberland River ⓘ
Tennessee-Kentucky border region ⓘ
unionCommanderRank Brigadier General ⓘ
unionForceType Army of the Tennessee elements ⓘ
Western Gunboat Flotilla ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Battle of Shiloh → precededBy → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
Simon Bolivar Buckner → notableWork → Surrender of Fort Donelson ⓘ
subject linked to: Buckner
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → participatedIn → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → surrenderedTo → Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Sam Grant → notableBattle → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Fort Donelson campaign → involvedFort → Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Fort Donelson campaign → associatedBattle → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
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Nathan Bedford Forrest → participatedIn → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
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Battle of Shiloh → precededBy → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
Mississippi Valley Theater → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
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Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Union Navy → notableBattle → Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
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Western Union armies → engagedIn → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Fort Henry campaign → followedBy → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
Battle of Fort Donelson → campaign → Fort Henry–Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign
Shiloh and Corinth Campaign → precededBy → Fort Henry and Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
linked to: Fort Donelson campaign