Battle of Fort Donelson
The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South. The Union's success also elevated Brig.
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Lew Wallace
Former Governor of the New Mexico Territory
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate general
Stovepipe Johnson
Confederate-American commanding officer
John C. Brown
Former Governor of Tennessee
Morgan Lewis Smith
General
Moses A. McCoid
Former United States Representative
John McCausland
John McArthur
General
Jacob Gartner Lauman
American general
James C. Veatch
Legislator
James M. Tuttle
Soldier
Rice E. Graves
Officer
William Edwin Baldwin
Officer
William R. Rowley
Peter J. Otey
Officer
Elias Smith Dennis
Politician
William Andrew Quarles
Lawyer
