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Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5 : (search)
Chapter 5:
Situation at Fort Donelson
disposition of forces
account of the battle
attack by the gunboats
their repulse
General Grant Invests Confederate lines
Sortie in force by the Confederates
its success
bloody repulse of the Federals
escape of Confederate army insured when the troops were ordered back into the trenches
Indefensible position
severe weather
exposure and suffering of Confederate troops
gallant fighting of Colonel Harrison and Second Kentucky, and Colonel Lyon and Eighth Kentucky
council of war
Generals Floyd and Pillow turn the command over to General Buckner and escape to Nashville
General Buckner Surrenders to General Grant.
The fall of Fort Donelson which occurred on February 16, 1862, was a far-reaching disaster, which opened up to the occupation by the enemy not only all of Kentucky, but all of Tennessee west of the Cumberland mountains.
As the details of the battle belong properly to the history of the Confederate operations