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Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Fort Donelson National Battlefield preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites of the American Civil War Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign, in which Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral Andrew Hull Foote captured three Confederate forts and opened two rivers to the Union navy. They received national recognition for their victories in February 1862, as it was the first major Union success of the war. Wikipedia*

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Fort Donelson National Battlefield has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2012 Speech.

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    Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson

    Kendall Gott talked about the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson. This was the first major Union victory of the war, which ope…

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