On February 16, 1862, Union forces under general Ulysses S. Grant Captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee. It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and earned Grant the nickname “Unconditional Surrender” Grant.
Sketch [map] of Fort Donelson and Out Works… by Lt. W. L. B. Jenney, V. Engrs., [and] Lt. W. Kossack…, 02/28/1862
Tomorrow: historian Adam Goodheart talks about his social history of the Civil War, 1861.
Ulysses S. Grant is some kind of demi-god in my house; my dad freaking loves him. Like, he bought a print of a portrait...
I’m such a history geek. Why did I not major in History???
Some Tennesseans still haven’t recovered from this blow.
Civil War sketch of Fort Donelson