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Tour Stop 3: Gunboats, Artillery and Fortifications: The Battle of Fort Donelson 

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It's one of the most picturesque settings on any Civil War battlefield, Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. In February of 1862, the Federal Army and Navy combined their efforts to open the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. In the actions that followed, Middle Tennessee was opened to Federal incursions and the career of Ulysses S. Grant was placed on the fast track.
Join Garry Adelman and Greg Biggs for all of the action that followed in the struggle to bring the bastion of Fort Donelson to its knees. #FortDonelsonTour
This video is part of our Battlefield Tour Series covering Civil War Tennessee and Mississippi. View the full playlist here: • Civil War Tennessee/Mi...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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Комментарии : 39   
@jimcraig2521
@jimcraig2521 2 года назад
Several years after taking a tour of Ft. Donelson (my wife's family settled near there in the early 1800s) I learned my great grandfather was captured by Vicksburg. His unit escaped Vicksburg just before Grant captured Vicksburg and was later wounded and captured at the battle of Peachtree Creek near Atlanta. He lived into his 80s.
@Diesel13b
@Diesel13b 2 года назад
Great place! I’m stationed 45 min from there. Love your content Finding Ft. Henry was an adventure all in itself
@gregbiggs5674
@gregbiggs5674 2 года назад
I am privileged to do many staff rides for units at Fort Campbell.
@TheHistoryUnderground
@TheHistoryUnderground 2 года назад
Excellent! I love Ft. Donelson. Learned a lot in this video!
@jacobmasters438
@jacobmasters438 2 года назад
You put up a good video at Ft. Donelson as well. I used it as a reference point when I took my wife down their on an excursion. Amazing the things technology allows us to enjoy. Lol
@bobreaderman5542
@bobreaderman5542 2 года назад
Terrific video. Thanks. Looking forward to your work and description of Shiloh.
@Gettysburg234
@Gettysburg234 2 года назад
Hi I’m a big fan of you and Gettysburg
@jacobmasters438
@jacobmasters438 2 года назад
Took my wife on an excursion down to TN back in June. Stayed in Clarksville. We visited Ft. Donelson. It was her first time ever visiting a Civil War battlefield.
@harolynallison6889
@harolynallison6889 2 года назад
Wow I bet your wife enjoyed that trip I know when I was there I did
@Unit13FREMSLT
@Unit13FREMSLT 2 года назад
When we were kids back in the 70's we would visit the fort on our way to Kentucky lake. There were 2 magazines in the hillside we could go into. In several places there were lots of lead ball ammo that was round and conical in shape lying on the surface of the ground. It was exciting to find such treasures. Also note the position of the cannon facing the bend in the river. Any boat coming around the bend wouldn't be able to retreat before coming under fire. Viewing your footage I can see they've improved the fort quite a bit over the years. Thanks for sharing.
@bjohnson515
@bjohnson515 2 года назад
A treasure of info and visual input
@dadsongs
@dadsongs 2 года назад
You've probably heard this all before, but it's too bad that there is so little taught about Civil War naval action. I'm 63, and this is the first time I've heard about the action in this battle! Thanks so much.
@Mr7826
@Mr7826 Год назад
I was stationed at Fort Cambell Ky after Viet-nam. We lived in a mobile home behind The Dover Truckstop, my interest in the Civil War started by visiting the Fort and spending a lot of my free days doing living history there, my son was born at the Clarksville hospital. I need to get back there and see the changes to the area. clp
@craiggleason8386
@craiggleason8386 2 года назад
Great job! Thanks
@evanmyers100
@evanmyers100 2 года назад
Been to Fort Donaldson love this.
@SuperPhester
@SuperPhester 2 года назад
Thank you Greg!!! Great job on the history lesson of Fort Donelson Battle! Thank you ABT!!!
@EclecticHillbilly
@EclecticHillbilly 2 года назад
Even as well as this is photographed, it still doesn't capture the beauty of this site. One thing that has always struck me about visiting battlefields is how peaceful they are now. It's hard to fathom what they were like at the time of the battle.
@bhojrajthapa6272
@bhojrajthapa6272 2 года назад
@stacyvonn8036
@stacyvonn8036 2 года назад
I always wondered what Fort Donelson look like... Thank you for giving us a Wonderful Inspection of the Infamous Confederate River Battery.....❤️💯❤️💯❤️
@joshuatharpe9397
@joshuatharpe9397 2 года назад
One of my favorite battlefields.
@emintey
@emintey 2 года назад
I've never been to Ft's Henry and Donelson, I have been to Ft. Darling on the James on a high bluff. Grant's campaign to take these forts was brilliant, the first of many. Sadly Grant and Lee couldn't be on the same side.
@davidcassity6593
@davidcassity6593 9 месяцев назад
Ft Henry is under water there’s not much to see
@donhosmer8159
@donhosmer8159 18 дней назад
67 And I feel that we should preserve these battlegrounds Are not to glorify war But to learn from it That we should not let this happen again
@darrenrawlings9278
@darrenrawlings9278 2 года назад
Greg is brilliant 👏
@jimmyjames9752
@jimmyjames9752 Год назад
SAVE OUR BATTLEFIELDS AMERICA 🇺🇸
@travisbayles870
@travisbayles870 Год назад
My great great grandfather and 3 great uncle who in the 32nd Tennessee Infantry fought at Ft Donelson
@Michael-iw3ek
@Michael-iw3ek 11 месяцев назад
Wow what a cool channel, I wish I found it earlier.
@darrenrawlings9278
@darrenrawlings9278 2 года назад
Love how you do the map at the beginning great video
@donb7113
@donb7113 Месяц назад
I just read about these battles in Gen. Grants memoirs.
@badmoon8663
@badmoon8663 2 года назад
Video shows the strength of the Confederate position in regards to the gunboats on the river.
@gregbiggs5674
@gregbiggs5674 2 года назад
Very powerful - and as I mentioned the river boom a couple miles downstream prevents gunboat recon of the battery as they had been able to do at Fort Henry. They really dinged up Foote's ironclads badly here.
@donaldshryock2852
@donaldshryock2852 Год назад
The only battle field. I went to because of my great grandfather fought there . With the 11th Illinois volunteer infantry regiment company B . Alfred Whitfield.
@stacyvonn8036
@stacyvonn8036 2 года назад
That's pretty intriguing how they skipped cannonball on the water.....
@samshutt4359
@samshutt4359 2 года назад
visited here9 years ago
@johnresto1603
@johnresto1603 2 года назад
What book is Greg using?
@gregbiggs5674
@gregbiggs5674 2 года назад
The maps I used mostly came from Kendall Gott's fine book on Henry-Donelson - "Where The South lost The Civil War." Kendall is a historian at the US Army Command & General Staff College's Combat Studies Institute and a friend.
@johnresto1603
@johnresto1603 2 года назад
@@gregbiggs5674 thank you very much and great videos
@gequitz
@gequitz 2 года назад
I didn't know the Navy didn't turn their ships around, just let them float downstream
@jorgemartinpaez4376
@jorgemartinpaez4376 2 года назад
the fighting was more intense??? oh my???
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