Author: Edwin C. BearssPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Fort Donelson Water Batteries
Author: Edwin C. BearssPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The River Batteries at Fort Donelson
Author: M. Todd CatheyPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Unprepared for invasion, Tennessee joined the Confederacy in June 1861. The state's long border and three major rivers with northern access made defense difficult. Cutting through critical manufacturing centers, the Cumberland River led directly to the capital city of Nashville. To thwart Federal attack, engineers hastily constructed river batteries as part of the defenses that would come to be known as Fort Donelson, downstream near the town of Dover. Ulysses S. Grant began moving up the rivers in early 1862. In last-minute desperation, two companies of volunteer infantry and a company of light artillerymen were deployed to the hastily constructed batteries. On February 14, they slugged it out with four City-class ironclads and two timber-clads, driving off the gunboats with heavy casualties, while only losing one man. This book details the construction, armament, and battle for the Fort Donelson river batteries.
Archeological Excavations in the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tennessee
Author: Lee H. HansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Reunions of Taylor's Battery
Author: Illinois artillery. 1st reg't. 1861-1865. Battery B.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belmont (Mo.), Battle of, 1861
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Fort Donelson's Legacy
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870499494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"Fort Donelson's Legacy portrays the tapestry of war and society in the upper southern heartland of Tennessee and Kentucky after the key Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862. Those victories, notes Benjamin Franklin Cooling, could have delivered the decisive blow to the Confederacy in the West and ended the war in that theater. Instead, what followed was terrible devastation and bloodshed that embroiled soldier and civilian alike. Cooling compellingly describes a struggle that was marked not only by the movement of armies and the strategies of generals but also by the rise of guerrilla bands and civil resistance. It was, in part, a war fought for geography - for rivers and railroads and for strategic cities such as Nashville, Louisville, and Chattanooga. But it was also a war for the hearts and minds of the populace ... In exploring the complex terrain of 'total war' that steadily engulfed Tennessee and Kentucky, Cooling draws on a huge array of sources, including official military records and countless diaries and memoirs. He makes considerable use of the words of participants to capture the attitudes and concerns of those on both sides."--Dust jacket.
The Battle of Fort Donelson: No Terms but Unconditional Surrender
Author: James R. KnightPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In February 1862, after defeats at Bull Run and at Wilson's Creek in Missouri, the Union army was desperate for victory on the eve of its first offensive of the Civil War. The strategy was to penetrate the Southern heartland with support from a new "Brown Water"? navy. In a two-week campaign plagued by rising floodwaters and brutal winter weather, two armies collided in rural Tennessee to fight over two forts that controlled the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. Those intense days set the course of the war in the Western Theater for eighteen months and determined the fates of Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew H. Foote and Albert Sidney Johnston. Historian James R. Knight paints a picture of this crucial but often neglected and misunderstood turning point.
Running the Batteries
Author: Peter EricsonPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435702476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
In Running the Batteries, Peter Ericson tells the story of the Union gunboats on the western rivers. Using original sources which let the participants speak for themselves, the book follows the Union navy as it battles its way down river to the sea. Battles such as Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island Number 10 and Vicksburg are brought out in great detail, as are lesser known battles such as Plum Run Bend, Memphis and the Red River Campaign.
Forts Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland
Author: Benjamin Franklin CoolingPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572332652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Fort Donelson
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Tenn. and Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
The Timberclads in the Civil War
Author: Myron J. Smith, Jr.Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786451955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
In the most detailed history ever of Union warships on the western waters of the Civil War, the author recounts the exploits of the timberclad ships Lexington, Tyler, and Conestoga. Converted to warships from commercial steamboats at the beginning of the conflict, the three formed the core of the North's Western Flotilla, later the Mississippi Squadron. The book focuses on the activities of these wooden warriors while providing context for the greater war, including accounts of their famous commanders, their roles in both large and small battles, ship-to-ship combat, and support for the armies of Gen. U.S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman.