Fort Donelson campaign

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The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Fort Donelson	2
Surrender of Fort Donelson	1
Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson	1

Referenced by (5)

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Sam Grant → notableBattle → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Donelson

Buckner → notableWork → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner

this entity surface form: Surrender of Fort Donelson

Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → participatedIn → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Donelson

Battle of Shiloh → precededBy → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → surrenderedTo → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson