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Fort Donelson is Surrendered

Today is an important day in Civil War history.  US Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant received the “unconditional surrender” of Fort Donelson.  Meeting him at the Dover Hotel, was his old friend, CSA Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner who surrendered his … Continue reading

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