MIKE GRACIA
During the Civil War on this day in 1862, about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson, TN.
The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–
Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important
avenue for the invasion of the South.
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Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)
(April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)
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