PILLOW took command of Fort Donelson on Feb. 8 ... We were now surrounded by an immense force, said by prisoners to amount to fifty-two regiments, and every road and possible avenue of departure ...

Some of the prisoners, I am informed ... From the papers found, it appears that there is one ten-inch columbiad at Fort Donelson and, perhaps, more. The number of killed in the fort is small ...

To be sure, the capture of Donelson resulted in a very large prisoner bag, the fall of Nashville ... Smith cites the correspondence of various Confederate leaders citing Fort Henry as the key to the ...

1862 when it turned its focus to the larger Fort Donelson to the east. Fort Henry had guarded the Tennessee River, while Fort ...