| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:battle 
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                                | gptkbp:casualtiesUnion | ~2,691 
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                                | gptkbp:combatant | gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America gptkb:Union
 
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                                | gptkbp:commander | gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner
 gptkb:Gideon_J._Pillow
 gptkb:John_B._Floyd
 
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                                | gptkbp:Confederate_strength | ~16,000 
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                                | gptkbp:ConfederateCasualties | ~13,846 (including prisoners) 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1862-02-16 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Fort_Donelson,_Tennessee,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | Ulysses S. Grant earned nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant First major Union victory in the Western Theater
 Surrender of Confederate forces
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:American_Civil_War 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Henry 
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                                | gptkbp:result | Union victory 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | Opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1862-02-11 
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                                | gptkbp:Union_strength | ~25,000 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
 gptkb:Richard_Ewell
 gptkb:Cumberland_River
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Battle of Fort Donelson 
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