Surrender at Fort Donelson

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military surrender
gptkbp:aftermath boosted_Union_morale
gptkbp:armament Union artillery
gptkbp:associated_with Ulysses_S._Grant's_rise_to_prominence
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Western_Theater_of_the_Civil_War
Union forces
Shiloh
gptkbp:casualties on both sides
gptkbp:celebrates historical markers
gptkbp:challenges gptkb:Confederate_forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:date February 16, 1862
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:electronic_warfare Confederate_defenses
gptkbp:followedBy Union_advances_into_Mississippi
gptkbp:future_plans Union forces
gptkbp:historical_significance opened_up_the_South_to_Union_advances
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Surrender at Fort Donelson
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
surrender terms
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for Union strategy
gptkbp:is_characterized_by harsh winter conditions
gptkbp:is_known_for its strategic implications
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Tennessee_Campaign
gptkbp:is_studied_in military history courses
gptkbp:keyEvent the_campaign_for_control_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:led_to capture_of_Nashville
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Donelson,_Tennessee
gptkbp:narrativeStyle gptkb:the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableFor first major victory for Ulysses S. Grant
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Fort Henry
gptkbp:resultedIn Union victory
approximately 12,000 Confederate soldiers
gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of Union_control_over_the_Tennessee_River
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:strategicGoals control_of_the_Cumberland_River
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for Union soldiers
gptkbp:was_a_response_to Confederate morale