This earned Grant the nickname of "Unconditional surrender Grant". Grant's successes only grew after the fall of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Not long after the Battle of Fort Donelson ...

In February 1862, Union troops commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant attacked Fort Donelson, a major Confederate position. When the officer commanding the fort realized he could not prevail, he ...

The unconditional surrender of Fort Donelson was the North's first major victory of the Civil War, opening the way into the very heart of the Confederacy. This new film offers viewers insight into ...