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Fort Donelson
1noun
- a Confederate fort in NW Tennessee, on the Cumberland River: captured by Union forces in 1862.
Donelson, Fort
2[ don-l-suhn ]
noun
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They were mistaken; seven years later Dick died at Fort Donelson with a bullet in his forehead: this, by the way.
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This would have prevented the reinforcement at Fort Donelson, and made the engagement there less sanguinary.
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That afternoon's bombardment showed clearly that Fort Donelson could never be taken by the navy.
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Here the river winds about between abrupt hillsides, and on the front of one of these hills stood Fort Donelson.
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The next day he was (p. 842) on his way to hurl shot and shell at the men in the trenches of Fort Donelson.
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