Fort Donelson

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noun

1. a Confederate fort in NW Tennessee, on the Cumberland River: captured by Union forces in 1862.

Donelson, Fort

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[ don-l-suhn ]

noun

1. Fort Donelson.

Example Sentences

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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