Forts Henry and Donelson--the key to the Confederate heartland / Benjamin Franklin Cooling.
Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-
1987
E472.96 .C66 1987 (Mapit)
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Title Forts Henry and Donelson--the key to the Confederate heartland / Benjamin Franklin Cooling.
Author Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0870495380 (alk. paper)
9780870495380 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1987.
Language English
Description xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number E472.96 .C66 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7/31
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index.
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Acknowledgments
Preface
Rivers and the heartland in crisis
Changing plowshares into swords
An army for the heartland
Land between the rivers
The federals discover the key
On the eve of battle
The gunboats win a victory
The first day at Donelson
Gunboat defeat on the second day
Confederate blunders on the third day
A surrender most disgraceful
A season of lost opportunities
The aftermath of Donelson
Henry-Donelson remembered
Organization of the Federal forces
Organization of the Confederate forces
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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