0h 59min, feb 16, 1862 y - Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
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This primary southern fort on the Cumberland River left the river in Union hands. It was here that Union General Ulysses S. Grant gained his nickname "Unconditional Surrender".
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0h 59min, feb 16, 1862 y
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~ 162 years ago
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