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Visitor Center Courtesy of Brian Risher, MS |
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Visitor Center marker |
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(3-95) CONFEDERATE DEFENSE IN THE WEST. From the beginning the Southern strategy was defensive. The Confederates had wanted to establish its frontiers on the Ohio River, but Kentucky's neutrality caused complications |
(3-95) GUNBOATS open the Tennessee. With the approach of the fleet, the Confederate garrison at Fort Henry withdrew to Donelson, leaving an artillery company to offer a token defense. Foote's squadron opened a terrific bombardment |
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(3-95) THE FLEET FAILS AT DONELSON. "The fort holds out....The gunboats are driven back" |
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Enlarge Medal of Honor on display
in visitor center Links: 1. Iowa Medal of Honor Heroes: Voltaire P. Twombly 2. Voltaire Twombly, Medal of Honor Courtesy of Richard Edling, PA |
