ESCAPE FROM FT. DONELSON JOHN PAUL STRAIN MINT S/N COA ORIGINAL FOLDER

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ESCAPE FROM FT. DONELSONBY JOHN PAUL STRAINT he winter of 1862 was a challenging time for the newly formed Confederate forces trying to defend against invading armies from the North. Many southern officers were elected for their popularity with the men. Some of those leaders were ready to prove their worth in battle while others were not. One elected officer, who would prove himself to be the greatest cavalry officer of the period was Lt. Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest had been a wealthy plantation owner and successful land speculator that had raised and personally equipped his own battalion of eight companies of mounted volunteers, which included companies from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Texas, a complement of about 650 men.By February 1862 Federal General U.S. Grant's army had seized Paducah, Kentucky and had captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Supported by a fleet of gunboats and fifteen thousand men, General Grant turned his attention to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. Located high on a bluff overlooking the river, Fort Donelson had been reinforced with Lt. Colonel Forrest's cavalry battalion and soldiers from the garrison at Fort Henry. Grant found the fortifications at Ft. Donelson difficult to attack. Federal gunboats that had been so effective in the previous assault of Fort Henry, were practically read more
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