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Fort Donelson,
A notable fortification on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, 63 miles northwest of Nashville.
After the capture of Fort Henry (q. v.)there was no hinderance to the river navy going up the Tennessee to the fertile cotton regions of the heart of the Confederacy.
Foote sent Lieut.-Com. S. L. Phelps, with three vessels, to reconnoitre the borders
Fort Donelson. of that river.
They penetrated to Florence, Ala., seizing Confederate vessels and destroying Confederate property, and discovered the weakness of the Confederacy in all that region, for Unionism was everywhere prevalent, but suppressed by the mailed hand of the Confederate leaders.
Phelps's report caused an immediate expedition against Fort Donelson, situated on the high left bank of the Cumberland River, at Dover, the capital of Stewart county, Tenn. It was formed chiefly of outlying intrenchments, covering about 100 acres, upon hills furrowed by ravines.
At Fort Henry, General Grant reorganized his ar