Brigadier general Lloyd Tilghman withdraws almost all…

February 1862 CE

Brigadier general Lloyd Tilghman withdraws almost all of his garrison on February 5, moving them across country eleven miles (eighteen kilometers) to the east to Fort Donelson.

With a reduced crew manning the cannons, Tilghman fights an artillery duel with the Union squadron for nearly three hours before he determines that further resistance is useless.

The Tennessee River is now open for future Union operations into the South.

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Dover Stewart Tennessee United States View →

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Albert Sidney Johnston View → Henry Halleck View → Lloyd Tilghman View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Fort Henry, Bartle of View → Fort Donelson, Battle of View →

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