Federal Gunboats Test Forts Donelson and Henry in Tennessee
Eric | January 21, 2012
January 21, 1862 (Tuesday) General Ulysses Grant and a band of 15,000 had spent the better part of a week making a diversion in western Kentucky. The object was to keep the Rebels in the western portion of the state from reinforcing those in the eastern portion. This was done so General Buell in Louisville [...]













