Buckner was held as a prisoner atFort Warrenin Boston until he was exchanged that August. Later that day, he surrendered the fort and its garrison became the first of three Confederate armies to be captured by Grant during the course of the war. Smith to light a cigar, Wallace ordered the attack forward. The rest of Johnstons forces were 200 miles (320km) apart between Nashville and Columbus with Grants army between them, now controlling all the rivers and railroads. Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson. Join us online July 24-26! The mines anchored by the Confederates on the river bottom in the approaches to the fort were also rendered useless by the high water levels. Friends before the war, Buckner was hoping to receive generous terms. The Confederate navy was still almost non-existent on the river in the spring of 1862.
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