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Article: Where the South Lost the War: an Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862.(Book Review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862. By Kendall D. Gott. (Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, 2003. Pp. xviii, 346. $45.00, ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.)
Often overshadowed by subsequent events, the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson campaign of February 1862 was one of the most important of the Civil War. With the surrender of the two forts, the Confederacy lost much of Kentucky and Tennessee, and the slow decay of the Confederate West began in earnest. In this volume, Kendall D. Gott offers a detailed analysis of the campaign, following the opposing forces into battle while evaluating Confederate and Federal command ...