A history of the United States for schools . y, on the Tennessee River, andDonelson, on the Cumberland ; where it was opposedby General Grant with forces which presentlyHenry and formed the westcmmost of the three great Donelson. t-< i i • i ^ i i federal armies, and came to be known asthe Army of the Tennessee. The Confederate rightwing extended eastward from Bowling Green, and wasopposed by General Buell, with the middle great Fed-eral army, afterward known as the Army of the Cum-berland. Buells left wing was commanded by GeneralThomas, who, in January, 1862, won an importantvictory at Mi
A history of the United States for schools . y, on the Tennessee River, andDonelson, on the Cumberland ; where it was opposedby General Grant with forces which presentlyHenry and formed the westcmmost of the three great Donelson. t-< i i • i ^ i i federal armies, and came to be known asthe Army of the Tennessee. The Confederate rightwing extended eastward from Bowling Green, and wasopposed by General Buell, with the middle great Fed-eral army, afterward known as the Army of the Cum-berland. Buells left wing was commanded by GeneralThomas, who, in January, 1862, won an importantvictory at Mill Spring, and drove back the Confederateright. The next month. General Grant, aided by Com- 143- SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 389 modore Foote and his gunboats, captured Fort Henryand Fort Donelson,, taking 9,000 prisoners. The vic-tory at Fort Donelson was a very brilliant and pictur-esque affair. After one of the Confederate lines hadbeen carried by storm, and after the only avenue of re-treat had been cut off, the commander asked what terms. THt FIELD OF WAR, 1861-65. could be made. Grants reply was, No terms exceptan unconditional and immediate surrender can be ac-cepted. I propose to move immediately upon yourworks. This reply pleased people greatly, and U. initials were said to .stand for UnconditionalSurrender. From that time he was one of the mostconspicuous figures in the field. The capture of FortDonelson was the first really great victory gained by 390 THE FEDERAL UNION. Cu. XV, either side, and it was indeed a severe blow to the Con-federates ; it forced them to give up nearly the whole ofTennessee. They made their next stand along the line from Mem-phis to Chattanooga, and began massing their forces atCorinth. Their leader, Albert Sidney Johnston, wasregarded as one of the ablest officers in the southernarmy, and the second in command was Beauregard, whohad been sent westward from Virginia. Grant advancedtoward them as far as Pittsburg Landing, on the westban
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