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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1912
Page
5
A historic account recalls General Ulysses S. Grant rising to prominence after the daring capture of Fort Donelson. The narrative covers the Confederate assault, the Union bombardment led by Commodore Foote, and Grant’s decisive role in forcing the surrender that reshaped the Civil War’s early Tennessee theater.
The text recounts Union victory at Fort Donelson with Grant demanding unconditional surrender after Confederate commanders Buckner Pillow Floyd retreat and surrender. Grant’s forces, reinforced to about 2700 and later claiming 10 000 to 15 000 Buckner's troops, capturned Donelson, elevating Grant from obscure officer to celebrated general as Lee later fell. The dramatic council of war and strategic maneuvers frame the turning point.
An ancient highway on the Isthmus of Panama, dating from the Crages trail era, is slated for modernization. Built about 15 miles over the old route from Panama City to the Chagres river, it was used by pack trains to ship cargo to the gulf of Mexico. The trail, once paved with field rock, was abandoned in the mid eighteenth century when new routes emerged.
The wooden gunboat Pensacola built in Pensacola in 1862 has been sold and struck from the navy list. Henry J Rogers of San Francisco purchased it for $120. A general board of survey was ordered to inspect the ships Independence Lancaster the prison ship Manila and the converted yachts Sylvia and Vixen, with Manila being a captured Spanish vessel.
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