made it to stones river battlefield (murfreesboro, tn) and fort donelson (dover, tn). very disappointed to find that the nashville battlefield has been covered over by develpments. great museum downtown tho.
stones river is home to the oldest monument to a battle, built by actual battle veterans only six months after the fight. donelson is where grant earned his moniker of 'unconditional surrender' grant. donelson was the first decisive win for the north, and things would generally go well for the union from them on in the west.
too bad that rat nathan bedford forrest escaped from fort donelson.
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