Fort Donelson is a very nice and well kept Park. My Son and I visited the Park in August 2019. It was pretty awesome to stand next to the Artillery while overlooking the River and think about what those Soldiers that were manning them would have encountered. The Earthworks that were built there are extensive and still very visible. Thanks guys for the video!
Great place been there 4 times. Had two ancestors fight there. 11th indiana (Wallace's zouaves) anyway if you havent been to stones river or Shiloh parkers crossroads its amazing places. If youre around Nashville I recommend going to Ft Negley very cool fort its a stone fort. There was also a small fort on a hill around louisville fort duffield ive visited.
@@mr.pickles810 - The day after my Son and I went to Fort Donelson, we drove down to Shiloh for our 2nd time going there. Shiloh is an awesome place. Wish ALL National Battlefield Parks weren’t famous for the reasons they are…
Great video. You dont hear much about Ft. Donelson. My GG Grand uncle was in the 50th Tn. and was captured there. He was only 16 and lived in Dover which is the town next to the fort.
Great to hear brief mention of Gen John A Logan! His birthplace is my hometown. His name is on schools and there’s the Gen John A Logan museum in Murphysboro, Illinois.
My great great grandfather Private William Garner and my great great great uncle Private John N Garner both of the 32nd Tennessee Infantry regiment of Buckners brigade fought at Ft Donelson
My Mom who was a Kentucky girl or should I say woman took me too this Battlefield and let me run all over it. So much History there. Great video again.
Some really good analysis of the attempt at breakout. I enjoyed the discussion of the backpacks and what it meant about sustaining the breakout attempt and that some leaders did not get the message. Interesting that this was one of the battles where the Union held and set the stage for regaining the initiative. Was Grant smart, lucky or just stubborn? He never lost his cool...
I have an affinity with the 36th VA - aka the 2nd Kanawha Regiment as my CS ancestor was in the 22nd VA Infantry - aka the 1st Kanawha Regiment. They were sister regiments in many respects. The 22nd VA was supposed to come west with Floyd but were detached with Wise. Do you have any of their Donelson diaries or letters?
@@gregbiggs5674 No just a war picture that can be found in a regt.history and service records. They were from the Bluefield Va. area. They were carpenters and some of their buildings are still standing. Thank God they were never in the ANV. but they had a bad time with Early at the end of the war.
@@ramona14220 I have that unit history from the Howard series. The 36th fought hard in the Valley in 1864 as did the 22nd VA. Their third colonel, George Patton (grandfather of the WW2 general) was killed at Third Winchester.
Covered the spirited break-out effort led by the 7th Texas Infantry, at that time part of Simonton's Brigade. They came so close to accomplishing their intent!
5:22. Hmm. If your mission is "really" to 1) help educate us, 2) make it easier for us to understand the story that you are trying to tell, and 3) motivate us to donate to your cause, shouldn't you use the best educational techniques available? Like battlefield maneuvers animation? What's this with paper drawings blowing in the wind that are hard follow? How is this the gold standard for communicating and persuading us (your audience) to join and donate to your cause? Shouldn't your organization aspire to a higher standard of the best quality of communication? Are we donating our hard-earned dollars to mediocrity? Or are we donating for excellence? I hope we are donating for excellence. Who agrees with me on this?
I guess if you want to spend peoples donated money on Hollywood style graphics, instead of preserving the sites that the event took place, I guess you could go for the glitter... I would rather the money be spent on the preservation, as is the intent of the group.
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Great Civil War HISTORY! Should be taught, and shown in every public school in the USA!
The true history of it not the Politically incorrect version
You guys have done a great job 👏
Fort Donelson is a very nice and well kept Park. My Son and I visited the Park in August 2019.
It was pretty awesome to stand next to the Artillery while overlooking the River and think about what those Soldiers that were manning them would have encountered. The Earthworks that were built there are extensive and still very visible. Thanks guys for the video!
Great place been there 4 times. Had two ancestors fight there. 11th indiana (Wallace's zouaves) anyway if you havent been to stones river or Shiloh parkers crossroads its amazing places. If youre around Nashville I recommend going to Ft Negley very cool fort its a stone fort. There was also a small fort on a hill around louisville fort duffield ive visited.
@@mr.pickles810 - The day after my Son and I went to Fort Donelson, we drove down to Shiloh for our 2nd time going there. Shiloh is an awesome place. Wish ALL National Battlefield Parks weren’t famous for the reasons they are…
Great video. You dont hear much about Ft. Donelson. My GG Grand uncle was in the 50th Tn. and was captured there. He was only 16 and lived in Dover which is the town next to the fort.
Excellent and your enthusiasm continues unbated!!
This is awesome information. Well done gentlemen.
Great to hear brief mention of Gen John A Logan! His birthplace is my hometown. His name is on schools and there’s the Gen John A Logan museum in Murphysboro, Illinois.
Awesome video! While I have been to ft Donaldson, never been to this site. Thanks
Map book just ordered, looks very well done, indeed!
I love the stories guys👍🏻😁
I really enjoy hearing Greg’s information. Very informative
Just ordered the map books!
My great great grandfather Private William Garner and my great great great uncle Private John N Garner both of the 32nd Tennessee Infantry regiment of Buckners brigade fought at Ft Donelson
My great grandfather Alfred Whitfield fought there . With the 11th Illinois volunteer regiment company B
I wish that all of these battles were made into animated Battlefield Videos with Gary Narrating them...❤️💯❤️💯❤️
Thanks
In 1858, Camp Floyd in Utah was named for John B Floyd. Interesting!
already inspired and a member!
Grant saw the opportunity and seized it! He took out Ft. Henry and Ft.Donelson in 3 days giving the Union control of most of the nation's waterways.
My Mom who was a Kentucky girl or should I say woman took me too this Battlefield and let me run all over it. So much History there. Great video again.
Some really good analysis of the attempt at breakout. I enjoyed the discussion of the backpacks and what it meant about sustaining the breakout attempt and that some leaders did not get the message. Interesting that this was one of the battles where the Union held and set the stage for regaining the initiative. Was Grant smart, lucky or just stubborn? He never lost his cool...
This was excellent
intense this would be great in school 5th grade to highschool
A great idea, this trip.
May I recommend Chattanooga to Atlanta for a similar trip?
My 2x great grandfather and his 2 brothers were in the 36th Va. and fought here.
I have an affinity with the 36th VA - aka the 2nd Kanawha Regiment as my CS ancestor was in the 22nd VA Infantry - aka the 1st Kanawha Regiment. They were sister regiments in many respects. The 22nd VA was supposed to come west with Floyd but were detached with Wise. Do you have any of their Donelson diaries or letters?
@@gregbiggs5674 No just a war picture that can be found in a regt.history and service records. They were from the Bluefield Va. area. They were carpenters and some of their buildings are still standing. Thank God they were never in the ANV. but they had a bad time with Early at the end of the war.
@@ramona14220 I have that unit history from the Howard series. The 36th fought hard in the Valley in 1864 as did the 22nd VA. Their third colonel, George Patton (grandfather of the WW2 general) was killed at Third Winchester.
Greg!
Thanks Cody!
Covered the spirited break-out effort led by the 7th Texas Infantry, at that time part of Simonton's Brigade. They came so close to accomplishing their intent!
11:14-13:03 W😮W !
I assume that the Gen. Macarthur here is the father of Gen. Douglas Macarthur?
You would be correct
The MacArthur at Donelson is not Douglas MacArthur's father. Arthur MacArthur Jr. served in the Civil War, but in 1863.
@@sarge-cp8yq ya I wrote that last night woke up and did a quick search ya Arthur MacArthur was the man himself…what a name 😂😂
he is not related. Different spelling to. Arthur MacArthur was Douglas' father - he of the 24th Wisconsin.
@@gregbiggs5674 wow it’s like I just said that…
5:22. Hmm. If your mission is "really" to 1) help educate us, 2) make it easier for us to understand the story that you are trying to tell, and 3) motivate us to donate to your cause, shouldn't you use the best educational techniques available? Like battlefield maneuvers animation? What's this with paper drawings blowing in the wind that are hard follow? How is this the gold standard for communicating and persuading us (your audience) to join and donate to your cause? Shouldn't your organization aspire to a higher standard of the best quality of communication? Are we donating our hard-earned dollars to mediocrity? Or are we donating for excellence? I hope we are donating for excellence. Who agrees with me on this?
Completely disagree with everything you stated!
I guess if you want to spend peoples donated money on Hollywood style graphics, instead of preserving the sites that the event took place, I guess you could go for the glitter... I would rather the money be spent on the preservation, as is the intent of the group.