[Homer_J_Simpson]

Map Showing the New Points of Military Operations on Albemarle Sound – 2
The Pork Point Battery – 2
Roanoke Island and Its Defenses – 3
The Fort Donelson Fight: Operations of the Land Forces, under Generals Grant, Smith and McClernand – 5
Bowling Green Evacuated: Official Dispatch from Gen. Buell to Gen. McClellan – 5
Honor to the Brave: Thanks of the President to the Army and Navy – 5
News from Washington: The Probable Speedy Evacuation of Manassas – 5-6
The Burnside Expedition: Rebel Reports of Movements in the North Carolina Waters – 6-8
Danger on the Rebel Rear and Flank – 8
Editorial: Evacuation of the Great Rebel Stronghold in the West – 8-9
Editorial: An Important British Proclamation-Death-Blow to the Privateers – 9
From Europe – 9
General News – 9

[GingisK]

I enjoyed my visits to Fort Donelson. It is pretty well preserved and well documented on site.

I was intrigued to learn that they fought off two Monitor class gunboats using those monstrous 12" Columbiad cannons. The boats couldn't elevate their guns high enough to shoot back at those batteries, but were sitting ducks themselves.

The Donelson siege was quite an undertaking.