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Saturday, February 12, 2011

12 February, 1862: Wednesday

Union - Military
Tennessee

The Union forces spend the day surrounding Fort Donelson. Grant's army is ranged in a semicircle upon hills near the Fort and town of Dover.

North Carolina
Union naval forces capture Edenton, North CArolina, as they expand their operations from Roanoke Island.

Western Virginia
There is skirmishing at Moorefield

Missouri
There is skirmishing at Springfield.

Confederate - Military
Tennessee

At Fort Donelson, although Union soldiers are ranged in front of the Fort, Confederates are still being brought in from across the river to the east.

Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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