"General Lew Wallace And The Battle of Fort Donelson" by Mary G. Nowakowski
 

Date of Award

4-1971

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Frank. L. Klement

Abstract

General Lew Wallace , lawyer , politician , diplomat , soldier and author , played a secondary but significant role in the Battle of Fort Donelson . Unlike many Civil War generals he looked forward eagerly to battle , but it always seemed to evade him. Would this also be true at Fort Donelson he wondered as he arrived belatedly at the preliminary battle of Fort Henry . He had calculated that the Federal troops would have to be enlarged and did not hesitate when his marching orders came the next day .

Comments

An Essay submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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