Forts Henry & Donelson Campaign Tour - Part 1

A tour of the Forts Henry & Donelson Campaign taken by members of the Louisville Civil War Round Table on April 2, 2014. Our tour guide was historian Greg Biggs.

About Our Guide: Greg Biggs

He is a native of Chicago, but has lived all over the United States as well as in Lima, Peru. He attended the University of Tampa and Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. He has been a military historian for over 45 years with interests in the Ancient Greeks, Napoleonic Wars, Frederick the Great, the Civil War, and World War II. He has been the Associate Editor of Blue & Gray Magazine and has written for the Civil War Regiments Journal, Citizens Companion, and the Flags of the Confederacy website. Greg has lectured on Civil War topics across the country and leads tours of the Fort Donelson Campaign, the Tullahoma Campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign.

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Greg gives us some background on the campaign and puts the campaign in its historical context as we drive out to our first stop.

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