In this week in military history, we explore the Battle of Fort Donelson which took place in the Western Theater of the American Civil War in 1862.
The battle was part of a series of battles meant to cut Confederate supply lines and stop river traffic in support of the Confederacy.
At this point in the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant and other Union commanders realized that they needed to control the major rivers in the western theatre to defeat the Confederacy. Read More...
BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to tell Chinese officials Washington wants healthy economic competition but will defend U.S. trade curbs imposed on security grounds and express concern about Beijing’s export controls on metals used in semiconductors and solar panels, a senior Treasury official said Thursday.
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