Photo by Sgt. Charlene Moler | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 09.28.2012
Officers and senior enlisted with 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), form the Confederate and Union lines to get a better idea of the military tactics used during the Civil War, Sept. 28. Understanding the outcome of decisions that were made is a good tool in developing today’s leadership....
Photo by Sgt. Charlene Moler | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 09.28.2012
Officers and senior enlisted with 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gather around a cannon used during the civil war by the confederates defending Fort Donelson, Sept. 28. The cannons were used with other defense techniques to keep the encroaching Union soldiers at bay....
Photo by Sgt. Charlene Moler | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 09.28.2012
Officers and senior enlisted with 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), view the route of attack the river gunboats took in their assault on Fort Donelson, Sept. 28. During the Civil War the river system was used to transport troops and supplies which left both sides fighting for control of the waterway....
Photo by Sgt. Charlene Moler | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 09.28.2012
Officers and senior enlisted with 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand on the banks of the Tennessee River and view the remnants of Fort Heiman and Henry, Sept. 28. Greg Biggs, a military historian, discusses the significance of the two posts during the civil war....
Photo by Sgt. Charlene Moler | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 09.28.2012
Officers and senior enlisted with 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), paddle up to the Fort Donelson Battlefield on Tennessee’s Cumberland River, Sept. 28. This battlefield held significance in the Civil War because of the collaboration between land and naval efforts....
