The Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee occurred as part of a Union plan to open a water route into the Confederate heartland by capturing Forts Henry and ...

The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for ... Background · Fort Henry · Battle · Notes

American Civil War battle along the Tennessee River that helped the Union regain western and middle Tennessee as well as most of Kentucky.

Despite the limited scope of the battle and subsequent casualties, the fall of Fort Henry opened the Upper Tennessee to the Union and set the stage for the fall ...

9 нояб. 2009 г. · Located on the Tennessee River, it was a critical point of defense for the Confederacy, protecting Nashville, Tennessee and the railroad route ...

With the fall of Fort Henry, Union forces outflanked the major Confederate defensive bastion at Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River and opened West ...

The siege of Fort Henry was an attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a multi ...

Fort Henry's fall opened the Tennessee River to Union gunboats and shipping as far as Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After the fall of Fort Donelson, ten days later, ...

23 мая 2022 г. · The Battle of Fort Henry was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on February 6, 1862, in western Tennessee.

1 апр. 2021 г. · Fort Henry, located on the Tennessee River, was the site of the first battle between Union ironclads and Confederate land batteries in February 1862.