Grant moves swiftly, starting his troops up…

February 1862 CE

Grant moves swiftly, starting his troops up the Tennessee River toward Fort Henry on river transports on February 2.

His operations in the campaign are well coordinated with United States Navy Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote.

The fort is poorly situated on a floodplain and virtually indefensible against gunboats, with many of its guns under water.

Because of the previous neutrality of Kentucky, the Confederates could not build river defenses at a more strategic location inside the state, so they had settled for a site just inside the border of Tennessee.

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Fort Henry Stewart Tennessee United States View →

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Albert Sidney Johnston View → Andrew Hull Foote View → Henry Halleck View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Fort Henry, Bartle of View → Fort Donelson, Battle of View →

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