Ulysses S. Grant, the Union's key strategist…

1862 CE

Ulysses S. Grant, the Union's key strategist and tactician in the West, gives the United States its first victories of the war at Forts Henry (February 6, 1862) and Donelson (February 11 to 16, 1862), by which the Union seizes control of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

Nathan Bedford Forrest rallies nearly four thousand troops and leads them to escape across the Cumberland.

Nashville and central Tennessee thus fall to the Union, leading to attrition of local food supplies and livestock and a breakdown in social organization.

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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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