Fort Henry | Feb 6, 1862 | American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Fort Henry on February 6, 1862. Fort Henry, badly situated on a low bank of the Tennessee River, represented the weakest point in Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston's defensive line in …
Fort Henry Battle Facts and Summary - American Battlefield Trust
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 Donelson. In January of 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew Foote were commissioned to lead a joint expedition to seize the twin forts.
Battle of Fort Henry - Wikipedia
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 the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 and 5, Grant landed two divisions just north of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.
Civil War Maps, Available Online, Fort Henry, Tennessee | Library …
Shows Confederate Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. The entire site was to include the fort on the low ground near the edge of the river with an entrenched camp (Fort Heiman) on a high plateau immediately above it.
Map of Forts Henry and Donelson, February 1862
Map of A map showing Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, the sites of an important Civil War battle that led to the first major break in the Confederate line.
[Map of Fort Henry, Tennessee, and environs] | Library of …
Plan of Fort Henry and its outworks. [Feb. 1862] Scale ca. 1:6488. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 413 Shows topography by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, fallen timber, and a plan of the fort, with guns and quarters lettered and explained...
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Forts Henry and Donelson, February 1862
Map of A map showing Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, the sites of an important American Civil War battle that led to the first major break in the Confederate line during the Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862).
[Map of Fort Henry, Tennessee, and environs] | Library of Congress
Sketch showing the relative positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson : with the roads connecting … Shows the forts, roads, outwork fortifications in the vicinity of the forts, fortifications in the vicinity of the town of Dover, outlying buildings, and streams.
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