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The Capture of Fort Henry, TN, by the Union naval forces under Flag Officer Andrew Foote. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, CSA surrenders the fort of about 90 men, sending the majority of his forces to Fort Donelson, TN, ten miles away on the Cumberland River, prior to surrendering, with the following Federal gunboats participating in the attack:
- USS Carondelet
- USS Cincinnati
- USS Conestoga
- USS Essex
- USS Lexington
- USS Saint Louis
- USS Tyler
Battle of Fort Henry Facts & Summary
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 the Western Theater in early 1862. On February 6, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H.
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