American Civil War: Battle of Fort Henry - "Grant Invades Tennessee"

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Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Union District of Cairo, embarks on an expedition into northern Tennessee with Union Navy Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote to capture two strategically-important Confederate forts positioned along the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers: Fort Henry (Tennessee) and Fort Donelson (Cumberland). Their first target is the half-sunken Fort Henry.
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Sources:
Battle of Fort Henry: The History of General Ulysses S. Grant’s Victory that Captured the Tennessee River for the Union by Charles River Editors
Script written J. Woody
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