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Fort Henry Confederate fortification on the Tennessee River, S of the Ky.-Tenn. line; site of the first major Union victory of the Civil War (Feb. 6, 1862). The fort was attacked and reduced by Union gunboats commanded by Commodore Andrew Foote. Confederate commander Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, foreseeing capture, sent the bulk of his force to Fort Donelson before surrendering.

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Fort Henry a Confederate fort on the Tennessee river separating Tennessee and Kentucky that was attacked during the Civil War by U.S. forces under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in February 1862. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, knowing that a Union victory was a certainty, arranged for the removal of his men from the fort, to which he later returned and surrendered. The victory opened a major part of the Tennessee River to Union gunboats and shipping.

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