Battle of Fort Henry
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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 i
Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, USN
Commander Seth Ledyard Phelps, USN
Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, CSA
Lloyd Tilghman
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Lloyd Tilghman was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Battle of Fort Henry
…and effective naval gunfire, heavy rain, and the poor siting of the fort, nearly inundated by rising river waters, caused its commander, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, to surrender to Foote before the Union Army arrived. The surrender of Fort Henry opened the Tennessee River to Union traffic upriver through and along…
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