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The Western Theater of the Civil War: The History and Legacy of the Most Important Battles Fought across the West

The Western Theater of the Civil War: The History and Legacy of the Most Important Battles Fought across the West

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Armed ForcesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1661409431
ISBN13: 9781661409432
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 16 2020
Pages: 426
Weight: 2.16
Height: 0.87 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes excerpts of soldiers' accounts
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
While the Lincoln Administration and most Northerners were preoccupied with trying to capture Richmond in the summer of 1861, it would be the little known Ulysses S. Grant who delivered the Union's first major victories, over a thousand miles away from Washington. In January of 1862, Grant persuaded General Henry Old Brains Halleck to allow his men to launch a campaign on the Tennessee River. As soon as Halleck acquiesced, Grant moved against Fort Henry, in close coordination with the naval command of Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote. The combination of infantry and naval bombardment helped force the capitulation of Fort Henry on February 6, 1862, and the surrender of Fort Henry was followed immediately by an attack on Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, which earned Grant his famous nickname Unconditional Surrender.

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