‘A Frolic Up The Tennessee’

Daring River Raid Puts Bow on Union Conquest of Forts Henry and Donelson s he sent word of the capture of Confederate Fort Henry on February 6, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses Grant kept his emotions in check, his victory telegraph an unassuming “Fort Henry is ours.” Union Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, whose naval forces …

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