Thanks for watching, if you would like to see more videos like this, please like and subscribe! Discord: https://discord.gg/s24Vtmp 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. Music from Flimstro: https://filmstro.com/music/ 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 #americancivilwar #westerntheater #civilwar
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