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It gave the Union control of the Tennessee River.

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The capture of Fort Henry was the first major battle that would soon bring notoriety to General US Grant.Grant led the Union forces that included generals McClernand and C.F. Smith. Union naval officer Andrew Foote's gunboats were essential for the victory in the capture of Fort Henry. On the Confederate side, the Fort Henry commander was Lloyd Tighman.


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General US Grant had 15,000 troops which were accompanied by seven gunboats when he took over Confederate Fort Henry on February 6, 1862.


And his men volunteered to bring the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston?

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