US Grant captured Paducah, Ft. Henry, and Ft. Donelson early in the war.
It was a turning point in the war
Fort Henry Fort Donelson Vicksburg
On February 6, 1862 he captured Fort Henry and on Feb. 15, 1862, Fort Donelson.The fall of the two forts allowed the Union army to move up the Tennessee deep into Confederate territory.
Fort Donelson was a Confederate (southern) fort, and was captured by the northern army in February, 1862. U. S. Grant was in command of the Yankee (northern) forces.
Because they had been recently built as such. And Halleck's first order to Grant was to capture them. In the case of Donelson, Grant captured 15,000 Confederate prisoners.
The Union won Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, and Perryville, among others.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ft. Donelson is in Tennessee.
Confederates lost Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Savana, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, then took Fort Donelson six days later
Confederates lost Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Savana, Petersburg, and Appomattox.