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To liberate two important rivers, the Tennessee and the Cumberland.

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Q: Why did union forces attacked fort Henry and fort donelson?
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What did Union General Henry Halleck do after US Grant's victory at Fort Donelson?

The fall of Fort Donelson in 1862 secured the flank of the Union forces in that area. General Henry Halleck took this opportunity to have Union forces to move up the Tennessee River as far as was possible.


Which general won victories for the union at fort Henry and for donelson?

Ulysses Grant.


Union victories at fort Henry and fort donelson prevented the confederatesfrom moving into which union states?

KY


Which general won victories for the union at fort Henry and fort donelson?

Ulysses Grant.


What is one reason for the Union's success in capturing Forts Henry and Donelson?

Superior Navy


Who was the union general who captured fort henry?

US Grant captured Paducah, Ft. Henry, and Ft. Donelson early in the war.


What did Grants victories at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry accomplish strategically?

At the time of US Grant's capture, mainly Fort Donelson, it endangered Nashville, Tennessee. It also opened up Union forces to use the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. These river ways enabled, if it could be done, the Union to strike deep into the western part of the Confederacy.


What battles did the union win the first 2 years?

The Union won Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, and Perryville, among others.


Why did the North and South clash at Shiloh?

The North and South clashed at Shiloh because a month after the victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Ulysses S. Grant gathered his troops there, and about a month later, Confederate soldiers showed up and attacked the Union forces. Following afterwards, Grant reorganized what was left of his troops, and counterattacked the Confederates.


Who won the civil war battle of fort donelson?

The Union forces as Fort Donelsson surrendered to U.S. Grant.


What battles were part of the union campaign to gain full control of the Mississippi?

Fort Henry Fort Donelson Shiloh Vicksburg


What were Union casualties in the capture of Fort Donelson?

In the course of the Union capture of Confederate Fort Donelson, the Union casualties came to 2,300 soldiers.