Fort Henry campaign

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Union offensive military campaign

The Fort Henry campaign was an early Union offensive in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, led by Ulysses S. Grant to secure control of the Tennessee River and open a pathway into the Confederate heartland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Fort Henry	4

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union offensive ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Andrew H. Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1862-02-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Fort Donelson campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	American Civil War era ⓘ
includes	Battle of Fort Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedUnit	Army of the Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Gunboat Flotilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
ledBy	Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Calloway County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	open an invasion route into the Confederate heartland ⓘ secure control of the Tennessee River ⓘ
opposedBy	Confederate forces defending Fort Henry ⓘ
opposingCommander	Lloyd Tilghman NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	early skirmishes in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
primaryTarget	Fort Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
riverineWarfare	true ⓘ
secondaryEffect	threatened Confederate positions in Tennessee and northern Mississippi ⓘ
startDate	1862-02-02 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	opened the Tennessee River as a Union supply and invasion route ⓘ weakened the Confederate defensive line in the Western Theater ⓘ
supportedBy	Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote’s gunboats ⓘ
theater	Western Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOperation	combined arms operation ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Donelson campaign → associatedBattle → Fort Henry campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Henry

Mississippi Valley Theater → hasKeyEvent → Fort Henry campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Henry

Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Fort Henry campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Henry

Union Navy → notableBattle → Fort Henry campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Henry

Fort Donelson campaign → precededBy → Fort Henry campaign ⓘ