Federal forces advance southward up the Tennessee River as Henry W. Halleck directs two armies to converge to invade the Deep South.

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Federal forces advance southward up the Tennessee River as Henry W. Halleck directs two armies to converge to invade the Deep South.
Federals score their greatest victory of the war up to this time, generating a new national hero in the process.
Henry W. Halleck receives intelligence convincing him to allow Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote to move against Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.