Federal forces advance southward up the Tennessee River as Henry W. Halleck directs two armies to converge to invade the Deep South.
Tag: Charles F. Smith
The Fall of Fort Donelson
Federals score their greatest victory of the war up to this time, generating a new national hero in the process.
I Will Take Fort Henry
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.