2022 ECW Symposium Early Bird Ticket – $200.00
ECW Archives
-
Recent Posts
- Under Fire: “I never witnessed a battle field before”
- What Happened to Henry Fleming? Exploring Details in The Red Badge of Courage
- ECW Announces Garry Adelman as Keynote Speaker at 2022 ECW Symposium
- Echoes of Reconstruction: Misusing the History of the Civil War Era in Drafting Alabama’s Constitution
- Under Fire: The 17th Maine in “the immediate presence of death”
Search by Post Categories
Subscribe BY RSS
Email Subscription
Tag Archives: Battle of Fort Henry
Fallen Leaders: Admiral Andrew H. Foote – Another Farragut?
February 6, 1862, midday: Advance cavalry elements of Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant’s 17,000-man force broke from the woods fronting the Confederate fort they intended to attack and were startled to observe the Stars and Stripes flying from the flagpole. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Navies, Western Theater
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Andrew H. Foote, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Fort Henry, Battle of Island Number 10, David D. Porter, Fallen Leaders, Fallen-Leaders-21, Gideon Welles, ironclads, John Pope, Mississippi River Squadron, Mortars, Samuel F. DuPont, Ulysses Grant, USS Carondelet, USS Essex, Western Gunboat Flotilla
6 Comments
Question of the Week: 2/8-2/14/21
In your opinion, what was the most important outcome of the military actions and surrenders at Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862?
Question of the Week: 2/4-2/10/19
The capture of Forts Henry and Donelson by a combined Union army and naval force in February 1862 opened a military path in the western theater and scored a morale victory for the north. In your opinion, what would have … Continue reading
