Grant's River Campaign: Fort Henry to Shiloh

by Jack H. Lepa

In Tennessee in the early months of 1862, Ulysses S. Grant captured forts Henry and Donelson and opened the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers to military and commercial shipping. In April the first of many terrible battles of the Civil War was fought near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River around a decrepit meeting-house known as Shiloh. This costly victory established Federal control over much of central Tennessee.

These early Union...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786474777
• ISBN13: 9780786474776
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher