✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Fort Henry

February 6, 1862 · Battle of Fort Henry

Result Union victory

Foote's gunboats forced the surrender of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River before Grant's troops arrived.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant military commander Andrew Hull Foote military commander
Lloyd Tilghman military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
15,000
Casualties
4040
Ships
7
Strength
3,000–3,400
Casualties
7979
Guns
17

Units

Army of the Tennessee Union Army Mississippi River Squadron
Army of Central Kentucky