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A Dictionary of American History
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Fort Henry, Battle of
Fort Henry, Battle of (Tenn.) On 12 February 1862, Brigadier General Simon Buckner surrendered his garrison to Ulysses S. Grant’s 27,000 Federals. USA losses: 500 killed, 2,108 wounded, 224 missing. CSA losses: 2,000 killed or wounded, 14,623 captured. The siege was Grant’s first major victory; it forced the Confederates to abandon Nashville and give up much of central Tenn.
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Chicago:
Thomas L. Purvis, "Fort Henry, Battle of," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D31ILY49I8AL6UQ.
MLA:
Purvis, Thomas L. "Fort Henry, Battle of." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D31ILY49I8AL6UQ.
Harvard:
Purvis, TL, 'Fort Henry, Battle of' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D31ILY49I8AL6UQ.
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