Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers

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Was a military campaign by the Union during the American Civil War.

Chronology

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February 1862: Battle of Fort Donelson. Confederate army under Simon Bolivar Buckner surrenders to Grant, Union gains control of Cumberland River

February 1862: Battle of Fort Henry: surrender of Fort Henry to Unionist forces. Grant and Foote's gunboats gain control of Tennessee River by defeating Lloyd Tilghman

April 1862: Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing. Grant and reinforcements under Buell repulse Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard. A.S. Johnston is killed.

May 1862: Siege of Corinth. Union forces capture town.