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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 28 2 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 7: military operations in Missouri, New Mexico, and Eastern Kentucky--capture of Fort Henry. (search)
ch Navy Columbiads, and the bow guns were rifled 84-pounders. the whole commanded by Flag-officer Andrew Hull Foote, of the National navy. Seven of these boats were covered with iron plates, and werehere in condition to march. He handed me an order to that effect, and I executed it. and Commodore Foote, and approved by General Halleck, were now commenced. The chief object was to break the lirt to General Halleck. Hearing nothing from their chief for several days afterward, Grant and Foote united, in a letter to Halleck, Jan. 28, 1862. in asking permission to storm Fort Henry, and ho0. The enterprise was immediately begun, and on Monday morning, the 2d of February, 1862. Flag-officer Foote left Cairo with a little flotilla of seven gun-boats These were the armored gun-boats Coes in it, and on Tuesday morning, Feb. 3. at dawn, he was a few miles below Fort Henry. Andrew H. Foote. Grant's army, composed of the divisions of Generals McClernand and C. F. Smith, had,