FORT HENRY, in United States History

Confederate fortification on the Tennessee River, S of the Ky.-Tenn. line; site of the first major Union victory of the Civil War (Feb. 6, 1862). The fort was attacked and reduced by Union gunboats commanded by Commodore Andrew Foote. Confederate commander Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, foreseeing capture, sent the bulk of his force to Fort Donelson before surrendering.

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books on: Fort Henry in United States History  - 2069 results

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History of the United States of America during the Administration of Thomas Jefferson
Book by Henry Adams; Albert & Charles Boni, 1930
Subjects: United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805, United States--Politics And Government--1801-1809
...within the boundaries of the United States," to be a collection district, with Fort Stoddert for its port of...within the boundaries of the United States. The evasion was a divergence...Proclamation of May 30, 1804; State Papers , ii. 583. 2 Message...
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The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia
Book by Marc Rothenberg; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Science--United States--History--Encyclopedias
...Country: A History of West Point...Awareness; The United States Army Corps of...1838-1863 . Fort Belvoir, VA: United States Army Corps...Pinchot of the United States Forest...was outlined by Henry David Thoreau...
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The United States: An Outline of Political History, 1492-1871
Book by Goldwin Smith; Macmillan & Co., 1893
Subjects: United States--History
Sumter, Fort, 253 . Supreme Court of the United States, the, 126 ; under Jeffersons...his ability, 206 , 210 . Vane, Henry, 8 , 13 . Vergennes, 113 . Vermont...President, 130 ; his power and state as President, 130 ; his wisdom...
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Great Britain and the United States: A History of Anglo-American Relations (1783-1952)
Book by H. C. Allen; St. Martins Press, 1955
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, United States--History
...205 , 426 -7, 434 . Miami, Fort: 275 . Michigan, Lake: 450...Michilimackinac: 272 . Midas or The United States and the Future: 22 -3. Middle...345 -6, 354 . Mississippi, State of: 93 . Molasses: 226...668 , 762 . Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.: 776 , 778 , 798...
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Public Opinion and the Teaching of History in the United States
Book by Bessie Louise Pierce; A. A. Knopf, 1926
Subjects: Educational Law And Legislation--United States, History--Study And Teaching--United States, United States--History--Study And Teaching
...of colonies in, 283 England, History of , 175 "England, Hymn of...in, 66 , 67 , 98 , 99 Ford, Henry Jones, committee work of, 234...307 Forrest, N. B., 153 Fort Henry, holding of, 244 Fort Pillow. capture of, 153 Fort...
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journal articles on: Fort Henry in United States History  - 1194 results

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Henry O. Malone, Jr
Journal article; Air Power History, Vol. 56, 2009
Subjects: Air pilots, Military--Biography, Historians--Biography, Malone, Henry O., Jr., Military pilots--Biography, United States. Army. Training and Doctrine Command--Officials and employees
Henry O. Malone, Jr. Henry O. Malone, Jr., former...officer in the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas, in the 1960s...the Office of Air Force History in Washington, D. C...At TRADOC Headquarters at Fort Monroe, Virginia, he supervised...
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"Under the Influence and Acting with Prejudice": Allegations against Maj. Lewis H. Brereton at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1929-1930
Journal article by Roger G. Miller; Air Power History, Vol. 57, 2010
Subjects: Air Force officers--Evaluation, Brereton, Lewis H.--Evaluation, United States. Air Force--Officials and employees
...C., Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March...C., Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March...Center for Air Force History, 1993), p. 16...degrees at North Texas State University, and his...entered the Air Force history program in 1980, He...
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War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners
Journal article by H. Paul Carlson; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners (Book)--Book reviews
War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian...Captain Richard Henry Pratt, who became...escorted them to Fort Marion, which Spanish...Acquired by the United States in 1821 and renamed...educational sessions at the fort, perform physical...
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Whistling "Dixie" While Humming "Ha-Tikvah": Acculturation and Activism among Orthodox Jews in Fort Worth
Journal article by Hollace Ava Weiner; American Jewish History, Vol. 93, 2007
Subjects: American Jews--History, American Jews--Social aspects, Jewish identity--Social aspects, Jews, American--History, Jews, American--Social aspects, Jews--Identity, Jews--Social aspects, Orthodox Judaism--History
...Archives. See also Henry and Julia Gernsbacher...president of the South Fort Worth Ice Factory...Genealogy and Local History Department, Fort...personal papers of Henry W. Simon Jr...together to the United States. Interview with Henry W. Simon Jr...
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A History of Inter-american Relations-print, Politics, and Commerce in the United States and Mexico, 1800-1830
Journal article by Nancy Vogeley; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 101, 2011
Subjects: Academic libraries, American literature, Books, Letters, Postcolonialism, Society
...trip from the United States to the port...field of book history. Coming at...times in their histories, then, helps...relative to the state of the U.S...recognition in the United States and throughout...that tell of state plans and controls...from the United States to Mexico...government of the United States figures...adds to that history precise information...sale. Official histories have not always...
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magazine articles on: Fort Henry in United States History  - 476 results

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Fort Leavenworth and the Eclipse of Nationhood
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 278, September 1996
Subjects: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas--History, Military art and science--Analysis, Military education--Training, Military personnel--Training, Military science--Analysis, United States--Military policy
Fort Leavenworth...Colonel Henry Leavenworth...American history. "A verge...When the United States intervenes...nation-state in the...Leavenworths history may arrive...nation-state get longer...which the United States no longer...author of The History of the Decline...Nowak is Fort Leavenworths...
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Dividing a Nation: The Firing on Fort Sumter Marked the First Engagement of the Civil War and Took Place 150 Years Ago, on April 12, 1861
Magazine article by Jack Kenny; The New American, Vol. 27, April 4, 2011
Subjects: Buchanan, James (American president)--Domestic policy, Civil war--History, Civil war--United States, Ex-presidents--Domestic policy, Secession--History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Analysis, United States history--Analysis, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...The guns at the fort returned fire with...in and around the fort, and when Anderson...conflict in U.S. history, a war that would...their neighboring states and make war against...Dominion. Gov. Henry Massie Rector of...the people of his state would "defend to...after the battle of Fort Sumter. Kentucky...
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A History of the Infantry School: How Fort Benning Became 'home of Infantry'
Magazine article; Infantry, Vol. 96, March 2007
Subjects: Academic libraries, Armed forces, Congressional hearings, Demonstrations & protests, History, Personal appearance, Water supply
A History of the Infantry School: How Fort Benning Became...which Colonel Henry E. Eames was...into all the states comprised in...and in every state between. As...General of the United States to institute...the United States Treasury...
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Armor History at Fort Knox
Magazine article; Soldiers, Vol. 62, April 2007
Subjects: Armed forces, Armored vehicles, Artillery, Korean War, Military history, Military personnel, Military promotions, Technological change, World War I, World War II
Armor History at Fort Knox Story compiled by members of the Fort Knox, Ky., "Turret...occurred until the United States entered World War...artillery commander MG Henry Knox, and supported...redesignated Camp Henry Knox National Forest...
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Fort Leavenworth's Roots
Magazine article by Alan Moore; Soldiers, Vol. 52, September 1997
Subjects: Fort Leavenworth, Military bases, Military history, Prisons, US Disciplinary Barracks-Fort Leavenworth KS
...designated the United States Military Prison, the United States Disciplinary...incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth May 21,1875. But the forts history goes back further...the Indians. Fort Leavenworth was established by Col. Henry Leavenworth and...
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newspaper articles on: Fort Henry in United States History  - 92 results

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MAKING HISTORY; Miniseries Explores '10 Days' That Shook the United States
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 7, 2006
Subjects: Battle of Antietam, 1862, Filmmakers, Movie directors, Television programs
MAKING HISTORY; Miniseries Explores...That Shook the United States. Byline: James...Institute and State University, Mr...tribe at Mystic Fort in 1637 up through...Chaney, Michael Henry Schwerner and...plant manager, Henry C. Frick, is...Chaney and Michael Henry Schwerner after...
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Cannons Fire at Fort Sumter
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 13, 2011
Subjects: Civil war--United States, News agencies, The Associated Press
...bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston...from the stone works of Fort Sumter. About a half...correspondent observed the forts parapets crumbling under...is inaugurated ... Fort Sumter has returned the...Farleys ancestor, Lt. Henry Farley, as firing the...also helps us to look at history and learn from history...
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Fort Augusta Key to Saving Pennsylvania; Enabled British to March West, Drive out French
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 23, 2009
Subjects: French and Indian War, 1754-1763, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, United States history--French and Indian War, 1755-1763
...world war in human history were fired in western...militia force at Fort Necessity, located...key positions and forts along the St. Lawrence...the French built Fort Duquesne (at the...with their famous forts, Ticonderoga and William Henry) and Canada along...wall near Shikellamy State Park and Marina...
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The Union's Response to Fort Sumter: Rebel Forces and U.S. Navy Trade Shots at Battle of Sewell's Point
Newspaper article by Michael Shumaker; The Washington Times, April 17, 1999
...Unions response to Fort Sumter: Rebel...War Between the States by bombarding...commanded by Capt. Henry Eagle, observed...embrasures of the fort, one striking...bursting in the fort." He told Gwynn...spelling. One history, "Norfolk Highlights...Washington Street United Methodist Church...
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Fort Built, Defended by Blacks Tells of Their Valor
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 24, 2003
...the USCT (United States Colored Troops...enactment at Fort Pocahontas...grandfather, John Henry Minus. He...Civil War history and, more...within the fort itself...headquarters. The forts well-preserved...opening the fort once a year...enactors portray United States Colored Troops...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fort Henry in United States History  - 35 results

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Fort Henry , in United States History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORT HENRY , in United States history Confederate fortification on the Tennessee...Civil War (Feb. 6, 1862). The fort was attacked and reduced by Union gunboats...capture, sent the bulk of his force to Fort Donelson before surrendering...
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Tennessee , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...United States ten se , ten se , state in the south-central United States. It is bordered...Park; and Fort Donelson...Sewanee. History Early History...Volunteer State. Tennessees...President of the United States during that...firing on Fort Sumter and...see Fort Henry and Fort...
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Minnesota , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...felled. The state is roughly...the United States; the completion...learning in the state are the Univ...throughout the state; Carleton...Rochester. History Ancient Inhabitants...joined to the United States by the Louisiana...1805 6), Henry Schoolcraft...earnest. In 1820 Fort St. Anthony...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Presidents of the United States .) The executive...the Departments of State; Treasury; Defense...Congress of the United States , the legislative...Vice President. History European Exploration...included in the United States was spurred...Netherland (explored by Henry Hudson ), which...
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Albany , Cities, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ALBANY , cities, United States 1, 3, 4 ol b...city are Albany State Univ., Albany...the seat of the State Univ. of New...Albany Institute of History and Art. Among...held. In 1609, Henry Hudson visited...the Dutch built Fort Nassau, a fur...Dutch post of Fort Orange, renamed...
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