Fort Henry

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Fort Henry was a Confederate stronghold on the Tennessee River whose capture by Union forces in 1862 marked a key early victory in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Henry canonical 5
Fort Henry (Tennessee) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate stronghold ⓘ
battle ⓘ
fort ⓘ
belligerent Confederacy ⓘ
Union ⓘ
captureDate February 1862 ⓘ
capturedBy Union forces ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
controlledBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
date February 6, 1862 ⓘ
event Battle of Fort Henry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Henry campaign
fallContributedTo Union advance into Tennessee ⓘ
weakening of Confederate defensive line in the West ⓘ
garrisonedBy Confederate Army ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn Tennessee River ⓘ
location Fort Henry ⓘ
nearbyFort Fort Donelson ⓘ
notableFor early Union victory in the Western Theater ⓘ
opposedBy United States (Union) ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control of navigation on the Tennessee River ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Point Henry → locatedNear → Fort Henry ⓘ
Battle of Fort Henry → location → Fort Henry ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Henry
Fort Henry Bridge → namedAfter → Fort Henry ⓘ
Mississippi River forts → includes → Fort Henry (Tennessee) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Henry