Place Unit Type
Rivers/Waterways
Containing Unit
United States of America
Date Type
In western Tennessee, Fort Henry falls to the naval bombardment of Flag Officer Foote's gunboats Battles/Soldiers
- On the Tennessee River, Union forces deploy for an assault on Forts Henry and Donelson Battles/Soldiers
Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops Personal
- With the opening of the Tennessee River, U.S. naval units raid deep into Tennessee and Alabama Battles/Soldiers
Date Title
Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman to Confederate Headquarters at Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 9, 1862
Abraham Lincoln, Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations, September 13, 1862
How to Cite This Page: "Tennessee River," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/9254.