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Home of the American Civil War: The Wester Theater: The Opening Moves

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From "Epic Battles of the Civil War, 1861-1865" comes this overview of the Main Western Theater in 1861 and 1862. Read about the struggle for Kentucky and the success of the Union at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson. Hyperlinks to battle description and biographies of generals involved.

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civil war, shiloh, ulysses s. grant

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albert sidney johnston, battle of pea ridge, civil war battles, earl van dorn, fort donelson, fort henry, nathan bedford forrest, trans-mississippi west, western theater, western theater 1861-1862

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Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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