Ulysses S. Grant

ID: 595
This file appears in: Fort Heiman

In early February 1862, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, pictured here, moved his Federal troops south on the Tennessee River, which forced the evacuation of Fort Heiman. Courtesy of the National Archives.

This file appears in: Fort Heiman

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #147 in Calloway County commemorates Fort Heiman, a Confederate fort erected in 1861. Fort Heiman is the least well known of three Confederate forts that were built to guard the…