M.F. Force's Campaigns of the Civil War: From Fort Henry to Corinth offer a detailed look at the earliest campaigns in the West during 1862. Fort Henry was Ulysses S. Grant's first critical strategic victory, and the siege of Corinth followed the climactic Battle of Shiloh. These were all critical to the Union's ability to seize the advantage in the West, and that year also helped bring about the rising fortunes of the Union's most important general during the Civil War.