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What goal of the Union strategy did Grant further, and how did he do it?

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Ulysses S. Grant contributed significantly to the Union goal of cutting off the Confederacy's access to western rivers as means of transport. This occurred when he led the taking of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee, granting Union boats the ability to safely travel as far as northern Alabama.

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