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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the United States. (search)
From the United States. official report of the battle at Fort Donelson--General summary of Northern news. From our Northern files of the 24th inst. we collate the following: Gen. Grant's official report. Headquarters Army in the Field, Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. Gen. G. W. Cullom, Chief of Staff, Department of Missouri: General — I am pleased to announce to you the unconditional surrender, this morning, of Fort Donelson, with twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners, at least forty pieces of artillery, and a large amount of stores, horses, mules, and other public property. I left Fort Henry on the 12th inst. with a force of about 15,000 men. divided into two divisions, under the command of Generals McClernand and Smith. Six regiments were sent around by water the day before, convoyed by a gunboat, or, rather started one day later than one of the gunboats, and with instructions not to pass it. The troops made the march in good order, the head of t