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The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Official report of Brig.-Gen. Floyd of the battle of Fort Donelson (search)
take place after dark, when this plan was laid before them, approved and adopted, and at which it was determined to move from the trenches as an early hour on the next morning, and attack the enemy in his position. It was agreed that the attack should commence upon our extreme left, and this duty was assigned Brigadier-General Fillow, existed by Brigadier-General Johnson, having also under his command commanders of brigades, Col. Baldwin, commanding Mississippi and Tennessee troops, and Col. Wharton and Col. McCausland, commanding Virginians. To Brigadier- General Buckner was assigned the duty of making the attack from near the centre of our lines upon the enemy's forces, upon the Wynn's Ferry road. The attack on the left was delayed longer than I expected, and consequently the enemy was found in position when our troops advanced. The attack, however, on our part was extremely spirited, and although the resistance of the enemy was obstinate, and their numbers for exceeded ours, ou