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rom Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. As in other engagements during the war, it was found. necessary to adopt some mark by which friend could be recognised from foe, and that adopted was a white band o.n the arm. The flag carried for the same purpose, had a blue ground with a white globe in the centre. This and the confederate flag were always borne together. The appearance of the field, and the hospitals during and after the fight, is represented to have been horrible. On the first, the dead lay on every side. Wherever the eye rested, there was a gory corpse. They could be counted not by scores but by hundreds. Subsequent reports bring us intelligence that at least four thousand of the Federals and fifteen hundred confederates were killed and wounded. The latter were carried to Nashville as rapidly as steamboats from Dover could convey them; no less than four boat-loads starting at nearly the same time. The attention paid to their wants, however, was excellent.
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e grand denouement of the tragedies which had a scene about Donelson, was cold, damp, and cheerless. Our troops, however, had but little time to cogitate upon the weather, or any other subject, ere they were called upon to attend to more serious matters. The enemy, during the night, had transferred several of their batteries to portions of their works within a few hundred feet of which our extreme right wing was resting. Upon the first coming of dawn these batteries suddenly opened on the Ninth, Eighteenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first regiments, comprising Oglesby's brigade, and who had the advance. Simultaneously with the opening of the batteries, a force of about twelve thousand infantry and a regiment of cavalry was hurled against the brigade with a vigor which, made against less steady and well-disciplined troops, must surely have resulted in their entire demolition. Sudden and unexpected as was the sally on the part of the enemy, it did not find the gallant I
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forces, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 17, 1862. Major M. Brayman, Assistant Adjutant-General First Division: sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade, from the time of leaving Fort Henry, on the eleventh inst., up to the sixteenth inst., when the Federal forces entered this fortification: My brigade, as formed by order of Gen. U. S. Grant, commanding the District of Cairo, consisted of the Eleventh Illinois Infantry, Lieut.-Col. T. E. G. Ransom witzers, (First Illinois artillery;) the whole constituting the Second brigade of the First division, commanded by Brig.-Gen. John A. McClernand, and containing about three thousand four hundred effective men of all arms. About noon of the eleventh inst., while in camp at Fort Henry, I received orders from Gen. McClernand to put the infantry and artillery of my brigade on the march, and move out three or four miles on the telegraph road toward this place. At four o'clock P. M. the forces des
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ores, horses, mules, and other public property. I left Fort Henry on the twelfth inst., with a force of about fifteen thousand men, divided into two divisions, une knowledge of its topography. Our first line of battle was formed on the twelfth instant, in some open fields opposite the enemy's centre. On the thirteenth we we on the road, four miles from Fort Henry. At sunrise on the next day, (the twelfth inst.,) I was joined by Col. Dickey's cavalry, and marched with my whole command urth brigade, Second division. We left Fort Henry on the morning of the twelfth instant, arriving near Fort Donelson the same evening. Immediately on our arrivalers in the recent attack on Fort Donelson, Tennessee. On Wednesday, the twelfth instant, the regiment, being a part of Colonel J. Cook's brigade, Second division,and was a source of no little embarrassment in our after operations. On the twelfth we had quiet, but we saw the smoke of a large number of gunboats and steamboat
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with skirmishing all day. The evening of the thirteenth, the gunboats and reenforcements arrived. O over rebellion gained by their valor on the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth instant. For f fields opposite the enemy's centre. On the thirteenth we were established on a line of heights in tive fire upon the enemy's outworks. On the thirteenth, a gallant charge was made against the enemyolunteers, in the battle at Dover on the thirteenth instant: Killed--one first lieutenant, two set to your order on Saturday morning, the thirteenth instant, I proceeded with my regiment in the dirhe night. At daylight on the morning of the thirteenth, the enemy opened fire with his artillery frh order, on the morning of Thursday, the thirteenth instant, I moved the left wing of my brigade, co led their regiment in the engagement on the thirteenth and fifteenth instant. They did all that mewenty thousand to thirty thousand. On the thirteenth these reenforcements were seen advancing to [1 more...]
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to his works, with skirmishing all day. The evening of the thirteenth, the gunboats and reenforcements arrived. On the fourteenth a gallant attack was made by Flag-Officer Foote upon the enemy's works with his fleet. The engagement lasted probably t. During the night it was evident that the enemy were receiving large reenforcements, and when morning broke on the fourteenth, it showed that they had been busy during the night in erecting new works in commanding positions, and mounting them wiIllinois, Col. Baldwin; and the Fifty-eighth Illinois, Col. Lynch. At three o'clock, on the afternoon of Friday, the fourteenth, I moved the brigade forward, under orders from Gen. Wallace, commanding the Third division, of which this brigade conslry, and light artillery, by steamboat, all of which were disembarked a short distance below our position. On the fourteenth inst., the enemy was busy throwing his forces at every arm around us, extending his line of investment around our position
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fortifications near Dover, Tenn., on the fifteenth inst., by the First brigade of your division. 1862. Colonel: On the morning of the fifteenth instant, my regiment, numbering five hundred andthe subsequent operations, until noon of the fifteenth. The night of the thirteenth was one of gre few. At daybreak on the morning of the fifteenth, the enemy threw a heavy force of infantry ath, each suffered a considerable loss on the fifteenth, in addition to the loss in the operation ofnth, but supplied from their limber. On the fifteenth, the trail of another howitzer was broken, a in the engagement on the thirteenth and fifteenth instant. They did all that men possibly could d: I have the honor to report that on the fifteenth instant, in obedience to your order, I stormed tt Indiana volunteers in the battle of the fifteenth inst. killed. In Co. A, (Capt. Geo. Butlttack the enemy at five o'clock A. M. on the fifteenth. I moved out of my position to engage the e[5 more...]
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r. I am, Colonel, your very obedient servant, Hugh B. Reed, Col. Commanding Forty-fourth Regt. Ind. Vols. Report of General W. H. L. Wallace. headquarters, Second brigade, First division, United States advance forces, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 17, 1862. Major M. Brayman, Assistant Adjutant-General First Division: sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade, from the time of leaving Fort Henry, on the eleventh inst., up to the sixteenth inst., when the Federal forces entered this fortification: My brigade, as formed by order of Gen. U. S. Grant, commanding the District of Cairo, consisted of the Eleventh Illinois Infantry, Lieut.-Col. T. E. G. Ransom Commanding; the Twentieth Illinois Infantry, Col. C. C. Marsh Commanding; the Forty-fifth Illinois infantry, Col. John E. Smith commanding; the Forty-eighth Illinois infantry, Col. I. N. Hayne commanding; the Fourth Illinois cavalry, Col. T. Lyle Dickey commanding; Capt. Ezra
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particularize instances of heroic daring performed by both officers and men, but must content myself for the present by saying, in my judgment, they all deserve well of the country. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John B. Floyd, Brigadier-General Commanding. Official: John Withers, A. A. Gen. A. & I. G. O., March 10, 1862. General Pillow's report. Columbia, Tennessee, February 18, 1862. Captain Clarence Derrick, A. A. General: On the eighteenth instant, General A. S. Johnston ordered me to proceed to Fort Donelson and take command at that post. On the nineteenth instant, I arrived at that place. In detailing the operations of the forces under my command at Fort Donelson, it is proper to state the condition of that work and of the forces constituting its garrison. When I arrived, I found the work on the river battery unfinished, and entirely too weak to resist the force of heavy artillery. I found a ten-inch columbiad and a thirty
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aying, in my judgment, they all deserve well of the country. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John B. Floyd, Brigadier-General Commanding. Official: John Withers, A. A. Gen. A. & I. G. O., March 10, 1862. General Pillow's report. Columbia, Tennessee, February 18, 1862. Captain Clarence Derrick, A. A. General: On the eighteenth instant, General A. S. Johnston ordered me to proceed to Fort Donelson and take command at that post. On the nineteenth instant, I arrived at that place. In detailing the operations of the forces under my command at Fort Donelson, it is proper to state the condition of that work and of the forces constituting its garrison. When I arrived, I found the work on the river battery unfinished, and entirely too weak to resist the force of heavy artillery. I found a ten-inch columbiad and a thirty-two-pounder rifled gun that had not been mounted. Deep gloom was hanging over the command, and the troops were greatly
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