... informed him that he should proceed at the time fixed upon, and added: I shall take it before you will get there with your forces. The gunboats were anchored four miles below the fort, opposite Gen. Grant 's camp. At half-past 10 o'clock a signal was made for them to get under way, and in a few minutes the fires which had been banked up were in full blast. Com. Foote had prepared his instructions s...