Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Hon. Gibson Welles” in article 9 of The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1862., [Electronic resource]:

...rk of Fort Donelson, and Gen. Grant telegraphs that he would be able to capture that fort to-day, (Sunday.) U. S. Flag-Ship St. Louis,Near Fort Donelson, via Paducah, February 15, 1862. To Hon. Gibson Welles , Secretary of the Navy: Sir: I made an attack on Fort Donelson yesterday, at 3 o'clock P. M., with four iron-clad gunboats and two wooden ones, and after one hour and a quarter severe fighting...
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