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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 48 (search)
mmand, in the battle at Fort Donelson, on the afternoon of the fifteenth inst. At about one o'clock the order was given to prepare for action. Our regiment was immediately formed in line of battle, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and advanced in good order to sustain the Eighth Missouri, which, being on the right, was the first engaged. As the enemy occupied a very advantageous position, on a hill covered with thick undergrowth, which almost hid them from our view, I directed Capt. N. R. Ruckle, of company E, to deploy his company as skirmishers, so as to cover our whole line; advance as rapidly as the nature of the ground would permit, and find out the position of the enemy; and nobly was the duty performed. After a few well-directed rounds from our men, the enemy began to retire, and the Eleventh, gallantly supported by the Eighth Missouri, advanced rapidly, driving the enemy before them, and soon occupied a position in advance of that from which a portion of our forces