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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
of the proclamation. The officers of the gunboat fleet found, during their voyage from Fort Donelson to Clarksville, that a Union sentiment prevailed along the river, and that white flag were fhout doubts, shows that the rebels retreated in great haste, the capture of such places efforts Donelson and Henry giving them but little confidence in their defences at Clarksville. All the fortificortifying Nashville, took advantage of the pants created there by the taking of Forts Henry and Donelson, and are making their way back to their old homes. They say it was too late to fortify Nashviliable source have prevailed all day of the evacuation of Nashville by the rebels. The Fort Donelson prisoners. Cincinnati, Feb. 13 --The Commercial's Indianapolis dispatch says that 5,000 Fort Donelson prisoners have arrived there during the last 24 hours. They are the hardest looking set of men ever collected together, uniformed in rags of all colors, with carpets for blankets. The
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
Occupation of Nashville by the Federals, &c. Lynchburg, Feb. 26.--A special dispatch to the Republican, of this city, dated at Bristol to-day, states that the enemy occupied Nashville on Sunday last. The number of Confederate prisoners taken at Fort Donelson was about 7,000, the number killed about 500, and those wounded about 1,500. The admitted loss of the enemy, in killed and wounded, ranged from six to ten thousand. Gen. Gloyd saved all of his command but the 20th Mississippi, and Guy and Jackson's batteries. They were taken prisoners. Chattanooga, Feb. 26.--It is reported here that Federal gunboats appeared in the river at Nashville on Yesterday morning.
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], New Dodge. (search)
Our fighting at Fort Donelson. --A telegraphic dispatch, published in the New York Times, dated Cairo, says: There remain only sixteen members of Company G. Eleventh Illinois regiment, who are not killed or wounded or taken prisoners; and of the whole regiment not over one hundred and forty effective men are left. If this does not prove good fighting on the part of the Confederate troops, we know not where to look for proof.
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
The battle at Fort Donelson.Federal Accounts. We make some further extracts from the Yankee newspapers in our possession, which it will be seen, readily admit the desperate fighting on the part of the Confederate troops, at Fort Donelson. The following is an extract from a letter dated Feb. 14, written by a person who witnessed the naval engagement: The flagship St. Louis took the advance, and was hugging the western shore; then came our own (the Louisville,) then the Pittsburgh and n to back out and return to our anchored. The enemy's lower battery was silenced, however, and only the two one hundred and twenty-pounders on the hill were playing upon us, and it is universally conceded that if we had ten minutes more time Fort Donelson would have fared the fate of Fort Henry, and the Cumberland river been opened and divested of its rebel embargo. Commodore Foote tells me that he has commanded at the taking of six forts, and has been in several naval engagements; but he
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
of that excitable people, and, unless Seward can manage soon to clip McClellan's pinions, he will find that he has been hatching a formidable competitor of himself for the imperial purple. We should not be surprised if the divers little intrigues to oust McClellan from his seat, and the subtle suggestion that he should divide the military authority with two or three other Generals, had their origin in the crafty schemes of Seward. Not having the personal courage to proceed, like Louis Napoleon, to the field, and prevent his Generals from a monopoly of gunpowder, he is seeking to play off one against another, so that each can neutralize the other's pretensions. If Mr. McClellan does not look well to his seat, he will find that one Fort Donelson cannot keep him in the saddle. Such a poor old failure as Scott never excited any apprehension in Seward; but a man who wins a battle, even if it be by odds of sight to one, will achieve a formidable popularity with the Northern multitude.
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 26 (search)
The Fort Donelson battle. statement of an eye-witness. [special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Augusta, Ga., Feb. 22, 1862. I have just obtained the following particulars of the fight at Fort Donelson from an eye- witness and participant, which will doubtless be welcome to the readers of the Dispatch, as the first news from a Southern source. Fort Donelson is on the Cumberland river, two miles from the town of Dover. The surrounding country is a succession of hills, heavil. The gunboats on this day came up the river and opened a vigorous fire on Fort Donelson; but after a severe exchanging of shots for several hours, fell back disablom shell, and that of the Federals severe. Saturday was the Rubicon of Fort Donelson. The enemy had received strong reinforcements during the week, and now thee brunt of the battle on Saturday afternoon, instead of our jaded soldiers, Fort Donelson would not have fallen; but the lack of this effective strength enabled the
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the United States. (search)
nt's official report. Headquarters Army in the Field, Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. Gen. G. W. Cullom, Chief of Staff, Department of Missouri: General — I am pleased to announce to you the unconditional surrender, this morning, of Fort Donelson, with twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners, at least forty pieces of artillery, and a large amount of stores, horses, mules, and other public property. I left Fort Henry on the 12th inst. with a force of about 15,000 men. divided into tw they were carried back by the current. The remaining two were very much disabled also, having received a number of heavy shots about the pilot house and other parts of the vessels. After these mishaps, I concluded to make the investment of Fort Donelson as perfect as possible, and partially fortify and await repairs to gunboat. This plan was frustrated, however, by the enemy making a most vigorous attack upon our right wing, commanded by General J. A. McClernand, with a portion of the force
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Disgraceful riot in Lynchburg. (search)
General Floyd --This brave and gallant man, after his brilliant but unsuccessful defence of Fort Donelson, retreated with a portion of his brigade to Nashville. Upon his arrival in that place, he was enthusiastically welcomed by the citizens, and in response to the calls of an immense crowd who visited him at his quarters, spoke as follows: "This," said Gen. F, "is not the time for speaking, but for action. It was time for every man now that loved his country to enlist in the army and for the war.--Not a day ought to be lock-- He spoke feelingly of the fight at Fort Donelson, where only 10,000 effective men fought for four days and nights against a force of 40,000 of the enemy. But nature could not hold out any longer — men required rest, and after having lost over one-third of his gallant force he was compelled to retire, not, however, without leaving over 1000 dead of the enemy on the field. He spoke in high terms of General Sidney Johnston, whom he said had not slept a w
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lecture to-night. (search)
Fall of gallant officers. Among the gallant spirits who fall bravely contending for the right at the stage of Fort Donelson, we notice the name of Dobacy Carr Marricon, who commanded a company from Hanover county. He was wounded in the desperate struggle of Saturday, and was carried on board a steam beat and died on his way to Clarksville. Alluding to his death, the Lynchburg Virginian says: "He was a son of the Rev. Peyton Harricon, of Cumberland, and was himself a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was a chaplain for two years of the University of Virginia, and for some months temporarily in charge of the First. Presbyterian Church of this city. The war found him in charge of a congregation in Hanover county. Impelled by a lofty patriotism he deemed it his duty to enter the army. He was chosen captain of a volunteer company, and soon showed the qualities of an excellent soldier. He was a Christian gentleman of the highest order — a man of education, fine intellig