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11th (search for this): chapter 3
nelson, in anticipation of an attack, and this promptness which Grant urged, was a matter of vital importance. If he delayed in order to strengthen Fort Henry on the land side, and to arrange the redan, Fort Donelson might never be taken. On the 11th, Foote, with his fleet, started by the Ohio and Cumberland rivers. Six regiments of troops (all the reenforcements which had yet arrived) were sent by the same route without being debarked. They were to follow the gunboats up the Cumberland, to effect a landing below Fort Donelson, and as near the fort as practicable, to establish a base for supplies in the new campaign, and to be in readiness to cooperate with the force that should go across by land. On the 11th, troops under McClernand moved out three or four miles on the two roads leading to Fort Donelson, and early on the morning of the 12th, the main column, fifteen thousand strong, marched from Fort Henry, leaving a garrison of twenty-five hundred men; eight light batteries ac
10th (search for this): chapter 3
ery clearly the object of the expedition, and that it had no connection whatever with any ulterior operations. Halleck ordered the movement on the 6th, but, on the 10th, he telegraphed directions for its delay; Grant, however, had already started, and the expedition was not recalled. The troops were out for more than a week, anss slaves, if necessary, to strengthen your position as rapidly as possible. It is of vital importance to strengthen your position as rapidly as possible. On the 10th, he continued in the same strain: If possible, destroy the bridges at Clarksville. Run any risk to accomplish this. Strengthen land side of Fort Henry, and trans to resist a land attack. Picks and shovels are sent. Large reenforcements will soon join you. Grant, however, did not wait for the reenforcements, and on the 10th, while Halleck was writing about picks and shovels, he informed Foote that he was only delaying for the return of the gunboats, which, after the fall of Fort Henr
9th (search for this): chapter 3
en selected with care; they had been elaborately fortified, and large garrisons were stationed to defend them. They covered the great railroad line of communication from east to west, through the border states, and their possession determined the fate of Kentucky and Tennessee; for Nashville and Memphis were not fortified, and Bowling Green and Columbus would both be turned, whenever the national arms subdued these forts. The battle of Belmont was fought on the 7th of November, and on the 9th, Major-General Henry W. Halleck, superseding Fremont, took command of the new Department of the Missouri, including Arkansas and the portion of Kentucky west of the Cumberland. The Department of the Ohio, consisting of that part of Kentucky east of the Cumberland, and the state of Tennessee, as well as certain portions of the loyal states, was assigned to Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell, with headquarters at Louisville. In all the operations at the West, during the first two years of
February 14th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 3
remained in his lines. That day he wrote: Appearances now are that we shall have a protracted siege here. * * * I fear the result of an attempt to carry the place by storm with new troops. I feel great confidence, however, of ultimately reducing the place. Another night of intense cold, and a furious storm of sleet and snow came on, and the sufferings of the night before were renewed. At two A. M. of the 15th, Grant was sent for by the wounded commodore, Flag-ship St. Louis, February 14, 1862. General Grant, commanding United States Forces: dear General: Will you do me the favor to come on board at your earliest convenience, as I am disabled from walking by a contusion, and cannot possibly get to see you about the disposition of these vessels, all of which are more or less disabled. A. S. Foote, Flag-Officer. who could not get ashore; and before daylight he went aboard the flag-ship, where Foote declared that the condition of his fleet compelled him to put back at once
8th (search for this): chapter 3
eries before the investment was completed. * * * * I shall take and destroy Fort Donelson on the 8th, and return to Fort Henry. This was the first mention of Fort Donelson, whether in conversation will go there also. On the same day, in pursuance of his intention to take Fort Donelson on the 8th, all the infantry and cavalry on the east bank of the Tennessee were notified to be prepared to move at an early hour on the 8th, with two days rations in their haversacks, and without encumbrances. Owing to the impassable state of the roads, said Grant, it is entirely impracticable to move the, leaving a wide margin of low land to bridge over, before any thing can be done inland. On the 8th, he wrote: I contemplated taking Fort Donelson to-day with infantry and cavalry alone; but all myno wish that the latter should advance. His orders were solely of a defensive character. On the 8th, he telegraphed: If possible, destroy the bridges at Clarksville. Shovels and picks will be sent
7th (search for this): chapter 3
* * * I shall take and destroy Fort Donelson on the 8th, and return to Fort Henry. This was the first mention of Fort Donelson, whether in conversation or dispatches, between the two commanders. Halleck made no reply, but notified Buell on the 7th, General Grant expects to take Fort Donelson, at Dover, to-morrow. Halleck congratulated Foote in these words: I have this moment received the official report of your capture of Fort Henry, and hasten to congratulate you and your command for your brilliant success On the 7th, Grant's cavalry penetrated to within a mile of Fort Donelson, and all the rebel pickets were driven in, but no definite information was obtained of the numbers of the enemy. It was ascertained, however, that the force from Fort Henry had joined the garrison on the Cumberland, and Grant informed Halleck: If any reenforcements were on the way for this place, no doubt they have gone or will go there also. On the same day, in pursuance of his intention to take
5th (search for this): chapter 3
time almost entirely under water, from the overflow of the Tennessee, the fort itself being completely surrounded; and the move. ments of both rebel and national troops were very much impeded. The rain, too, fell in torrents on the night of the 5th, and Grant having an insufficiency of transports, his steamers were obliged to return to Cairo, to bring up a part of his command. He did not, therefore, get his whole force ashore until eleven o'clock on the night of the 5th. The original plan with Fort Henry, and not only prevent further reenforcements , but all chance of the escape of either garrison. The rebels, however, perceived the impossibility of holding both works against such a force as had been brought from Cairo, and on the 5th, before Grant had completed his landing, they evacuated Fort Heiman. Ignorant of this withdrawal, Grant, the same night, ordered two brigades, under General C. F. Smith, to seize the heights on the western bank in the morning. The remainder of t
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f the expedition, and that it had no connection whatever with any ulterior operations. Halleck ordered the movement on the 6th, but, on the 10th, he telegraphed directions for its delay; Grant, however, had already started, and the expedition was noon the western bank in the morning. The remainder of the national forces, under McClernand, were to move at eleven on the 6th, to the rear of Fort Henry, to take position on the roads to Fort Donelson and Dover, where they could intercept either rthe rebels were rapidly reinforcing, made it imperatively necessary, in Grant's opinion, for the fort to be carried on the 6th; otherwise he would have delayed another day, to make the investment complete. His forces were not up from Cairo in suffin writing, that success might depend very greatly upon the celerity of his operations. Promptly at eleven o'clock, on the 6th, the march began; the gunboats moved at the same hour, and shortly before noon attacked the water-batteries, at a distance
March (search for this): chapter 3
of Kentucky and Ten. nessee at once fell into the possession of the national forces; the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers were opened to national vessels for hundreds of miles; Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, and a place of immense strategic importance, fell; Bowling Green had become untenable as soon as Donelson was attacked, and was abandoned on the 14th, the day before the rebel works on the Cumberland were carried; while Columbus, at the other end of the line, was evacuated early in March, thus leaving the Mississippi free from the rebel flag, from St. Louis to Arkansas. The country was unacquainted at this time with the principles of military science; and as city after city fell, and stronghold after stronghold was abandoned, all legitimate consequences of the capture of Fort Donelson, the national amazement and gratification knew no bounds. The effect on the spirits of the soldiers and of the people, was indeed quite equal to the purely military results. This was the f
4th (search for this): chapter 3
an be carried with four iron-clad gunboats and troops to permanently occupy. Have we your authority to move for that purpose when ready? A. H. Foote, Flag-Officer. and on the 30th of January, that officer gave the desired permission, and sent detailed instructions. See Appendix for Halleck's instructions in full. These arrived on the 1st of February, and on the 2d, Grant started from Cairo, with seventeen thousand men on transports. Foote accompanied him with seven gunboats, and on the 4th, the debarkation began, at Bailey's ferry, on the east bank, three miles below Fort Henry. McClernand commanded Grant's advance, and had selected a point for the landing, about eight miles below the fort; he even had his troops ashore at this place, but Grant made a reconnoissance in person on one of the gunboats, steaming up under the guns of the fort, in order to draw their fire. In this he succeeded, for a shot passed through the steamer; and having thus ascertained the range of the re
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