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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 13, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) or search for Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) in all documents.
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The Lesson of the hour.
There are those who regard this as the most dismal and discouraging period of the whole war. The minds of many are in consonance with the sombre aspect of nature.
The skies are overclouded, the trees are leafless, the birds are silent, the earth is frozen and seemingly lifeless.
We do not deny that this is a serious and even solemn crisis, and we will admit that not even in the gloomy days of Fort Donelson and New Orleans were there as much grounds for grave and anxious feeling as now. But what are the causes of this solicitude?
They are to be found chiefly in ourselves.
It is not that the enemy has gained great military advantages; these calamities can be repaired.
It is not that our soldiers have lost their ancient courage; they are the same firm and faithful warriors who have on a hundred battle-fields borne the flag of the South in victory and saved the freedom and independence of their country.
But, alas!
the harmony and mutual confidence that