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Buell (search for this): article 9
te of these reinforcements is probably 40,000 men. General Buell, we understand, goes with General McCook's division to ing, and were evacuating the place when he arrived. D. C. Buell, Brig.-Gen. Comd'g. [From the Washington Star, ofo-day, the General-in-Chief has received a dispatch from Gen. Buell, announcing that his advance, under Gen. Mitchell, reach and Stripes over it, the river being but to cross. Gen. Buell had for some days past been concentrating a large force mmediately by the fall of Nashville before the main body of Buell's army, and the fall of Knoxville before the division of Gen. Thomas. Neither Buell or Thomas can meet with any resistance to speak of in marching directly on those most important strs point is as yet exceedingly meagre, consisting only of Gen. Buell's very brief dispatch. That, however, is enough to showtunate that they have been allowed to escape. But from General Buell's reticence, and his interdiction upon the telegraph, i
Wise (search for this): article 9
the top of their breastworks, leaving but little space for them to shoot through, and much diminishing their risks from the unerring aim of our sharpshooters. The casualties among our artillery are thus far very small. The loss of the enemy, as far as can be ascertained, is considerable. Yesterday afternoon the storming party had retired, and when the rebels had been thickly crowded less than to repel the assault, Capt. ... A Sorties by the enemy. Chicago, Feb. 16. --Captain Wise, of the steamer Minnehsha, reports that the enemy made a sortie from the fort at ten o'clock on Saturday morning and drove our forces back three-quarters of a mile and captured Captain Seawards battery, but at one o'clock our troops rallies and re-captured the battery and drove the enemy before them and planted our flag on their outer fortifications. The steamer from Evansville brings a report that four of our Colonels were killed yesterday afternoon, among them Colonel John Logas, of Il
Grant (search for this): article 9
thousand prisoners, including Buckner and Johnson. St. Louis, Feb. 17.--Dispatches from General Grant to General Hallock announce the surrender of Fort Donelson, with 15,000 prisoners, includingously. The upper redoubt taken by our troops commands the main work of Fort Donelson, and Gen. Grant telegraphs that he would be able to capture that fort to-day, (Sunday.) Dispatch from Como of our gunboats suddenly helpless in the narrow and swift current. In consultation with Gen. Grant and my own officers here, I determined to retire until we could repair damages by bringing up army and navy, returns thanks to Brig.-Gen. Burnside and Flag Officer Goldsborough, and to Brig.-Gen. Grant and Flag-Officer Foote, and the land and naval forces under their respective commands, for movements of Generals Thomas and Crittenden, and the rear operations of Commodore Foote and General Grant, rendered the place untenable. A few days more, and the rebels would have been taken in the
Dunning (search for this): article 9
ham is entitled to great credit for building, under my direction, in four hours in the dead of night, a complete bridge across the Great Cacapon, at an unfrequented mountain road. Two columns of 2,000 men each, marched thirty-two miles--one column forty-three miles--since 4 P. M. yesterday, besides bridging the river. We made a move and occupied the Bloomery Gap and Point Mills east, on the belief (by information obtained from deserters) that General Casson's brigade was there. Gen. Dunning has just arrived at New creek from Moorefield, forty miles south of Romney. He has captured 225 beef battle, and broke up the guerilla haunt there. Two of his men were badly wounded. He killed several of the rebels. The enemy have thus been driven out of this department. F. W. Lander, Brig.-Gen. Skirmish in Western Virginia. The Cincinnati Times says that a skirmish occurred last Saturday on Linn creek, Logan county, Va. A detachment of the 5th Virginia regiment, under
Gibson Welles (search for this): article 9
Still Later.--St. Louis, Feb. 16.--Dispatches received at headquarters say that our gunboats were pretty effectually disabled, except one. Commodore Foote was Wounded twice, but not seriously. The upper redoubt taken by our troops commands the main work of Fort Donelson, and Gen. Grant telegraphs that he would be able to capture that fort to-day, (Sunday.) Dispatch from Com. Foote. 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, the latter part of the day, within less than 400 yards of the fort, the wheel of this vessel and the tiller of the Louisville were shot away, rendering the two boats unmanageable. They then drifted down the river.--The two remaining boats were also greatly damaged between wind and water.
Carr (search for this): article 9
Springfield, and, after a brief resistance, the rebels fled, leaving the road strewn with their wagons and baggage. Gen. Curtis reports having taken more prisoners than he knows what to do with. Particulars of the Retaking of Springfield. St. Louis, Feb. 16. --A special dispatch to the Democrat, dated Springfield, 15th, says:--Our army under Gen. Curtis marched from Lebanon on the 10th and formed in three divisions, the right under Colonel Jeff. C. Davis, the left under Colonel Carr, and the centre under General Siegel. Six miles from Springfield, on the 12th, a skirmish took place between our advance and a party of rebels, in which nine of the latter were killed, and one or our men was slightly wounded. At sunset on the same day 300 of the enemy attacked our pickets, but were driven back with a loss of three. This was regarded as the commencement of the battle, and two hundred cavalry and infantry, with a battery of artillery, were sent forward. The batt
Oglesby (search for this): article 9
. 16. --The Democrat has a special dispatch from the rear of Fort Donelson, dated on Friday, as follows: The fort cannot be reduced without a terrible battte. Its rear seems almost impregnable. The outer works and bastions are located on ridges from 150 to 250 feet high.--Upon a similar range of hills outside there our army is drawn up in line of battle, completely encircling the enemy from the south of the fort to the water of a stream which flanks the fort on the north. Gen. Oglesby, who has the extreme right last night pushed forward his brigade to the Cumberland, and has planted a battery commanding the river, which will effectually prevent the arrival of any more reinforcements. In fact, we have them completely surrounded, and can complete the job at our leisure. This morning it was discovered that the enemy had placed logs on the top of their breastworks, leaving but little space for them to shoot through, and much diminishing their risks from the unerring aim
Halleck (search for this): article 9
n, if our Generals will only permit them to do so. Highly important from Missouri--Price's rear guard defeated and Scouted. St. Louis. Feb. 16. --General Halleck has received dispatches from General Curtis stating that Price's rear guard was overtaken in pursuit from Springfield, and, after a brief resistance, the rebetevens, who participated in the butchery of a small party of Platt's Zouaves, sometime since. All were engaged in the raid on Guyandotte. A Circular from Gen. Halleck. St. Louis, Feb. 16. --The following circular has been issued from headquarters: "All persons who are known to have been in arms against the Unitto the oath of allegiance and parole, and are released from bonds, all property not of military character taken from them will be restored. By order of Maj. Gen. Halleck. The news in brief. No doubt is entertained in Washington that the fate of the rebellion is now sealed. Manassas, it is believed by military men,
G. B. McClellan (search for this): article 9
the House, this morning, Mr. Colfax asked and readily obtained permission to make a statement relative to Fort Donelson, [profound silence.] He said that Gen. McClellan had authorized him to inform the House that he had just received a dispatch from Cairo informing him of the arrival of the gunboat Carondolet at that place thvery land and upon every sea. By order of the President: The by Caution of Bowling Green--why it was done. Louisville, Saturday, Feb. 15, 1862. To Maj.-Gen. McClellan: Mitchell's Division, by a forced march, reached the river at Bowling Green to-day, making a bridge to cross. The enemy had burnt the bridge at 1 o'clrebels. This expedition will doubtless end the campaign in Missouri. Union victory in upper Virginia. Pawpaw, Va., Feb. 14 --8 P. M.--Major-General G. B. McClellan: The railroad was opened to Hancock this morning; also, the telegraph. We had an important forced reconnaissance last night, which was completed t
R. M. Smith (search for this): article 9
ven out of this department. F. W. Lander, Brig.-Gen. Skirmish in Western Virginia. The Cincinnati Times says that a skirmish occurred last Saturday on Linn creek, Logan county, Va. A detachment of the 5th Virginia regiment, under Capt. Smith, twenty-one in number, pursued and attacked thirty-two of Jenkins's cavalry. The result was a loss on the rebel side of eight killed and seven wounded, and the remainder captured, with upward of thirty horses. Of the Federals, one was killed and one wounded. The captured and their captors arrived at Guyandotte on Wednesday evening. Mr. Reader, our informant, is a private in Captain Smith's company, and was engaged in the affair. He gives an interesting account of the skirmish. The rebels were surprised, being employed, when attacked, in feeding their horses from the crib of a Union man, now a refugee. Among the rebels killed was Stevens, who participated in the butchery of a small party of Platt's Zouaves, sometime sin
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