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Cannonading heard two hundred miles.

A gentlemen from Hunter's Bottom, in Kentucky, states that the cannonading at Fort Donelson was distinctly heard at that point. It is two hundred miles in a straight line from Fort Donelson. The sounds were so distinct that the people were of opinion that a great battle was raging at Louisville. The Madison Courier also states that the sounds were indistinctly heard at that point. There must have been something of a noise at Donelson.

The Daily Dispatch: February 26, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 26, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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