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Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): article 26
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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, heavily timbered in places, but for the most part covered with small trees and brushwood.
This had been levelled to allow the play of artillery, but, as was subsequently found, seriously interfered with the movements of the troops.
In front of the fort, at a distance of half a mile or thereabouts, were our lines of entrenchments, and beyond, still further, the lines of the enemy.
Our troops numbered about eighteen thousand, and were under the command of Generals Floyd, Pillow, Buckner, and Bushrod
Monroe County, Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 26
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Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): article 26
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