Letter
Colonel Lauman to V We M, February 19, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 19, 1862.
SIR:
On February 13 my command, SitidsHin of seven companies, was formed in line of battle
by order of Colonel Lauman, commanding
brigade, and ordered to advance with the Twenty-fifth Indiana upon the
works in front and take a battery of two guns. I advanced under a
heavy fire of musketry until I passed the point of a ridge on my right.
I then received a heavy fire of grape from guns to the right, which, however, did but little damage, as the range was too high. Perceiving no
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guns in front, and the line being much broken, owing to unevenness of
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Fort Donelson, Tenn.. Summary: Colonel Lauman reports a February 13, 1862, assault at Fort Donelson where his command advanced under heavy fire to capture a two-gun battery despite difficult terrain and enemy grape shot.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
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