Ulysses S. Grant to T. E. G. Ransom commanding; the Twentieth Illinois Iufantry, February 17, 1862

U. S. Advance Forces, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 17, 1862.

Sin: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade from the time of leaving Fort Henry, on the 11th instant, up to the 16th instant, when the Federal forces entered this fortification.

My brigade, as formed

by order of General U. S. Grant, commanding

the District of Cairo, consisted of the Eleventh Illinois Infantry, Lieut. .

Col. T. E. G. Ransom commanding; the Twentieth Illinois Iufantry,

Col. C. €. Marsh commagding; the Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, Col.

John E. Smith commanding; the Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry, Col. I.

N. Haynie commanding;. the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, Col. T. Lyle

Dickey commanding; Capt. Ezra Taylor’s Chicago Light Battery D, First

Illinois Artillery, four 6-pounder field guns and two 12-pounder howitzers, and Capt. E. McAllister’s battery of three 24-pounder howitzers,

First Illinois Artillery—the whole constituting the Second Brigade of