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JOHN McARTHUR to M. Brayman, February 18, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: In pursuance to your order I submit S following repe I cannot tell the exact number of killed and wounded each day, and…
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Letters from 1862
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L. F. Ross to Seventeenth Illinois, Commanding Third Bri gade, February 25, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 25, 1862. In obedience to your order requiring a report of the movements and operations of the troops under my command during the investment and siege…
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i EZRA TAYLOR to Light Battery B, Illinois Volunteers, February 18, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TAYLORâS BATTERY, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. COLONEL: I have the honor respectfully to submit the following report of the part taken by the battery under my command…
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I. N. Haynie to Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, February 17, 1862
Fort Donelson, February 17, 1862. SIR: I have hesitated as to whether it is properly my duty to make a written report of the attempt, on Thursday, the 13th of…
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John E. Smith to W. H. L. Wallace, February 17, 1862
February 17, 1862. TomrY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS, Fort Donelson, February 17, 1862, SIR: In obedience to orders I took position with my command on the morning of the 15th instant…
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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…
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J. D. Webster to U. S. GRANT, Colonel, Chief of Staff, February 22, 1862
Fort Donelson, February 22, 1862. GENERAL: The preparations made by the enemy for the eue of this position were very extensive. A complete and accurate survey of the works and…
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Ulysses S. Grant to S. B. Buckner, February 16, 1862
Camp near Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. SIR: Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except unconditional…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, February 16, 1862
Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. Major Cosby will take or send by an officer to the nearest picket of the enemy the accompanying communication to General Grant, and reMM A…
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A. S. J Ohnston to J. P. Benjamin, February 8, 1862
Bowling Green, Ky., February 8, 1862. Str: No reliable particulars of the loss of Foit Henry have yet reached me. This much, however, is known, that nearly all of the…