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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 3 3 Browse Search
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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 28: Fort Donelson. (search)
y generous or elevated feeling may be paid for by a nation at heavy cost. Appendix A. General Buckner to General Grant. headquarters, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. sir: In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the commanding officer of the FedGeneral U. S. Grant, commanding United States forces near Fort Donelson. General Grant to General Buckner. Headquarters, army in the field, 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 uncondi, U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General commanding. General S. B. Buckner, Confederate Army. General Buckner to General Grant. headquarters, Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862. sir: The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelming force under your command, comp
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Investment of Fort Donelson-the naval operations-attack of the enemy-assaulting the works-surrender of the Fort (search)
he little creek just south of Dover. Before daylight General Smith brought to me the following letter from General Buckner: Headquarters, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862 To Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, Com'ding U. S. Forces. Near Fort Donelson. Sir: In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situati very respectfully, Your ob't se'v‘t, S. B. Buckner, Brig. Gen. C. S. A. To this I responded as follows: Headquarters Army in the Field, Camp near Donelson, February 16, 1862 General S. B. Buckner, Confederate Army. Sir: Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is your works. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your ob't se'v‘t, U. S. Grant, Brig. Gen. To this I received the following reply: Headquarters, Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862. To Brig. Gen'l U. S. Grant, U. S. Army. Sir: The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the ove
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1862. (search)
k, cold night, it was melancholy to see the procession by lamplight, as it passed slowly down the street. Captain Wise has been carried to the Capitol, and Captain Coles to the Central Depot, thence to be carried to-morrow to the family burying-ground at Enniscorthy, in Albemarle County. Thus are the bright, glorious young men of the Confederacy passing away. Can their places be supplied in the army? In the hearts and homes of families there must ever be a bleeding blank. Sunday, February 16th, 1862. This morning we left home early, to be present at the funeral of Captain Wise, but we could not even approach the door of St. James's Church, where it took place. The church was filled at an early hour, and the street around the door was densely crowded. The procession approached as I stood there, presenting a most melancholy cortege. The military, together with civil officers of every grade, were there, and every countenance was marked with sorrow. As they bore his coffin
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 8: the siege and capture of Fort Donelson. (search)
indignant superiors. Forest and his horsemen, about eight hundred in number, also escaped. There is not in all history a meaner picture of the conduct of traitors than that afforded by the Council of War at Dover, on Sunday morning, the 16th of February, 1862. That Sunday morning dawned brightly upon the Union army. At day-break, Wallace prepared to storm the Confederate intrenchments, and while making dispositions for that purpose, a bugle in the direction of the fort sounded a parley. Ds Grant, McClernand, and Wallace For their services in the siege of Fort Donelson. Generals Grant, McClernand, and Wallace were each promoted to Major-General of volunteers, the commission of the former bearing the date of the surrender (February 16, 1862), and the other two of March 21st, 1862. issued orders congratulating their victorious troops ; Grant said (February 17th), after congratulating his troops on their triumph over the rebellion, gained by their valor, that for four success
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 9: events at Nashville, Columbus, New Madrid, Island number10, and Pea Ridge. (search)
and to Chattanooga. Every vehicle was brought into requisition, and hack-hire was raised to twenty-five dollars an hour. This fearful panic was increased when a portion of the troops, flying from Bowling Green, came rushing into the city across the railway and the Suspension bridges, and a rumor spread over the town that the victors at Fort Donelson were making their way rapidly up the Cumberland. The rumor was true. On the evening of the day after the surrender of Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. Commodore Foote sent the St. Louis up the Cumberland to the Tennessee Iron Works, six or seven miles above Dover. These belonged, in part, to John Bell, the candidate of the Constitutional Union party for President, in 1860, See page 30, volume I. who, as we have observed, had early espoused the cause of the conspirators. See page 374, volume I. There appeared to be sufficient evidence of these works having been employed in the interest of the rebellion to warrant their destructi
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Iii. Kentucky--Tennessee--Alabama. (search)
on of the straits of the enemy. Gen. Grant was therefore not surprised at receiving, about daylight, the following overture: headquarters Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. Sir: In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the commanding officer of the Federmmanding U. S. forces near Fort Donelson. The reply was hardly so diplomatic, but quite lucid — as follows: Headquarters on the field. Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. To Gen. S. B. Buckner: Sir: Yours of this date, proposing an armistice and the appointment of commissioners to settle on the terms of capitulation, is justy, your obedient servant, U. S. Grant, Brig.-General Commanding. Gen. Buckner's response closed the correspondence thus: headquarters Dover (Tenn.), Feb. 16 1862. Brig.-Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army: Sir: The distribution of the forces under my command incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelmi
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 11: list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each. (search)
------ 26 93 -- 119 22d Illinois Grant's ---------- 23 74 -- 97 Camp Alleghany, W. Va.             Dec. 13, 1861.             25th Ohio Milroy's ---------- 6 54 6 66 Dranesville, Va.             Dec. 20, 1861.             1st Penn. Rifles McCall's ---------- 3 26 -- 29 Mill Springs, Ky.             Jan. 19, 1862.             10th Indiana Thomas's ---------- 10 75 -- 85 4th Kentucky Thomas's ---------- 8 52 -- 60 Fort Donelson, Tenn.             Feb. 12-16, 1862.             11th Illinois McClernand's ---------- 70 181 88 339 8th Illinois McClernand's ---------- 54 188 -- 242 18th Illinois McClernand's ---------- 53 157 18 228 9th Illinois C. F. Smith's ---------- 36 165 9 210 2d Iowa C. F. Smith's ---------- 33 164 -- 197 31st Illinois McClernand's ---------- 31 117 28 176 Pea Ridge, Ark.             March 6-8, 1862.             9th Iowa Carr's, E. A. ---------- 38 176
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
evacuation of Romney by your orders, the United States troops have returned to it; and that the officer commanding at Moorefield reported that the enemy, three thousand strong, were approaching that place. The reduction of our force by the operation of the furlough system, makes it impracticable to reinforce the Valley district from that of the Potomac. Most respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. E. Johnston, General. Headquarters Department of Northern Virginia, Centreville, February 16, 1862. To the Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 11th inst., in relation to Captain Rhett, and that of Captain Dyerle to you, dated February 8th, referred to me. I think that you were mistaken in regarding General Beauregard as the commander of these troops. I have been so considered here, and so styled by yourself. More furloughs have already been granted than the condition of the army will justify. I hope, therefore,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 48 (search)
given. A. H. Foote, Flag-Officer. General Grant's report. Headquarters army in the field, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. Gen. G. W. Cullom, Chief of Staff Department of Missouri: General: I am pleased to announce to you the uncondit. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. Correspondence. Gen. Buckner to Gen. Grant. headquarters Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. sir: In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I pr S. Forces near Fort Donelson. Letter of instruction to bearer of Des patches. headquarters Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. Major Cashy will take or send by an officer to the nearest picket of the enemy, the accompanying communication S. Grant, Brig.-Gen. U. S. Commanding. General Buckner's letter of surrender. headquarters Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862. To Brig.-Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S.A.: sir: The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpe
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 147 (search)
e the calumet in twain; And called across the stormy main A host of loyal men at arms. Thy pines De Monteuil's death bemoan, Thy surge brave Russell's requiem measures, And delving for forbidden treasures, Thy traitors dig but skull and bone. Two awful days the foemen met, And when the third all glorious woke, The spangled flag we worship yet, Curled all its stripes o'er Roanoke. The corpse half buried in the sand, The far-off friends that wait the shock, The raven brooding on the rock, The hungry sky, the lonesome land, The blood, the tears, the sons, the sires-- Oh! these too well the triumph note, Though ringing from the nation's throat Acclaims that quench her funeral pyres. We laugh and weep all unawares; The flag above, the dead beneath, The sabre dripping in its sheath, And on our lips dear household prayers. See mercy in the arms of fear. My God! this curse of blood revoke, May every loyal Northern spear Be nerved with news from Roanoke. Philadelphia, February 16, 1862.
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