The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-11

II aDk, cuts on the commuuicntion sist,
Memphis and Bowling Green. frow ss.a
the latter is depenc emit for ia supn.,.s .n,A
isolatss Ooiumbas from Bowling Ore, Md
ton 10 cut OF between me rebe,s a, s s.s.
points. No doubt the Federal fo,rs Ms.s
push on until they reach the Nashyii,. vii
Memphis Eailroad. near Camden, Ts.aa
This point, once in our possession, VII, ~
of Hickman and Memphis from Ns.Assas
This accom- pliehed. then good. bye .S ~ uI
johnston, BenuregaId, buokner, ana M
rebel host. There will be 10 necessity "a, -.
TO attack Columbus or BowiIrs 3rsSra
Startation Will do the work The N.~.
leans Delta, IN late edition, says: IN. ,,s.'
Of the phOle SoSth depends on The yesnh ofs..g1
at Columbus. 7An place once taken, ts.,, "a, s
eGectuat resisfsacs at otaer points" An mil,,.'
philosophy position turned aud bseIe~sSI
equas TO place captured. hence, acoordh.
~ the New Orleans Delta, the safety OF ~.
VIII Ole South Is In jeopardy.
fRB vIcioEY AHSorscsp
Gen. Haiieck sends this message IN n.
Mcclellan:
Fort Henry is ours The nag Of the uu,,,
Ia re. established on the soil OF Tsnn..s.s
will never be removed.
Ccmmodoye Foote's R.por,.
u. S.FbAssHIP CixoixxArt
orr foRr hsssr. I
TBNHEssEE kivsk, Fob O. lad, l
The gun. boats under my Command
Essex. Commander Porter, the Ca rona.,..
Commander walker; the Cibcinnati. Tn
man der Stembel, the 81. Louis I.isut.rs1
commanding Pauldiug; the tonestoga -
tenant commanding Phelps the Taylor. r.
tenant commanding GwinH, and the L.xin,
ton, 0eu tenant commanding Shirk-attrr
severe and rapid fire OF one hour and a quar-
ter, have captured Fort Henry, and a.n.
taken Gen. Lloyd Tiighman and his stan
wi tn sixty wen. as prisoners.
The surrender TO TIE Eu2-boats was nm
condi tional, as we kept an open fife unn
the enemy until their nag Was struck. In
half an hour after the sure nder hnna.t
the fort and prisoners over to Gen. tran
commanding the army, On his arrival VI tAs
tort ia force.
The Essex had a shot in her boilers. Aft,
fighting most effectnally for two. tnitds Of
of the &C tion, and was obliged 10 drop dow
the river hear that several OF her msn
were sc8lded to death, including he two nj
lots. She, with the 0tner gun boats Officer,
anu men, 10 ught with the greatest g1liau n,
The Cincinnati received tnirty.oae saoi,
and had Que man killed and eight wouLd,o
two seriously. The fort, with twenty xuls
and seventeen mortars, was defended b,
Gen. Tilghman with the most uelernlu,5
gallhntry. / have sent Lieutenant c M
manding Phillips and three gun boals sixr
The rebel gun boats. A. h, FOorl
Flag Onicsr.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. 81 lie bkluAOE
On the Els. of January Brigadisr. General
q. +. Smiths brigade, consisting OF s,co
men, cavalry, artillery, and infantry, arrived
at crown foint-a point on the Ieansss,a
riyer-tr om Paducah, having marched ads,
lance OF one hundreo and twenty miles over
muddy roads, and crossing numerous svoI.
ieu water courses. On the I'D uit., the day
after the arrival OF the brigade ut Grown
Point, General Smi tn pr oce-ded on personal
reconnaissance, ON the gunboat Lexlnxlop In
the direction OF Fort Henry Tie guub AZ
proce aded up the west channel OF tue rl,r
10 u point wAthin OLE mile and q half VI The
fort. Three rebel ST. amers We're discovered
living UG the mouth Ut the small creek lnAt
EN- pl liz In To the Tennessee river lust above The
tort. A we'll direcLed SHELL was Ilred from the
L xingt ton, striking one OF tn rebel craft In tho
Stern. d second shot fell short OF Its marx
lust in front Of the enemy's works. II thnd
burst in tho air, directly over tort heurJ,
doubtless, doing good execution Tie rebel.
In the fort then brought out a thirty Two.
FOUNDER guL to bear on the Lexilgto ton, The
shot from Waic b fell into ihs water one. halt
mile short OF It's marx. General Smiib %.
tanned ali excellent view OF the rebel for,
camp and garrison, and Immediately re,uIn.
ed with ms brigade TO Paducah, havilg ai.t
with the fullest success ia the recon uols,lCe.
THE OCCUPATION 0P sMITHLAsp.
| General Grant ordered the occupation OF
Smi tn land, the location Of which We have
already stated, as that point occupies cen.
trail position, an is OF considerable strsfai.
cal value, as force stationed there woub h-
at all times ready TO Cooperate WA Any
movement, either on the Tennessee or Can
berland river, as circumstances might ie'
quire
Thus II win be seen, from the brief 'os~'
of the movements Of the several brisadrs"i
Gen. Grant first expedition towards Co
iumbus, 1t was not, rs some supposed, iul'
ha decided sac
| cess in the objects for which II left Ualro
The SECOND expedition. the result OF when
| we now record, was based nTon the iniof
| m ton derived from the first, and lis grand
and ,rious result has ere TINS sen, nm,
of RIadness throughout the loyal States OF
the Union. 1t must be remembered, also, ny
our readers, that what has now been sccou
piished has been done oy our troops ma
great hardships, In marching over mh'"Y
roads. amid rain and slset. with little OF o.
facilities for shielding them from the severity
of the unpropitious weather.
ssH. rItsBxAS.
The Herald publishes biographical sketches
Of all the Union officers engaged 10 the Fort
Henry affair. 1t also gives the following bis
tory OF Gen. TilGhman:
This rebel officer, nov q prisoner Of war 10
our hands, was In Command OF the rebel d.
fences of the umberiand aud Tsnnsss.e
Henry with pis headquarters at Fort boz
aidson, near Dover, on the Gum bertrand, IN
stewart county, and nenr the dividing ilhe
between Kentucky and Tennessee:
General Tiighman is native OF Marylsnd
| a graduate of the Military Academy at West
| Point. aud was mem Der OK the graduHt III
l class Of 1886, which included also JoseIh T.
| Anderson and christopher q. TompslI :, 4"
l Virgins; MontgomeryC. Meigs, OF George >
| Peter v Hagner, Of the District OF Colum 'N'
4 o., ,l~yuo ia. A Ian nf
| and others. all prominent In the e1isnns
| war. Four Of the same class have ben Di'u
/ In battle, namely: Shackleford, 81 Virgins
| at Aoiino del Rey; Burke, Of n. at Chu,
| rubusco; Daniels, OF N. II at molino a'i
| Rey, and Haskins. Of North Caroiins, {"
| Monterey. Gen. Ttlghman Yves promoted
l brevet Second Lieutenant in The FIRST hTl
l ment Dragons. July l 1895, and made Sc.
| ond Lieutenant four days thereafter, oo' 70
| Septem Der following resigned, IS mary y
/ time, In order to follow the Pr oiessioh !.
| civil engineering. He was division engine
l on the Baltimore and SusQuehsnna NO.,
l road, and assistant engineer 10 the su'tv
| the Norfolk and " ilmiugton Canal, OF -.
| Eastern Shore Railroad, Of the BaiunetssS,
Ohio Raj road. and on other pionps
wor ks of public i'm proyemeni On tneoV
ing ont u the war with Mexico, he repair
to The Rio Orlando, and served as voiun.e,
aid de camp to Brigadter- q enerai Twitts ~
t00 DAytIeS Oh I0O htW 0AQ AAeSSN"
Palma. He subsequently comm aBdsd .msn
volunteer partisan corps, superb Intended .I'
erection of defences at Nntamoras. and, uu'
ing the last year OF his services 10 Mxi.
was captain OF . company Ct liGbt aruii"''
in the regiment Of Maryland and Dis'r'e, =
Columbia volunteers, commanded oS '''
George W. H.8hss. ,.,.,,,
After the war, he returned TO his prons
Of engin eerink, and became pr.ncipsi 30 n,
ant engineer Of the Panama division o. ~ =.
Isthmus Railroad. For some tune PSs' "
mas resided q. Psducah, Nv, ana vas o..
the earliest to take the Reid from tnat
| in behalf OF the rebel cause, having oe. :
| pointed Colonel: HIS rsx,snens .s s /.
the first Kentucky brigade, rsnas' ,"sd IA
OiarssytIte, Tenn, where II rsrasioea.
dsreoinx thorough driil, ant,l w Rsn,aSsy
ment Of the rsbsl troops inso A.n' ssss
~ ~. ~ ths occupation OF Muidronsu
Hill Sine: ,s.: tine =: u; su sssa spp SsS
| DsI w.ss, his iunior a. . graduate OF W
miii.ary Academy. and VIII. u was ol'i ,u III
for gallant and uertsortons oona.e S.y
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