The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-02-21
CAPTURE OF FORT DONELsON
PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT.

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srt s.-sz HT ST. Louis, Feb. II.
Fort Donelson surrendered at 9 o'clock
yesterday to the land forces. The gunboats
were presented at the time An immense
amount of war material is among the tro
phies Of the victory Dez -
Floyd skulked awaystle night before the
surrender.
The gunboat Carondelet, Capt. Walker,
arrived at Cairo with the news.
A large number of our wounded have
been brought to the Padueah and Cairo hos
pitfalls. ..-..--..r .., s...-.........-.
This city is wild with excitement snd JOY.
The news was read at the Union Merchants
Exchange, creating the most intense enthu-
siasnl. The 'Star-spangled Banner" alag
of our Union and "Red, white aud Blue
were sung by all present, after which they
adjourned, and marched to the army head
quarters, I,20O or 1900 strong. where three
rousing cheers were given for Hallecks and
Foote. General Halleck appeared at the
window and thanked the people for their
hearty demonstration, and said; promised
when | came here, that with your aid, |
would drive the enemies of our flag from
your State. This has been done; and they
are virtually out of Kentucky, and soon will
be out of Tennessee.
More cheers were given for the Union,
the "Star Spangled Banner repeated, and
the crowd dispersed. .-ss
Judg Holt wept for JOY when he heard
the news
Many stores are closed, and the city is
being decorated with flags, and evidences of
great JOY are every where manifested.
Gov. Yates Secretary Hatch, and Audi
tor Dubuis, of Illinois, left for Fort Donelson
this morning, to look after the wounded tlli
nois troops.
A requisitition has been made for all steam
boats in this vacancy, which will be held in
readiness for the transportation of troops and
Government stores.
,.,s.5-rl s..-.s s..- - CHICAGO, Feb. II.
The Times special date at Fort Doneson
the sixteenth, says that Fort Donelson was
surrendered at daylight this morning uncon-
ditionally. We have Generals Buckner
Johnston, Bushrod, and $4,000 prisoners
and three brigales ran away Oh, steamers
without letting Buckner know their inten
tions.
Gneral Smith ed the charge on the lower
end of the works, and was the first inside OF
the Notifications. eC} rs4 ~
The Fort Henery runaways were bagged
here.
The prisoners are loaded steamboat for
Cairo. Our loss is heavy, probably 400
killed and 500 wounded. We lose a large
percentage of officers, among them Lieut.
Col. Erwin, of the goth Illinois; White, OF
the 3lst; Smith, of the 4Sth Colonels John
A. Logan, Lawler and Ransom, are
wounded. Major Post, of Sth Illinois, with
| 200 privates,are, prisoners, and have gone to
| Nashville, being taken the light before the
surrender. ''i's -s'1 q OH
The enemy's loss is heavy, but not SC
! large as ours, as they fought behind en-.
trenchmepts. We should have taken them
by storming on Saturday if our ammunition
had not give out in the night. #i>.
McClernard's Division, and Oslesly'.
Wallaces, and McArthurs Brigades suffered
terribly. They were composed of the sth
9th. l Ith, 18th, goth, 29th, Both, 3lst, 45th
4Sth. and az Illinois, Gen. Lew Wallace
witf the nth Ind Regiment, 1st Missouri
ana some. Ohio Regiments, participated =