Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-19
tion during The night repelling repeated

assaults.
The scene within the fort showed how
terrible the rebel garrison lis,l suffered =
ESerYNhste we're wing fraRt1eht of sheiis
ana round slot half buried in the earth.-
teaA were torn 70 pieces, gun carriages
broken, and blood Seatteted around. In
the latter redou6t, where the assault had
taken place, dead bodies lay IhiekIy and
abundant evidence of stern resistance aud
gallant attitck was sisible On the sex.
IRENE GIT bait mile distant, where the
desperate sortie was made by the gartiSon
similar scenes were visible. The gRllnntr{
I5l9e Y mon ION troops has been well and So.
ysrely teste8is and they have proved moro
than equal 10 the task beftlre Them.
As the heet approached the Fort tbis
morning salute Was fired and lond cheers
went up Whenthe American Gags were riS.
idle. ~ =
sAO 0tleer IN the army had an Idea of
Fort Donelsou's defences until thev had
been gained and examined.
Several regiments Whcu out OF amtnu.
milton rushed forward, and although e.
posed TO the full fire OF The rebel artillery.
2ailaniiy drove their foes back With The
bayonet, and captured their guns.
The following are the names Of some of
tho rebel officers captured: Col. CANT. Cd.
e0rhtesi Col. Forrest, Col. Brown and
Col. AberuHthy.
CHICAGO, Feb. I8.-The Tribune,s she.
clnl says the position Of the ground occu.
pied by our troops IN attack Fort D1nelsCn
was such thai not more than one regiment
could operate at the same time, while iIe
rebels could bring peasly The whole force
70 bear against ms.
ny iirst regimeat TO receive the rebels
Was the lSlh, which fought With desperate
courage unttl their ammunition was ex.
hausted, " hen The tFefc forced 10 retire.
IL was rePlaeed bs the 9Th. They, too.
we're driven back after firing tue last
round; meanwhile the other regiments
lepdiug such feeble aid as their p6sitions
would admit. Gen. Wallace was ordered
10 reinforce AlcUlgrnand, aud sent Two
brigades from the centre. The 3iat Illi-
noIs, Col. Logan, fought like veterans, de.
tcndtng SchwHrlz's battery under tho most
CALLING TIRE, until every horse at the bat
terry was killed, together with all the OH.
GERS who had charge of the gdns, ms well
as tho Lieut.. Colonel, Major, seven Can
tAIns and a number Of Lieutennuts Of the
3lst had been killed, and the Colonel
wounded. RetnE nearly surrounded. CAM.
MCooOk, who WAS left in command. drew
oh what was LEFT of tue regiment. moi.
however, until The last roufid was rx.I
.hausted and they bad commenced, to drive
the enemy before them.
-, The Second brigade then came nm obd|I
took the place OF the retired one, and
fought desperately losing CREST number
m killed. but with the assistance of a por-
ton OF WaIlaces division, drove the reb-
els back to their entreuchments, gainino a
portion Of the lost ground.
The object of tho rebels was evidently
TO out their way through our troops.
The General johnson taken Is Bushrod
Johnson, lirigadier from Tennessee.
lCAIRo, Feb. 1s,-The steamer Memphis
arrived from Fort Donelson this evening.
bringing Mississippi regiment OF ntison!
eTs and titly or sixty wounded soldiers,
who were LEFT Mt Mound City.
Eight or niue other boats areon the way
with rebel prisoners.
The rebels who escaped arS supposed 10
have gone TO Nashville, where, or Mt Clnrks.
vile, u Is supposed tue Confederntes will
Htleiupt to make stand.
This evening great Hight was seen for
several hours in tue direction of Clarks.
vile, aud it is supposed the rebels haze
either burned this town OF heir steamboats,
on the ITO prevent them falling into
our hands --N,sss s. =
Rebel officers admit that IL we fake
Nashville, tho rebellion In Teuuesses is
gone up.
The prisoners will probably be sent 10
Camp Douglas at Chicago.
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