, 1862-02-19

brave ones whose lives had ceen given for
their country lying upon the s1ofe III. front Of
the rifle pits. Behind the pits wcrs SET 'era1 Of
the enemy who had fallen in their atte1npts to
flee.
There were nu11crous pools Of blood MP On
the crest Of the Hill where the wonnde3 had
fallen, but who had been taken to thehos.
pita1s.
Col. Lauman was appfised during the night
that the rebels were about to surrender, b"s !
negro who escaped to bis lines. Soon af1c=
daylight IN officer, Major Calsbry, appeared,
bearing white flag and note from General
Buckner to General Grant, proposing cessa-
ton Of hostilities and the appointment Of
commissioners. As the telegraph has given
you the correspondence that followed, need
net iusertit
Tic victory was won, and Fort Donelson
was OUTS, with it's seventeen heavy size guns,
its forty 3eight field pieces, its fifteen thousand
soldiers, its twenty Thousand stand OF arms,
its tents and amnunition-allH were uncondi-
tiona1ly ours.
Wild were the cheers, 1ond were the salntes
from the feet and from Taylor'abatteries when
the Starsa11d Stripes, the glorious old flag, was
flung to The breeze upon the ramparts Of Fort
Donelson.
cannot give you the sights or the Incl
dents. YoQ must imagine them. Neither
have time to tell of the appearance of the
rebels in their snuifcolored, shabby clothes
their bedqni1ts, pieces Of carpeting, coverlids,
sacking- there they were, gloomy, down
cast, humaled, apprehensiye for the future;
and yet I,tAink that many Of them were not
sorry that there ssas to be no more fighting.
made myself at home among them, talked
with them freely, heard their indignant utter
ances against Floyd, who had sneakcd away
with his Virginia regiments, the 36th, 5oth and
51st, and q host Of stragglers- officers many
of t1em-who did not hesitate to de-
sert their men in the hour Of adser-
sity. They. went away at midnight after
an angry alteration, as / was Informed
By a secession officer, between Pillow, Floyd
and Buckner. I am also informed that about
five thousand rebels escaped, the boats being
loaded to the gusrds. Forests Louisiana
cavalry escaped on their horses along the
creek. But the great bulk Of the
army is ours. Fifteen thousand pris-
oners! What shall we do with them? We
hare indeed drawn an elephant.
But must close. The prisoners are being
put on board the steamers and learn that
probably you Will have q chance to see some
Of them in Chicago.
GEN. GRANTS GRAND ARMY.
The forces under Gen. Grant had been so
hastily drawn together from the "four quar-
tcrs'' OF the Northwest, that hardly any two
regiments had ever met before under the same
brigade organization. There were in all forty
one regiments Of infantry, ten batteries Of ar
tillery and some twenty companies of cavalry
{parts Of four regi.ncnts) engaged. Thislarge
force, numbering about 5000 men las before
stately vas divided into three divisions,
each division into three brigades, and
to each brigade was attached due pro-
portion Of artillery and cavalry. The general
and division commanders, with their stafs,
we're:
coNAASpsE-1E-cnIEF.
BRIG. GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT, Of III.
Chief Of Staff -(Acting ChiefEngincere Col j.
Assistant Adjutant General--Major J. A. Raw
| Inns.
Qnartermaster-c Capt, 4. 2. .La.rton, Of RI
| Medical Dircctor--A11or JAS. Simmons, II, D.
Sseond Sci daeeai aEdeart. = z. k1fhas MIiisr
Volunteer Aid-captain y II; Grahaz1;
| Brigade EurgeonEapt. j. L. Erltton4 IL. D.
FIRST DIVISION. {n1euT).
| BRIG. Cen JOHN A. SIecLERNAND. Of Ill.
| Assistant A6jutant Gencral-Capt. n. Bfa1nau.
Quarte1master-Capt+ Dun,ap.
Associate Director Brcnton.
Gommieeary[capt; Spencer c. Bcnham
| Second Aid-Licnt. G. S. Cooper.
First Pzigade--Col. RICHARD I. oeLEsEr, OF
lsth iIiinois resI@Lleut. Col Frank L: Rhodes
| 18th Col. Michael E. Lawlcr.
18th e Col. James s. Reardon:
SLIT ;. =" Col john A. Logan.
Capt. sehwartz's Illinois barter ~
| Second Brigade II. Il. L. WALLACE, Of Hi
n9ti aith ninols 1eseut. Col 1hos. E. G. Ran
seth Illinois rsgt-Gco1. G. Carroll Marsh.
4stb " Col. lshan n. Haynie.
Capt: McAnister's Illinois battery.
Third Brigade-Col. JOHN MACARTHUR, Of Hi
noie. commanding.
18th Lieut.. Col 4 I. Chetlain
18th q '' Col Leonard Ross.
dist = Il col. Isaac G. Pugh.
N&pts 04NaaCI . A44AAASA@ HASl0AJ.
~sEcosD D1v1s1cR, tcEE1ER}.
BRG. GEN LEW WALLACE, Of Ind
Assistant Adjutant tGenora1-captain Fred En- {
tnatterr,aster- Capt Lyman. 11th Indiana.
Brigade Surgeen-Dr. Fry, 1lth Indiana.
Aid-de-canp- Lieut. Ware. sth Missouri
Aidde-Camp-lieut Ross. 1lth Indiana.
The FiEst ]a9 BE5Eaae wohave not been able to OBJ
4sdlllinois Regiment Julius Raith.
59th : Col. VIM. F. Lynch.
Second brigade Col. MORGAN L. SMITH, OF TIL
=; Illinois TsEtFiSa{ Es1v cs1 4 I 3oaaEan MaEt
81 5son1i -tspt 9 Col 5a%ss M;.I[e;: PeGkhams
Two companies, G md I, regular cavalry.
Third Brigade Jouk Cook, Of the 7th Iii
nGds IL ci 1,Iinoia EeEiment-Lieut. Col. Andrew
5siS illinois ncginsnt Co. Co Moses 9 . Il Raas Hssa
sgd Iuaiana !. Col. james ~ Smith.
I 18th Missouri !" Col CFaft5 j. Wright.
Niajor Casenders battallons Mo. artillery.
Fourtl. Brigade-col. JOHN G. LAuAAS Of th
I'll iowa Teciment@Lieut Col ]. c. Parrott.
l4sh Iowa RsgimentaGo!; William T. Shaw
"a Iowa R9si@entIc91. T9ttlei stssh,n, u,,o
ed I1Gia1n 1legIment-Col. Wm. L. Sanderson
THIRD pry1soS, (1EFT}.
BRIG, GEN. C1IAS F. SMITH, Of Penn.
| Acting A55utant Gene1al-Capt- T. G. Newehan
!. Me1ica1 Dlrectoz-H. S. Hewitt, II. D.. volul
| teers.
Division Quartcrmaster-Capt. Geo a. Pierc
Division commizsary-capt, John s, Cox.
Chief ct Engincers-Capt. Rziha, 18th 1nfantr
Chief OF Ofdnance-capt. J. A Newstadter.
Capt Of Engineess-Imre Radrich.
: Aid.dc-Carp-Lieut. JAS. r. Froth, 1lth Ind
ana volunteers.
Fret Brigade-Co1. N. B. BUFonD, OF the 27
Illinois regiment, commanding.
e7th Illinois reSt-Lt: Cpl, FAIL 4 Harrington
46t, $. -Gol. John A. Davis.
sSth Col s. B. Baldwin.
Second Bri.ade-Col. JAMES D. MoRoAH, 10Th
Illinois Rsgisnt-Iisqs M &aSs Col 9eh9 s{9s Til1so'
sd !" Col. John Logan:
| 10th Iowa 81 Dol Nicholas PercZe
Capt. Houghta1ins's Illinois battery.
-Four companies Of the 7th, and two Of the
Illinois Cay1}-S.
Third Brigade-CoL HoHEKr c. MuRPHT, Of
| 6th Wisconsin. commanding.
J. sth Wisconsin Regimeut-Lieut. Col. j. I
| Robbins
18th Indiana Regiment Col. Norman EDDY.
:, -Four pieces OF artillery.
Fourth R1I2ade-Col CHARLES CEUF9 Of
It atst Indiana, commanding.
Il I7th Kentucky regiment JohnA- NcHen1
p 18th gentucky regiment Col. j. II shAckelto'
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