Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-18
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The Attack ON Fort monalson rh .
lva..5a Rebels Surrounded
CHICAGO, Feb. l6.-A special disnatcb ~ The
Tribune, dated Cumberland River' nes, For.
Donelson, Feb. 18th, A. M. sasa A,inc ooO,e
teryals ali dav Iono 90 20 "Iu ooutiIuea ~ in'
movement or ASSAULT by the "a lsUd % s',oa va S NO
made. - = - '''N 'O'O0 nAu Deeu
Night before last an attemnt was nsaa e.
the tebels TO take Tsylor's bat,erv of IJsht A :.
tillery, but they were repulsed bv two reoimant,
Our loss In wounded was Considerable hut not
more than three or four are dapperousI wonnd.
ed.
Six gupboats arrived yesterday and commeno.
ed an attack on The fo,t ~ 3 o,:, aIu son%enc
ternoon. The firing was very ranid and ssvers
and lasted one hour and tventv m;nn,as -"
our gunboats fell back '-'A
The four iron clad boata want v;,b;, ,hraa
hundred yards of the fort t ''''0
All the rebel river eups. exoept air, ve,a
either dismounted Or silenoed. - w.
The first shot fred from the Ounboat J.or;s-
vile dsmounted the rebels hundred and t~en.
ty.eight FOUNDER. The Ionsvi,Ia ,uons ~ .IeE s1
shots, two Of which took effect, one strikine the
starboard side of her deck and passing through
tne entire length OF the boat, killing three men
ana breaking her tiller-rope short distance
pllOI-lOuoe--il0 VI khav,
aged by some of the hands. when = sbsi, fo f.on,
the TJlOr, which lay some distance asserp,
Durs. over the Louisville, scattering the men at
.ne uiisL-rope, and 30 much disabled her steer
lnk Jackie tnat the boat was compelled to drop
sSsetn' ta sslI
One snot struck the Pittsburg in her bow,
and stove an immense hole in her, which csus.
ca her to drop out Of the action. The leak,
nowever' % mas been stopped. One shot struck
the pilot-house of the ST. Lotiis. nassno ,hronoh
!! between the pilots legs, without iDjuPine him.
All the boats were more or less injured, but
none but the Louisville seriously. ~. =
There were i've killed and two wounded on
the Louisville. ,ss1ili ;'--"-7
.. ane SunDoats WI notbe In q condition to
II oors.s Suo assach Deiofe tomorrow morning.
whioh ,ha SH JeI's =, sne neignt OF toe bluffs on
cannos nave as much effect on them as those at
ionc.. .s..y' .,a' therefore ~ VIII require much
'O1ses' sfsss une 70 reauoe TINS tort.
o.n he ~. Iave ralseH. the 3iack nag. 1t
can De seen nying from the bank short dis
'Ance ABOVE mere. e'D
Oano, Feb. l6.-The steamer Minuehaha ar.
Er.Veo mere nom Fort Donslson, having left the
rort o. O'Clock last evening, bringing mill
saty uy man and dispatches and one hundred and
MY ot 'ne wounded to the hospital at Padu
can: ritt q '- 'ics
:. dne ngnt commenced on Thursday, and on
@ Friday ana Saturday the contest was desperate,
ine Elgnteenth Illinois suffered severely, and
me seventh Iowa sustained considerable loss.
SWarts's battery, which was taken BY the enc
my, was recaptured by our men. Two Colo.
nela ns we were wounded and two killed, Loss heavy
on both sides. The upper Fort was taken at
four o'clock, and the Union flag nov floats over
H.,
Oar troops behaved with great gallantry.-
Inc gunDoats ~. Louis, Louisville and Pitts.
Durg were disabled.
Ine minnehaha met the mortar boats at Padu-
can, going up.
sT. LOuIS, Feb. l6.--Dispatches received at
sffectually disabled, except one one ~ e ,
Commodore Foote was wounded tvice. I'm.
not fatally. -
The upper redoubt taken by our troors oom.
mands Fort Donelson, and Gen. Grant tsIe.
graphs he would be able to capture the fort to.
day (sunday.) 80 i
Gen, Curtis, stating that Prices rear.euard vas %
overtaken in the purauit from SpripefeId. and
after brief resistance the rebels fled, leaving
the road streWn with wagons and baggage.
Gen. Curtis reports having taken more prisoners
than he knows what to do with.
A AspeciAl dispatch to the Missouri Democrat.
dated Cairo, Sunday P. M, saws: Commodore q
Foote arrived here at IL O'Clock last night. on
board the Conestoga, He stormad Fort ncn a.