The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-02-19
TELEGRAPHTC.
From our Extras OF Monday.1
News from TT. Donelson,
Three Days Hard Fighting.
Rebel River Gums mainly
Dism un ted.
Gssn Boats badly Dtsn.
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q " E#h CHICAGO, Feb. Is.
Special dispatch to the Tribune date
Cumberland River, near Fort Donelsou
Feb. Is, says firing commenced again a
day break, continucing at intervals all da,
up to o'clock. No movements or assault
by the land force had been made.
Night before last an attempt vas made b,
the rebels to take Taylor's battery of ligh
artillery. They were repulsed by two reg
iments and driven back beyond their en-
trenchments. Or loss in wounded wa.
considerable, but not more than three O,
four dangerously. .... .... ~
Six boats arrived yesterday and com.
menced an attack on the Fort at 9 o'clock
p. IN. Firing continued very rapid and SC.
we're. 1t lasted one hour and twenty min.
utes, when our gun boats fell back.
The four iron clad boats went within
three hundred yards Of the Fort.
All rebel river guns except six, were eli.
Their disnountcd or silenced. +. .4ssrr,a
The first shot fred from the gun boat
Louisville dsmoun,ed the rebels 1928
FOUNDER. s-.. d.. -,..aa ........-.,
The Louisville received five shots, two of
which took eli, ct, killing three men,. and
breaking her tiller rope short distance
from her pilot house. One shot struck the
Pittsburgh in the bow and stove an i'm.
mense hole in her and caused her to drop
out. There are five killed and two wounded
on the Louisville.
The rebels have raised the black flag.
Cairo Feb. 10th.
Steamer Minnchaha arrived from Fort
DonclSon. She left the Fort o'clock last
evening. .az~
This fight commenced on Thursday and
continued throughout Friday aud Saturday.
Saturdays contest was desperate. The
18th Illinois suffered severely, and 7,h
Iowa sustained considerable loss. O..
Schwarts battery which was taken by
the enemy was recaptured by our men,
Two Col were wounded and two killed.
The upper fort was taken at 4 o'clock
and the Union flag now floats over it. ,.
The Minncha met the mortar boats at
Paducal going up.
...l l.e..,a. -t.- .rr, u Sr. LouIs Feb. l6.
Dispatches received ut head quarters say
nh the gunb rats were pretty eff .ctualy
disabled except one. - '.''~..F "". '"'
Com. Footc was wounded twice, but not
fatally. ,... -. mi. -.s.l. t..u .aaat
The upper rcdoubt taken by our troops
commanding Fort D,nelson and General
Grant tlesraphs he would be able to can.
tire that fort to. day (Snndav.> p j'. 1i'@'l
Special TO No. Democrat. dated Cairo, Sun.
day, p. m. says Com. footc r. ached here IL
O'clock last night on board the Conncstuga.-
tic stormed Fort Dumel-on Friday D. M with
the gun beats ST. Louis Louisville, Pittsburgh,
Caronio!et, T Ter and Connestosn, and after
lighting little over an hour wi,hdre y; 81 men
were killed and wounded on the gun boats-
Com. Footr. while standing ia the pilot house !
Of the st. Louis. his flag ship, was slightly
The st. Louis was lit six times.
ST LOUIS, Feb. l6.
"A CAIRO Special to the Iemocrat, says that !
Capt. Wise Of sss"n,c, M;r,,cl,niu. ,r,rutt, en-,
my made a snrtie from the fort at } o'clock
. /.
"a OF mile aud captured Schwartz's battery.
At one o'clock our troops rallied, rccaptured
The battery, drove the rebels befo them, and
planted tie Stars and Stripes on their onter
outer iortsic 'ti"lls. A steamer from Evans. !
vile brings report that four OF our Coils. were ;
killed yesterday pm. Among them Col .Ino. |
A.. Logan, Of Ills. The names OF the others
not ascertaincd aH 20 >a'a
LOUSY LIE, Feb. Is.
N'itchell's troops have crossed Barron river
md are in possession Of Bowling Green. nij
-.s sad ode Fr. MONROE, Feb: l6.
BY flag Of truce to-day, we learn that
Fort Donelson surrendered to Gen. Grant
Generals Pillow, Floyd, John
son and Buckner were taken with Il, 900
,ther prisoners. We are also informed
hat fighting has been going on near Savan-
'ah and that city has probably been cup
u' 5r.gusma.,2 =, III ii
"a .a.s.fqs .gs;ar-.,-ss. ST. Louis II. 4
Further official adviccs from Fort Doncl-
son says Gen. Floyd escaped during the
hight and the rebels in the fort denounced
lin as black hearted traitor and coward.
The enemy are known to hare had 30.
100 troops, $1,000 Of whom are our pris.
'ners. 5000 escaped and the balance are
eportcd wound ID or otherwise disabled.
Oar loss is not stated but tn. slaughter
n our ranks is mentioned as tsrribl, Sc
,erc. +. |
a. 81. H., ST.. Lours, F,b. II.
The casualties on the gun bats at Fort
)onne!son are rs follows: st. L,,iis; 3 killed.
nclulng P. R. Riley Ut Cin:iln I'll, " III AIDED
'mons them 1t Kendall. slightly. Louisville;
sailors killed, 4 slightly wounded and Sc.
'erely, each having both arms snot away
killed aud 6 badly wounded, in.
'luling Nm. Hunter, i'iio., ? sevcre!y. Pitts.
,urg; 2 WOUNDED. aa ~. - ''" ~
Force Ell route :oi Fl. Donnelson had mostly I
,ome up aud wee located or the left OF Gen. |
Lew Wallace With the 9Th NJ. aud llth Indi.
MA arrived. :a heaWE ail.5 .H@rl
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