Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-18
THE ATTACK on FORT DONELsON.
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
severe LoAs OF FederaI Troops.

Gen Grants Command left Fort Henry .
1n Wednesday. and the greater portion !
vas encamped IN front OF the enemy at .
f9rt D1nelsnn before dark on the same .
evening. The column was six miles long. /
atd sur onnded the enemy entirely, mclud. |
the town Of DIVER The pckets of the I
enemy were driven in on Wednesday
u stit
TIE gnnhuat Carondelet was the 81 ly one
Of the fleet thar reached IN, vicinity II the
Fort on WedHesiay She engaged the bat
ter,es the next day. previous 10 he arriyal
OF the remainder # the squadron under
Con-. Foo;e
THE BoMBAsDMEST OF THE FORT eN THURS
DAY.
Camp near Fort Douclson, Feb 10.
FJrt d mel on Is Invested by our ,roors.
Oar lines are formed from right 10 1T.
from unTtn u south, nearly surrou ding
the fort. Heavy cennouAdiug aud skirm-
i'ling Lave been going on since - o'clock
A NJ
The cunnoradns was discontinued at 8
P ".
y lnsidsrahle number have been woun,
ded o" TIA sides Tie Twenty 6Fty lodi.
ana, which marched bullly~p t. tie in
'renc'ment., had during ;hp day. foriv OF
their mea WOuhied-ail slightly. The
Seventh Illinois and Seventh Iowa, who
have been close 10 the eLemy's ffe lost
some men
Among the killed is Capt Menden, Of
company |. Seventh Illinois.
Z Mprrison. ofthc forty ninth Illinois,
is wnunded
BIrge's Sharr-hontcr's has done good
service. They kept several Of the enemy
guns idle by ricking If the cannoners a.
fast as they appeared at the guns.
CAPTAIN Bri"k with company Of cav
airy, went ayounl to the left tank IF the
river this afternoon. and reports that the
! guuboat Caroudelet received ten incn ball
through her cisemate, which wounded eight
meu, hut DID not irjure 'he boat material
( ly. Capt Wnlker, Of the Carond-le, SAYS
! he has dlsm"unted three of the enemy's
river guns. The ,thsr eunb,a,s had not
/ arrived ap ut six o'clock THE evening.
| The ene.uy'' rife shots and Craze have
/ boen flying thick and fast about here all
/ day Some TX shots struch around Gen
Gran snl siaf th,- af'eruo. N. while they
! we're 'id,u, alory The ines Ope hu'l.t hi,
/ o'e Il the hnTse> Of tbe LOiy guard near
| by.
! The fort VIII be srormea in two DAYS il
/ 10 surrendered before. Our men have
driven back the emmy in every instance
! Pi'l ", Fiayd, Johnston, Gni Bu ,kuer
/ are said 10 te here
( One company has been with'n seventy
hive Yards ct the enemy, intrcuchmeuts
In Camp, rear Fort Donel-on, Feb II
! Last night was very severe o. our .rOops,
! rain having set in which turned to snow
1t IL freezing 10 day and cid citizens say
! they rarely have seen such cold weather IN
this latitude.
The more I see Of the Fort the rno.e con
/ v,nced that IT cannot be reduced without II
! terrible battle It's rear seems ain,ust i'm
! preAnahir. The outer works and bastIrp-
{ q: the Fort are located an ridges $50 TO 25C
! teet fI-h, covered with dense timber aud
underground.
VI, n similar range If hills outside
them, our army Ia drawn up in llue OF
hnttie, completely enciTcling the enemy
! from the mbrfiand =, gth uf the Fort o.
( the hIcRwatsr of a stream which flanks the
/ the Fore on the north.
/ Gen. o. lssiy, who has the extreme right
last night pushed f,rward his brigade t,
| the Cumberland, and has tainted battery
COMMANDING the river. which viii etfertu-
! ally prevent the arrival Of any more rein
! t"rcemea;s. In fact, we have them com
/ TIatell surrounded, ana can complete the
/ job at our leisure.
A formidable ATTEMPT was made las,
night 10 take Taylor's battery by the enemy
W.T." approached under cover of darkness,
bur they we're calamity repulsed by the
| 20ih Illinois.
IhIi morning, it was discovered that the
enemy had placed logs IN the toy. OF their
! 1reastvofks, leaving hrlla space r them t.
I shoot through Jan much dimrnisiiug their
risk from the uneFllug aim OF our sharp
| shooters
! The casualties among our artillery thus
/ far was very small The loss OF the enemy
| az lar az eau be a-certained, is considerable
/ Yesterday afternoon, after the stnI ming
| party bad retired AMI when the rebels wer.
crowded together It. repel the assault. Ca.i
| iayi"r "reued on them with @hal wlih
| terrific effect, causing them 10 t,ke rcfugr
/ ~ iEesr entertainments
fHe -dnbrat assault was terrific, exceed
! irg even the Fort Henry homnarimen.. /,
lasted Hhon- an hour and 4 halt
Seven q the uIne guns Ia the lower tier
81 the enemy battery had rsor s,l-ncpd.
aud everything wes apparently progressing
favorabIy, WREN the iudder-lhain of the
/ Curordeief was ssyeTcd.
The PIrShurgh was damaged in the
wheel - - he unable to stern the eur
rent, and the piluthouse was Knocked away
killing the plot and slightly woundin,
several others among them Com. Faute.
he Ii4a al.
One OF cur sbcls struck Immediately
under one OF the enemy's guns, throwing
the gun and bodies Of the gunuers high IN
the air.
great mum Der Of dead and wounded
ccuid be seen carried NJ che hill.
Commodore FJnt's are slishr
The st Lruis was struck 81 times the
Louisville IS the Pittsburgh 81, aud the
Garoudeiet &c.
Cairo, Feb l6.
The fight continued at Fort Donelson all
dav Saturday.
k IS believed that onr land forces will
nttemT t. take the fort, by stormirg. to-
morrow.
The l'ss IN killed ani Wounded is con
siderable.
ihV chcih' nave hni"tpn TIE black nag,
"IgnahzIng mo quarter" winch can be dis
tlnctlY seen ut distance
Federal 'eIniorcements are expected to-
morrow.
Tho steamer Mnaehaha has arrived
here from Fort Donelson having left the
tort at O'Clock last evening, bringing
military mail aud. dispatches, and $50 Of
the w"unded to the hospital at Paducah
The fight at Fort pouel-on commenced
Thursday and or Friday and Saturday tie
contest was desperate.
THE 18Th Illinois suffered severely, and
the Ith Iowa sustained considerable las4
Scnwar'z's batte-y. which vas taken bv
th7 enemy was recartured hv our men.
T30 Fed raj c luiels were " uodeI md
two killed Tue loss va. heavy on 18th
side.
The MINOR f,r, ,r,s ,Lo "a -