Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-02-27
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. ]
FoRr DoSELsoS, Feb. Is, 1862.

OAA DO>hfoO,b u ANbs ~ ARO@s
Yesterday I gave you a very hastily
written account of the siege Of Fort Don
clson. Of the desperate efforts Of the rebels
to cut their way out. of the success on Sat
urday forenoon and their repulse in the
afternoon. In an account so hastily writ
ten. amid excitement and confusion, with
grand hurly- -burly all around. it would
be strange if did not omit many things
essential to q clear understanding Of the
engagements. l fear. also. that the i'm
preston will prevail that only few regi-
ments took part. i fear that some who
behaved with great bravery and rendered
essential service were forgotten in my ac-
count; bat let me assure all hands that /
intended no omissions. There was some
soldiers and officers who doubtless thought
that absence of body was. under certain
circumstances, quite as good. if not better.
than presence Of mind. and acted accord
ingly. If so. let us hope that they will
think differently upon another occasion.
There was one scene that will remain in
memory forever--that Of Sunday morning
when the Stars and Stripes were flung to
the breeze above the ramparts of the fort.
l was in position where l could see the
occupation of the surrendered fortress and
the works beyond. Stand with me for
fifteen minutes upon the deck of the New
Uncle Sam--the headquarters of General
Grant. 1t is Just nine o'clock. The day
is mild and a gentle breeze is blowing
from the South. The sun is shining thro'
cloudless sky. Far away. beyond the
sound of the iron Tipped cannon. on ship
ard shore. church bells arc calling wor-
Slippers to the house of God; but here. fifty
thousand men are standing in breathless
expectation of an event which. In its re-
suits. is 20 have an abiding influence upon
nations and peoples. for all coming time.
They stand at one of the great turning
points of time.
Just ahead Of us are the gunboats; NOV
ing slowly against tho stream. Next to
them are we. behind us are twenty stately
steamers. all rolling out black volumes of
smoke and white vapory clouds--their
ponderous wheels keeping time 20 the roll
of the drum and the crashing of bombs far
up the ridges of land above Fort I,onel-
son.
Standing on the deck. you can see. a
half mile distant. regiment after regiment
of men in blue. with waving banners, their
own beloved regimental standards. and
the starry flag. whose hues were born Of
heaven. A regiment Of Federal Cavalry
winds around the brow OF Donelson A
battery Of artilley comes in and takes easy
Toc,t,o,, xoa~ The ~, IL ox,,
There are two white flags above the fort.
and now third is raiscd-the old below
ed flag for whose honor hundreds of brave
men. yesterday at this hour. gave up their
lives. From all around--from the land,
on our own boat. from the newly arrived
regiment on the Champion steamer. from
the cavalry. the artillery. and infantry.
there is wild. long. continued. glorious
hurrah. and answered by the cannon of our
own boat. and from the artillery upon the
heights above. 1t is glorious moment
a SABBATH morning which viii live in his
tory. You may be sure that although
believe in keeping Sunday. kept it on
this occasion with hurrah.
The Uncle Sam proceeded up the stream
to Dover landing. / was one of the first
to jump on shore, and was not long in
mingling with the crowd of rebels. Now
dare say that yon would ask, if should
see you. how they looked? will anti
cipate it By saying that they looked rather
streaked, as Hosea Biglow would say.
cannot give you q daguerreotype Of
the scene. Running up the bank. l came
junon A enuad of aoldiora eh;ver;ro hx !.