Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-18
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CHICAGO, Feb. l7,--A special dispatch to th
Times, daied Fort Doneson, February l6, says
Fort Donelson surrendered az daylight chi
morning Internationally. We have General
Buckner, Johnson and Bnshrod, fifteen thousand
prisoners, and three thousand horses. Pillow
and Floyd, with their brigades, ran away OF
steamera, without letting Buokner know thell
intentions.
Gen. Smith led the charge on the lower END
of the worka, aud was first inside the fortiaca.
tions. -r ~ Max 6'7ssq ~, ~ ~
Tho Fort Henry runaways were bagged here.
The prisoners are being loaded on steamers
for Cairo.
| Our loss is heavy, probably four hundred
killed and eight hundred wounded, We lose o
large per centage Of officers, among them Lieu
tenant Colonels Erwin OF tho 20th Illinois,
White of the 3Ist, Smith Of the 18th. Colo
nels John A. Logan, Sawler and Ransom, are
wounded tlN .is'1 Tn gia.io- fha.
Major Post, Eighth Illinois, with two hundred
privates, are prisonere, and have gone to Nash
vile, being taken the night before the surren
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The enemy's loss Ia heavy, but not so large
as ours, as they fought behind entertainments.
We should have taken them by stormiDg on
Saturday, IL our ammunition had not given out
In tho night. l.t..+ ..... ,,-,..5
McClernsnd's division, Oglesby's, Wallace's
and McArthur's BrIgades suffered terribly
They were composed of the 9th, 9th, 11th,
18th, Goth, 18th, 3Olh, 3lst, 45lh, 4Ssb, and
49th illinois
! Gen. Lew Wallace, with eleven Indiana reg.
imenls and some Ohio regiments, participated
Taylor's, Willard'a, McAllister's, Schwartz's
and Drissuse batteries were in The fight from
The enemy turned our right for half an hour,
bus our lost ground was more than regained.
Louman's Brigade, of.Smith's division. was
frat I'm the lower end of the enemy's works,
which was done bg charge bayonet.
&Nine tentba of the rebels were pitted against
our right. 53ai.fIo1 80
7. .Onr forcea nm Lte right were ready all nipht
IN recom m ence the attack on Sunday morning.
Thev we're met on their apotoach bv a white
6ap' Bnckner having sem eatly in the morning
4 dispatoh to General Grant, surrenderipg,
The works of the fort extend some five miles
on the outside. s,lfi --t-11g. s1,f { \,
The rebels lost 48 field pieces, II heavy guns.
90. 600 stand of arms beside a large quantity of
commissary stores. They are completely de-
morallzed, and have no confidence In their
leaders, as they charge Pillow and FLOYD with
desertine them. a n - II .,.ir g -.
Our troobs. from the moment of the invest.
ment of the fort on Wednesday, Law on their
arms night and day, half the time without pro
visions, ali the time without tents, and Dor
tion of the time in heavy rain and snow. s'.,s
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A private message this evening to the Sani-
tsry committee, from Cairo, saws: Three hun
dred killed. six hundred wounded, and one hun
dred missing at Fort Donelson, sri 5.ga
A special from Fort Donelson 10 the Times
says the forces we're about equal In numbers,
but the rebels had all the advantage of position
being we'll fortified on two immense hills, with
their Fart near the river. On a lower niece OF
eround from the Fort. their entrenchmente, ri :.
&c pits and abatt;s extended up the river be-
hind the town Of Dover. Their fortificatious
on the land side. back from the river, were at
least four miles 10 length. Their water bat
tery in. the centre of their Notifications where
IL came down to the river, mounted nine heavy
guns. "a ,.4tsi sia. t4.el st, -.r .s-
The rebels we're sure of success. In any
cause, against less brave troops, they could ca
silly have held their position against 100000.
The business of getting different brigades
into position, aud attaching new arrivals to diff.
ferent commands, took up the greater portion
of Friday night. - psIles ls 's'71sa
At daylight Saturday the enemy opened on
Eighteenth Illinois, when all Oglesbys brigade
soon engaged, which was soon followed by Wal
Iace's and McArlhur's brigsdes, the latter act-
ing under McClernaHd, as the position of the
troops had been changed during the night, aud
General Grant had been called away to the
gunboats' movements, !, D..l.t-i IN, ,bo
All.the troops, except those attached to Nc
Clernand's division acted without anything ex-
cept general orders. 'sT
lace sent up four regiments to support his dvi !!
eion, who were nearly out of ammunition.