Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-03-05
The Battle of Fort Donelson-.Forces
Engaged and Surrendered.

We have managed to Obtain an authentic
list Of tue troops engaged i'll the battle OF
Fort Donelson, on tue l5lh instant, all Of
whom with the exception Of escaped strag-
elers, surrendered with Gen. Buckner on the
day following.
Gen Pillow division included Gen. Floyd'S
brigade, and was composed as follows, 1--WE
give them as !hey were located in the en-
trcnchments from left to right:)
CuLnNEl BALDWIN CnMMASDlNG--20th
Mississippi Regiment, Major Brown; 2Glll
Mississippi Regiment, Colonel Reynolds ; 2Gtll
Tennessee Regiment, C-lonel Lillard.
CuLoXEL MAsslg CuAMAxrlyC--5Gih Vir,
ginia Regiment, Captain Davis /; 5Oth Virgin
ia Regiment. Colonel Wharton; 5lst Virginia
Regiment, Colonel Msssie.
COLONEL SlMoNToS COMMANDING lst Mis-.
sissippi Regiment. Colonel Simonton 9Th
X nincky Regiment, Lieut.. Colonel Lyon
7th Texas Regiment, Colonel Gregg 3'l Mis-.
sissippi Regiment, Lieut.. Col. Wells Green's
Artillery.
COLONEL DRAKE CoMNASprNG.-3d Ala
bama Regiment Major Garvin; 18th Arkan-
sas Regiment, Colonel Gee; 4th Mississippi
Regiment, Colonel Drake.
COLONEL HEIMAN CoNuASpySG-30th Ten
nessec Regiment, Colonel Head 18th Ten
nessee Regiment, Colonel Worries; 35d
Tennessee Regiment, Colonel Winston 42d
Tennessee Regiment, Colonel Quarles; 10Th
Tennessee Regiment, Colonel Heiman.
Gen. Buckncr's command constituted oul
right wing, aud was composed Of the follow.
ing regiments I'd Tennessee Regiment, 18th
Mississippi Regiment, Sd Tennessee Regi-
ment, 18th Tennessee Regiment, 32d Tennes
see Regiment.
Capt. Frank Manney's Tennessee battery
was also engaged in the fight, but We are not
advised rs to its po itiou.
Brig. Gen. j. K. johnson, of Kentucky
assisted Gen. Pillow in the command Of his
division ON the day Of the battle.
Our total loss will thu. be seen to between
ty-three regiments Of infantry and two bate
ries Of light artillery, Of which nine were
from Tennessee, six from Mississippi, three
from Virginia, TWO from Kentucky, one from
Texas one from Alabama and one from Ar.
kansas.
All accounts concur in establishing the fact
that M battle that ever transpired on the
| American continent was more terrific, more
fruitful of deeds of dar ng and valur, or more
hardly contested, than that at Fort Dunelson
on Saturday, the 18th Of February, 1862.
Late Saturday night. the intelligence was
received that the enemy had received large
rcinforcrments, and would renew the attack
the next day in numbers five to one. A couu-
ell of war was immediately held by Generals
Pillow. Buckner and Floyd, and it was deter
mined THAT they shonld surrender, as our
troop, were weared and worn ont for want OF
sleep and rest, and the labors Of the four pre-.
yious days. Accordingly, Sunday morning,
the 10Th inst at 5 o'clock a. m. Gen. Pillow
and stall crossed the river, and proceeded up
to Clarkesvlle on horseback Soon after,
Gen. Floyd and 500 Of bis brigade to the
steamer Anderson and went up to the same
point, leaving Gen. Buckner behind to make
the surrender. On Sunday, the mere sem,
blance of resistance was made by the force:
at the fort; Il few guns were fired and the
capitulaton made, nearly the whole army
some 10000 strong, falling into the enemy's
hands. Gen: Bluckier and Gen. Heiman
with portion Of their own, Eloyd's and Pill
lows brigades, are among the prisoners
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