The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-02-20

Without letting Buckner know their in' !
entious. Gen. Smith led the chargeou
he lower end of the works, and was trst
inside tho Notifications. The Fort Henry
Iunawsys were bagged here. The pris.
ouers are loading on steamers for Cairo.
Our loss is hssvy-probably 400 killed
aud 800 wounded. We lose large per
centage Of officers; among them L'eutsn-
ant COlonels Irwin Of the Twentieth Iii,
nois, White Of the Thirty first, Smith oil
tie Forty. eighth; ooIonels John A. Lo-
gan, Lawler and Ransom are wounded
Major Pos. of the Eighth Illinois. with
200 pritates. are prisoners. snc gone to
Nashville. being taken the night betore
the surrender. The enemy's loss is
heavy, but not so large as ours, as they
fought behind intienchmeDls. We should
have taken them by stormiug on Satur'
day. il our ammunition had not given out
in the night. /
Gen.Mc CIernabd's division. oglesby's,
Wallace's and McArtbur's brigades sui.
fered terribly. They were composed OF
the 7Lh, 9th, llth, 18th, goth, 29tE, 3Oth,
3ist, 45lh and 40lh Illinois. Gen. Lew.
Wallace, with thu 1lth Indiana. 9th Mis-.
souri, and some Ohio regiments, partIci
pated. Taylor's. Wizards, McAllistets.
Schwartz's and Dressers batteries were
in the fight from the commencement.
The enemy turned our right for hall an
hour. but our lost nrOund was more than
regaiued
Lanlau's brigade Of Smiths division.
was frs, .n the lower end of the enemys
works, which was done by charge of
bayonets, at which nine tentbs Of the reb~
els were pi'ted against our right Our
forces on the right we're ready al! night
TO recoDmepce tte attack. On Sunday
morning they were met on their approach,
Buckner baving sent early in the morn
ing dispatch TO Gen. Grant. surrender
ing. The works Of the fort extended some
Eve miles on the outside. The rebels lost
48 fi-ld pieces, II heavy guns, 10000
stand of arms, besides large quantity of
commissary stores. They are completely
denoralized, and have no confidence in
their leaders. as they charge Pillow aud
Floyd with deserting them. Our troops,
from the moment of the investment OF the
fort, on Wednesday, lay on their arms
night and day, half the time without pro-
visions all the time without tents-a
portion in heavy rain and snow.
A special to the Times from Fort Don
eIson the 10th says:
The forces were about equal in mum
b.r, but the rebels had all the advantage
Of position, being we'll fortified on two
immense hills, with tlIeir fort near the
river On the lower piece Of ground from
the fort their intrencEment, rife pits,
aba'is extended up the river bchina the
tuwn Of Dover.
Their Notifications on the land side.
back from the river, we're at least four
miles 10 length. Their water battery was
in the center Of the Notifications, where
it came down to the river, mounting nine
heavy guns. The reb ,ls were sure Of
success. In any other cause. against less
brave troops, they could easily have held
The position against 100000. The bust.
ness Of getting different brigaIes in posi-.
ton. and attaching new arrivals to diff-r-
eut Commands, took up the greater por-
tion Of Friday night.
At daylight sa'urday the enemy open
ed on the 18th Illinois, when all ofOgles'
by's brigade were soon engaged, which
was soon followed by Walace's and Nc
Arthur's brigades. The latter acting un
der McClernand, as the position OF the
troops had been changed during the night,
ard Gen. Grant had been called away dur
ing tho night 10 the gunboats.
The movements of all the troops tx'
cept those attached 10 &c eral McClern.
and's division acted witbou, anything ex'
cept general orders.
AT the suggestion ofMc Clernand, Gen
Wallace sent up four regiments to sup
port his division, who were nearly out o.
ammunition. .....
From the commencement until 10 o.
clock, the fighting WAS terrific. The
troops on the right we're disposed as fol
lows: McArthur's Brigade 9th, l2th
4Ist, 18th and 10Th illinois. Next Og
lesby's Brigade 9th, 18th. Goth, 3oth
Sis, Illinois, Schwartz and Dresser''
batteries. Next WalacO's Brigade-lltl
goth, 44th, and 4a,h. These three brig
ades composed McCernand's division
and bore tho brun. of the battle. 1t wa
found that the enemy were concentrating
their main force to turn our right, which
was done by our men getting out Of am
munition, and confusion in getting up re
endorsements, retreating about half
mile. General Grant ordered Genera
Smith TO move forward his division ant
storm the cnemy's works on our lett. Thi
order was ObsySd with great alacrity.-
r Soon the cheers Of our daring soldier,
were heard. and the old flag was display
. ed from within the enemy intrenchmen
( General Grant sent word TO McClernan,
and Wallace that General Smith wa
a within the ,uemy's entrenchments an
>. ordering their forces 10 move forward an
renew the attack on the right One O
a General Wallaco's brgades. the lllh In
Q diana, 9Th Missouri and some Ohio rcgi
n mens were rapidly thrown into position
and Co. A of the Chicago Light Arlilcr
planted in the road. As the rebels. SUP
q posing we we're on the retreat, came craw
= ling out of the works into the road. Til
d Chicago boys poured a hailstorm Of crap
, and cannisler into their ranks, slaughter
ing dozens of them. simultaneously wit
% this the Infantry commenced firing at wi