The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-21

&c, &C., &c.
We are In rosession OF New York ana
papers OF tbs lt.h inst They
fuller details Of the recent engage
msns At Port Donelson. and o her news, than
were given By the telegrapaie dispatches from
norfolk yesterday. and we therefore make
The following extracts
psfArIs OF tbs AArSLR AZ goRr poxHLsos.
CHICAGO. Feb. II, 1859 "A special dispatch
about al In mum bers, bat the reDsls had
Allshhs advantage Of positlon, being well
fortified on TWO Immense hills, Win Weir
fo-t near the river on lower Iiece OF ground
From the foot Of their sntrench IN ents rifle
otts and NIB Ittis OK tsnded up the river behind
the town OF Dover. Their fortifications on
the aide back from tbs river were at least
four miles in length. The water battery, In
the centre OF the ioriificauons. where 1t ca me-
down 70 tho liver, mounted MIN" heavy guns.
= private message this evening to the SAM.
t.rv Tom mi ssion, from Cairo. says that there
srs three hundred killed, SIX Hundred
wounded, and one hundred missing, at
Fort Donelson.
,th.r cause, and against less brave troops !,
they could easily have held the losition
against i0o, 900 men.
The business of getting the different bri.
rivals took up The greater p1ruor OF Friday
night.
At daylight, Saturday, the enemy opsned
on the k'xh tesntn Illinois, when Colonel
OSlesby's brigads was soon engaged, and vas
soon folio wed by Wausc5s ana NC a rth ar .
origades, the latter acting under General Nc.
- the position OF The troops had
been CHANGED during me night, and General
Grant had been called away daring the niE ut
to the guRbOaE The movements CT xu the
n = hat n NJ
U'ernand's division were made without any.
Lhiug except general orders. At o sugSestiCn
from General McUiernand, General Wal.
.nce sent up four regiments ~ support his
division, who were nearly out OF xmInunl.
ton.
From the commencement I'LL near 10 o clio K
the nSht was terrific. The troops on the
right were disposed aS follows: Macarthur;
brigade, composed of tbs Ninth, Twsi1th,
FORTY first, Seven tenth, nhd Ninvtesn ID Ii.
linois regiments; next, uensral Cgleeby' =
brigade, C,nsisubg OF the Ii gh tn, Tnir teen In
rWepI ~ min Ii, 1hir,ieth, and Thirty .6rst
IiiinoiI regiments; Sch WArlz's and Dresser
batteries, next was General Wxilacs's brig.
.de, Ut The Eleventh, Twentieth, Forty. dftn,
nno Forty eighI IN Illinois regiments. These
three brigudes posed Gen. McClernxnd's
DIVISION, aud bore the bIunt Of the battle.
1t was found that the enemy was conceu.
trHtipg his main foIeo ~ turn our right,
which was done by our men gettiDg out Of
Amm unIton, aud In the contus. ON OIL getting
up retnforcemsnts rstrenIlnx about MALI .
mile. AZ soon a. the division, which had
stood It's ground manfulIy Tor three hours,
retired. the enemy occupied the field, when
General dfaGt ordered General Smith 70
move forward his division aud storm the az.
emys works on our left.
me order was oo.yed with great a,acri.y,
and soon the cheers OF our daring soldterv
were heard, and the ODD nag dis lHysd nom
wi thin the On smy's sntrenonm or, u
Gen. Grant then sent WORD 10 Gen. nc
and Gen. wallace that Cen. smith
was within tue enemy's entrSnch IN On to, or.
uering their forces to move forward and re-
new the attack on the right. One Of General
Wallace's bHigadss-the klevsnth Indiana,
kighi Ii Missouri, And some ohio rsgImeats-
were apidly thrown into position, ana COM
pany A, Of lhs Chicago Light ARTILLERY, was
planted In the road, aud ~ tAs ESbsls, sup
posing we were In retreat, Came yelling out
Of their works into the roeu, the chicago
boys poured 4 hail storm Of grape aid can.
Ist,r IL W their ranks, slaugh .eIiDg dozsIs Of
them.
Simultane oasiy wi III this the iIfantry com.
menced firing at Will, and the rebsis went
pell nell buck into their works, our men Sd
ana taking possession OF the ground
lost. and hill besides. FTeeh troops, who
b al not been in the &C ton, We're then thrown
toI ward, and ns the shades OF night drew or,
were In , strong position to participate In .
stimuli tan eous at tack TO Do made on Sunday
hardly a man tina, vent over the neld AZ
tor the battle, BIZ { discovered some comrade
that had fallen. We lost three Lieutenant.
colonies, and At least one quarter OF all the
other officers were wounded or killed
During Saturday night . contraction Of all
our lines was made Tor . simultaneous as
sault from every point, and orders were
given by General Grant to take tho enemy
1t the pcintof the bayonet. Every man WAS
At his post, the 5:th illinois on tho extreme
right.
We have Generals Buckner, Johnston,
Bushrod, and fifteen thousand prisoners
and three thousand horses. Gems Pillow
aud Floyd, with their brigadss, ran awav On
steamers, without letting General Buckner
kn " their intentions.
General Smith led the charge on tho lower
end OF the works, AID was the FIRST irside OF
the Notifications.
The Fort Henry runaWAys were bagged
here. The prisoners are loading on the
steamers for Uairo. Our loss Is heayy--
lose large per centage OF oncers; among
t hem are Lieut. .Cols Irwin, OF tho illinois
10Th; White, OF tho 3.st, and Smith. Of the
18Th. Uol.. John A. Logan, Lawyer, and
are wounded.
Major Post, Of the sth Illinois, with 200
privales, a-e prisoners, and have gone TO
Nashville, having been taken tho night b.
lore thu surrender.
The enemy's loss Is heavy, but not so largo
Is ours, a. they fought behind sntreneh.
nents.
We .honld have taken them on Saturday
BY stormtng II our ammunition bad not given
)ut In the night.
The enemy tnrned our right for half An
hour; but our lost ground was more than 70.
gained.
Gen Lanman's brigade. Of Gen. Smiths
ii vision, was tn nrst in the lower end of the
,nemy's works, which was done by charge
If bayopsts
As nine ten,hs Of tho rebels were pitted
lkaibs. ar right, nur force on the right were
rendy all night to reccmmepce the attack.
The works OF the fort extended some Eve
miles on the inside. The rebels lose forty
light field pieces, seventeen heavy guns,
twenty thousand stand Of arms besides q
asgs quantity Of cOmmissary stores.
The rebel troops are completely democrat.
xsd, and have NO confidence IN tn cir leaders,
IS thsy charge Pillow and Floyd with dc.
'ertinG them. They denounoe Floyd ~ Q
,lack. hearted traitor and coward.
The enemy were known to have had thirty
housaud troops, fifteen thous md Of whom
Ire our prisoners. Five thousand escaped,
Ind the balance are reported killed and
or otherwise disabled.
The casualties on the gun boats were as fol.
ows On the st Louis there were three
Il led, including r. b. kllsy, Of Cincinnati;
wo wou uded, among them Lielt. Kendall.
IN the Louisville fiye sailors were killed
our were eighty wounded. TWO severely.
ach having both arms shot away. On the
fc mr. were killed, six badly wound
d. including William Hinton. the pilot, and
wo severely wounded On the PtttsburK
wo wore wounded.
OFFICIAL RgP0RYs OF THB suRalgpHa
On Sunday at daylight the advance was
a ade, and when tho full light Of day broke
orth white dags were hung In many places
n the eneny's works.
An oflcsr as q convenient point was In.
orrned that they had stac ked tn cir arms aud
urre dered early in the morning.
Tho following correspondence rasssd be
wesp The commanders
CEREBRAL srckhes 70 asNARAL aaAkr.