Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05


MARKED RY BULLET on GRAPE shor.'
md the clearlngs and woods along its
banks the drowsy little villages and the
log cabins, with occasionally house Of more
pretensions, much as they were when in
[ early February the transports and gum
boats moved up to attack Fort Henry
Freedom seems to have effected no change
In the crowds Of ragged and happy negroes
along the banks. or singing, in groups, at
the points where the steamers take on
wood.
remember we expected to have a hard
fight at Fort Henry, and that the verest
military novice was surprised when 1t sur
rem Tered with hardly the show Of a con-
test
Between Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
the Cumberland and Tennessee approach
nearer to each other than at any other
point. Knowing that large reinforcements
we're coming up the Cumberland 10 meet
hm, Grant made no stay at Fort Henry,
but. With some 10000 men, crossed tho
peninsula to attack Fort Donelson. then
under the command Of General Floyd.
Before starting on this trip. / had an
-lcipatol much pleasure In going over the
lucB 0i the old campaigns; but ! must
coufcal 10 O. feeling Of indescrbable sad
ness, as alone + turned my horses head
eastward 10 follow the course taken by
Grants army. That army. composed large
ly Of Illinois troops. was, for It's num-
herH as iue a body Of men as ever shout
dered mushet or drew saher. All were
aitbo5eh as tbev aGv5ncai ibe baii ami
rl,9t beat INFO thclr flcos / can recall
Ala b,tfIo Itrhf mar ravo a. cerfaln bsaIifv
TO eyou the boneltrst How many of Them
are left? How many returned after the
f5rr yeors n desnerofe stri,rTIe Ia tbejr
Illinois Aamos. and how many Of these
AZ fsy yrars r,oro -" s4jl tn ,nvsctf
nrrd f5n laei Of tbega r,,rr ,,1t b,ve AZ
agorcl tbs mystic aureps bupic roil ami
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"a, Gp.,,,e,,I, "a ~ H. NV NV stIeAins into
y,i.,,i,,.. NJ, ~ w iVuHe5seg
+, iiiNosP,ihE Fl1n9nuss' tha Confederates
nav m ~ nti VII, M ,he west stronger
E,yeh i. 10y 'sH'a. Than Fort Donelson.
,t '1'.I ,A i.'' ~ Nue NlIqie OF bend
rar., .tl ,t, ] ael'l on the
h.t'" .fi pr lA'ul ho river iu-
ntsan'o 81. .l''1A,i' Of GA the fort
proper c.mpla ~ area OF about sixty
at.,,. Urr''o.' NY n,ayy eaieAw2r's and
.l''nG pui! W. Ntg1e3 anu rlie pits.
Nooul more WlfN- l9r 400 or 600 yards,
toe tmcor Was lsllu1 The trees falling
g ,l .. yle.I l4nlehes sharpaned so
lacking army
o. ''g na'l.. ol Fort Donel5on was Tho
., t,.- ~ y the West and unlike
tli yoAye-, iaF 100 me East, tae men here
on on RON .'3e' ilu7h' HE veterans The
NlhsH4 obnlmhcrfl and 1utgcner-
rendered unior General Simon Bolivar Bucl,-
nor, one OF thu really abIs man of H., -
tolaf9c.'
Hut ID Is not my purpng, brr, - 4.u
how the battle was fiirbt mr. t5o ,.io, .r,.
won; but 10 note no eb,n@,s MI, aie'Dtg
time sluca that sunday morning on the
Ism Of February 1862, when white oor.
n0ate1 from Rll the emiuepces Of ma tres,