The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-12

| Files of the old Cairo Gazette may
be seen az the city clerks office. but
the Extra" above referred to is
probably not in them, and Mr.. Harrell,
the editor who is still living will
probably learn with interest that a
copy of it is still in existence. The
typewriter copy of the paper is as
follows,
From Cairo Gazette-EXtra-C
| Monday morning. February II, 1862;
Yesterday morning intelligence
reached Cniro shat a terrible and
bloody engagement had taken place
at Fort Donelson During the day
and up TO an early hour this morn
ing the people were in "A state of few
ersh excitement, the public heart os-
ciliating between the hopes and fears,
according 10 the complexion of yari.
GUS accounts OF the fight received.
1t is known that on Wednesday our
army left Fort Henry, and during the
ensuing night slept upon their arms
within eight hundred yards of the
enemys redoubts During The night
lhG rebels. who occupied a thickly
timbered ridge, worked industriously
upon their breast works. and other
wise to place themselves in the best
possible state for defense They had
pits and rendered all approaches diff
cult, by falling heavy timber.
On Thursday morning at 500
o'clock the battle opened and was
continued during The day without ma
terial advantage on either side. About
noon the Seventeenth and Forty-ninth
Illinois made gallant charge upon
one of the redoubts. but the rebels
opening upon them a heavy cross fire |
OF artillery and musketry, they were
compelled to fall back i'm both cases,
Many of our brave Illinosans fell in
this encounter, among them the dar-
ing Colonel OF he Forthninth, w NJ. |
Morrison. The report of he death |
Of this fine officer and excellent man |
was confirmed by additional news
last evening. The total loss in these I
Two regiments is pat down at eighty |
killed and wounded, an undue proper !
ion OF hem being commissioned Off |
GERS.
This was the bloodies skirmish Of
he day. Succeeding this the rebels |
made a desperate sally against the
rwentyffth Indiana, Col james
Teatch, but were driven back with
slaughter, Thirteen of
he Indanans were killed and sever
II wounded The rebel loss is re-
ed much greater.
Our total loss in killed and wound
3D. during Thursday, is estimated at
,25. The encmy's loss is reported
some what less owing to their really
defenses. As night APP
preached a heavy rain set in, and rs
lur army We're compelled to lie out
without tents and without fires they
suffered severely. Courage, firmness
md a will 10 endure never forsook
hem however; on the contrary they
III seemed impatient for the morrow,
rot so much to escape the seventies
VI the night. as TO again resume the
,attle.
On Friday morning the enemy had
,een greatly reinforced, numbering at
his time about fifteen thousand men.
GENERALS Pillow, Beauregard and Hon.
ohm Bell We're believed to be in the
orr.
The gunboats Louisville and St I
-ouis opened on the Fort, CommO-
lore Foote in command Their fir
vas rapid and believed to have been
disastrous. but was returned with
reat spirit by the rebels The Louis
lille received sixty-one shots one ball
'assing into the pilot house. killing
pilot named Samuel Mcbride and
another( name not ascer-
ainedD and then glancing below.
trikng with great force a lot of ham
1ocks which the men had taken the {