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The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape
Albert D. Richardson (1833–1869)
Named on the page for Battle of Fort Donelson.
draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.
Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Project Gutenberg.
11–16 February 1862
Battle of Fort Donelson
CHAPTER XVII. 213
213 Rebel Guerrillas Outwitted.--Expedition to Fort Henry.--Scenes in the Captured Fort.--Commodore Foote in the Pulpit.--Capture of Fort Donelson.--Scenes in Columbus, Kentucky.--A Curious Anti-Climax.--Hospital Scenes. CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XVII.
"Because I am going over to capture Fort Donelson to-morrow."
CHAPTER XVII.
[Sidenote: THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON.]
CHAPTER XXII.
Our officers mingled freely with the people. No citizens insulted our soldiers in the streets; no woman repeated the disgraceful scenes of New Orleans by spitting in the faces of the "invaders." The Unionists received us as brothers from whom they had long been separated. One lady brought out from its black hiding-place, in her chimney, a National flag, which had been concealed there from the beginning of the war. A Loyalist told me that, coming out of church on Sunday, he was thrilled with the news that the Yankees had captured Fort Donelson; but, with a grave face, he replied to his informant:
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