. The naval history of the Civil War . Upper Battery. Water Battery. Gen. Grants Army Attacking the Enemy, in the Distance. U. S. Gunboats. BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON. ing to meridian, and being renewed in theafternoon. Three of the enemys guns werereported to be disabled. Our naval history is silent on some import-ant facts in its version of this event, viz,: thatfour gun-boats were to have participatedtherein to make it more effective, and thatthree of them failed to obey the orders ofGeneral Grant and Commander Walke to ac-company the Carondelet on this recon-noissance; but it gives an unfavor
. The naval history of the Civil War . Upper Battery. Water Battery. Gen. Grants Army Attacking the Enemy, in the Distance. U. S. Gunboats. BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON. ing to meridian, and being renewed in theafternoon. Three of the enemys guns werereported to be disabled. Our naval history is silent on some import-ant facts in its version of this event, viz,: thatfour gun-boats were to have participatedtherein to make it more effective, and thatthree of them failed to obey the orders ofGeneral Grant and Commander Walke to ac-company the Carondelet on this recon-noissance; but it gives an unfavorable viewof the Carondelet alone on this occasion,especially in comparison with the brilliantaction, or what was expected to be the de-cisive battle, the next day; which is re-presented as having resulted in the surren-der of Fort Donelson, by our highest possi- cessful effort of the siege. About the onlyresult was that a single gun of the enemywas dismounted and the unequaled fight-ing qualities of the fleet demonstrated. Thegunnery
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