. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . al Ijaptism of fire was yet in store for them. When McClernand arrived at his apjiointed place and extended his lirigades,it was discovered that the Confederate outworks offered a front too gi-eat forhim to envelop. To attempt to rest his right opposite their extreme left wouldnecessitate a dangerous attenuation of his line and leave him without on their left, moreover, i-an the road already mentioned as passing fromDover on the south to Charlotte and Xashville, whic
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . al Ijaptism of fire was yet in store for them. When McClernand arrived at his apjiointed place and extended his lirigades,it was discovered that the Confederate outworks offered a front too gi-eat forhim to envelop. To attempt to rest his right opposite their extreme left wouldnecessitate a dangerous attenuation of his line and leave him without on their left, moreover, i-an the road already mentioned as passing fromDover on the south to Charlotte and Xashville, which it was of the highestimportance to close hermetically so that there would be no communicationleft General Floyd except In* the river. If the road to Charlotte were left tothe enemy, they might march out at their pleasure. The insufficiency of his force was thus made apparent to Oeneral Grant,and whether a discovery of the moment or not, he set about its knew a reenforcement was coming up the ri ver under convoy of Foote;besides which a brigade, composed of the 8th Missoiui and the 11th Indiana. SIMOX B. BUCKNER, f. S. A. FROM A PIIOTOGKArH. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON. 409 infantry and Battery A, Illinois, had been left behind at Forts Henry andHeiman under myself. A courier was dispatched to me with an order tobring my command to Donelson. I ferried my troops across the Tennesseein the night, and reported with them at headquarters before noon the nextday. The brigade was transferred to General Smith; at the same time anorder was put into my hand assigning me to command the Third Division,which was conducted to a position between Smith and MeCleruand, enablingthe latter to extend his line well to the left and cover the road to Charlotte. Thus on the 14th of February the Confederates were completely invested,except that the river above Dover remained to them. The supineness ofGeneral Floyd all this while is to this day incomijrehensible. A vigorou
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