. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . hana hundred men, of whom he lost did this handful servethe guns on the river shot struck the gun-boat Essex, piercing herboilers, and wounding andscalding twenty-eight at last, enveloped onall sides, his retreat cut off—the troops who had beenordered to depart in themorning, some threethousand in number, hadreached Fort Donelson,twelve milesaway—GeneralTilghnian hauled down hisflag, surrendering himselfand eighty-four men as
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . hana hundred men, of whom he lost did this handful servethe guns on the river shot struck the gun-boat Essex, piercing herboilers, and wounding andscalding twenty-eight at last, enveloped onall sides, his retreat cut off—the troops who had beenordered to depart in themorning, some threethousand in number, hadreached Fort Donelson,twelve milesaway—GeneralTilghnian hauled down hisflag, surrendering himselfand eighty-four men asprisoners of war. Here wesee him—a brave figure ofa man—clad in the uniformof a Southern was never the slight-est doubt of his courage orof his proper discretion inmakingthissurrender. Onlyfor a short time was he helda prisoner, when he wasexchanged and welcomedback with all honor intothe ranks of the Confeder-acy, and given an impor-tant command. He did not,however, live long to servehis cause, for shortly afterrejoining the army he waskilled at the battle ofBakers Creek, Mississippi,on the 16th of May, GENERAL floyd tilghman. Tt is not often that on the battlefield ties offriendship are cemented that last a lifetime,and especially is this so between conqueror andconquered. Fort Donelson, that was, in ameasure, a repetition of Fort Henry, saw twolighting foes become thus united. It was im-possible for the garrison of Fort Donelson tomake its escape after the flotilla of gunboatshad once appeared in the river, althoughGeneral Floyd, its senior commander, theformer Secretary of War under PresidentBuchanan, had withdrawn himself from thescene tendering the command to GeneralPillow, who in his turn, after escaping withhis own brigade, left the desperate situationto be coped with by General Buckner. Assailedin the rear by an army that outnumbered thedefenders of the fort by nearly eight thousandand with the formidable gunboats hammeringhis entrenchments
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