. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ginning of February ;and thereupon the brightest of the Soutliernleaders proceeded to make a capital Confederate estimate of the Inion forceat that time in Kentucky alone ^ was onehundred and nineteen regiments. The forceat Cairo, St. Louis, and the tcnvns near themouth of the Cumberland river was judgedto be about as great. It was also knownthat we had unlimited means of transjwrta-tion for troops, making concentration a workof but few hours. Still (ieneral Johnston i)er-sisted in fighting for Nashville, and for thatpurpose divi
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ginning of February ;and thereupon the brightest of the Soutliernleaders proceeded to make a capital Confederate estimate of the Inion forceat that time in Kentucky alone ^ was onehundred and nineteen regiments. The forceat Cairo, St. Louis, and the tcnvns near themouth of the Cumberland river was judgedto be about as great. It was also knownthat we had unlimited means of transjwrta-tion for troops, making concentration a workof but few hours. Still (ieneral Johnston i)er-sisted in fighting for Nashville, and for thatpurpose divided his thirty thousand men. Four-teen thousand he kept in observation of IkiellatLouisville. Sixteen thousand he gave to defendFort Donelson. The latter detachment hehimself called- the best part of his army. Itis diflicult to think of a great master ofstrategy making an error so perilous. Having taken the resolution to defendNashville at Donelson, he intrusted theoperation to three chiefs of brigade —JohnB. Floyd, Gideon J. Pillow, and Simon ,,K LOWER TENNESSEE AM> KIGION. THE CAPTURE OE EORT DOiYELSON
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