. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . sent General C. F. Smith with two brigades from Paducah. On the strength of Smiths report. Grant made strongrepresentation to Halleck, his immediate superior, that themove was advisable. After some delay, the orders were issued,and Grant moved up the Tennessee with seventeen thousandmen. The immediate assault on Fort Henry was threatenedby General MeClernand, with two brigades, each having twobatteries. The work was a solidly constructed bastion fort withtwelve guns o
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . sent General C. F. Smith with two brigades from Paducah. On the strength of Smiths report. Grant made strongrepresentation to Halleck, his immediate superior, that themove was advisable. After some delay, the orders were issued,and Grant moved up the Tennessee with seventeen thousandmen. The immediate assault on Fort Henry was threatenedby General MeClernand, with two brigades, each having twobatteries. The work was a solidly constructed bastion fort withtwelve guns on the river face, and five bearing inland. It wasevacuated without attack from the land forces, as the gunboatbombardment was sufficient to drive out the defenders, but notwithout considerable damage to the fleet. Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland, was the next the 8th of February, 1802, Grant telegraphed to Hal-leck that he proposed to take Fort Donelson with infantry andcavalry alone, but he moved out from Fort Henry with fifteenthousand men and eight field-batteries. Some of the guns were [421 C. JL X ■ \. WISCONSIN LIGHT BATTERY AT BATONROUGE, LOUISIANA The First Wisconsin Independent Battery of Light Artillery saw most of its service in Tennessee, Mississippi,and Louisiana. Its first active work was in the Cumberland Gap campaign, from April to June, 1862. Itaccompanied Shermans Yazoo River expedition in December, 1862, and went on the expedition to ArkansasPost in January, 1863. At the siege of Yicksburg it participated in two assaults, May 19th and 22d, andafter the fall of Yicksburg, July 4th, it went to the siege of Jackson, Mississippi. The battery was then re-fitted with 30-pounder Parrotts, and ordered to the Department of the Gulf. It left New Orleans April 22,1S04, to go on the Red River campaign. This was taken by the Confederate photographer, A. D. Lytle. Battery C of theFirst IllinoisLight Artilleryserved throughoutthe Western cam-paigns and accom
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