. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ^^j 102 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEB. munition necessary for a battle or siege. Halleck instruc-ted him, meanwhile, to make Fort Henry safe. Grantbelieved that the best way to make Fort Henry safe wasto capture Fort Donelson. At length the rains partiallyceased, and, because he feared that longer delay wouldenable the enemy to gather an overwhelming force, heresolved to proceed forthwith against their twenty-five hundred me
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ^^j 102 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEB. munition necessary for a battle or siege. Halleck instruc-ted him, meanwhile, to make Fort Henry safe. Grantbelieved that the best way to make Fort Henry safe wasto capture Fort Donelson. At length the rains partiallyceased, and, because he feared that longer delay wouldenable the enemy to gather an overwhelming force, heresolved to proceed forthwith against their twenty-five hundred men to garrison Fort Henry,he marched the remainder of his intrepid forces, amountingto a few more than fifteen thousand men, directly across thecountry to Fort Donelson. Fort Donelson was situated on a bluff, or, rather, a seriesof bluffs, which rose at points more than one hundred feetabove the Cumberlands waters. It embraced within itsouter defences about one hundred acres of land. Somewhatless than three miles apart, one above and one below thefort, two small streams enter the river, and at this time weredeep, because of the back wat
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