. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . rst but littlelarger than that of the Confederates proceeded at liisleisure to place his opponents in a state of siege. 7. After some manoeuvering of his troops. Grantdiscovered that he had not a force suffciently stronii;to complete the investment. So he ordered up rein-forcements. Why Floyd, the Confederate commander,made no attempt to prevent these move
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . rst but littlelarger than that of the Confederates proceeded at liisleisure to place his opponents in a state of siege. 7. After some manoeuvering of his troops. Grantdiscovered that he had not a force suffciently stronii;to complete the investment. So he ordered up rein-forcements. Why Floyd, the Confederate commander,made no attempt to prevent these movements of Grantis difficult to understand. General Lew Wallace, ofthe Union army, says: A vigorous attack on themorning of the 13tli might have thrown Grant backupon Fort Henry; but nothing occurred except slightskirmishing. SoMK Minor Events in the East and West, 155 8. The morning of tlio 13th was calm and spring-like. ]5y afternoon a fierce wind from the northbrought upon both armies a storm of rain, snow andsleet. With heroic fortitude tlie vohmteers of theNorth and of the South endured the pitiless tempestand waited for the morning, whose coming wouldusher in a still more dreadful storm of whistling bul-lets and shrieking MUNTICELLO, THE HOME OF JEFFERSON. 9. On the morning of the 14th a gallant assault bythe Union troops was gallantly repulsed. Then Footewith his gunboats attacked the water the fierce fire of the Confederate guns the fleetpushed on, until when within 350 yards of the battery 156 Story of the Confederate States. a solid shot plunged through the pilot-house of theSt. Louis, carrying away the wheel. About the sametime trie Louisville was disabled. The Confederatesredoubled their energies. A ball got lodged in theirbest rifle. A corporal and some of his men took a logfitting the bore, leaped out on the parapet, andrammed the missile home. Now, boys, said a gun-ner in Bid wells battery, see me take a flag of the boat and t
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