. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ad been cast overtheir platforms. In a space of twenty-four feet they had picked up as manyshot and shells. The air had Vjeen full of flying missiles. For an hoiu- and ahalf the brave fellows had been rained upon; yet their losses had been triflingin numbers. Each gunner had selected a ship and followed her faithfullythroughout the action, now and then uniting fire on the Carondelet. The Con-federates had behaved w\{\\ astonishing valor. Theu- \ictory sent a thrill ofjoy through t
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ad been cast overtheir platforms. In a space of twenty-four feet they had picked up as manyshot and shells. The air had Vjeen full of flying missiles. For an hoiu- and ahalf the brave fellows had been rained upon; yet their losses had been triflingin numbers. Each gunner had selected a ship and followed her faithfullythroughout the action, now and then uniting fire on the Carondelet. The Con-federates had behaved w\{\\ astonishing valor. Theu- \ictory sent a thrill ofjoy through the army. The assaidt on the outworks, the day before, hadbeen a failure. With the repulse of the gun-ljoats the Confederates scoredsuccess number two, and the communication by the river remained open toNashville. The winds that blew sleet and snow over Donelson that nightwere not so unendurable as they might have been. The night of the 14th of Feliru-ary fell cold and dark, and underthe pitiless sky the armies re-mained in position so near to eachother that neither dared lightfires. Overpowered with watching,. Tin; POSITION OF THE GHNDOATS AND THE WKST BANK. FKOM A niOTOGRArll TAKEN IX l.*S4. Fort Doiiclsoii is in tlio fartlirr iHstunci- mi tlic rxtroiiio loft — Hickmans Croek ouiiitios into tUe CunitH-rlanit in tlic iiiiilillc (listiini-c —inidway arc the ivniaiiis of the olistnictions in tlio rivor liytUoConfciJoniti-s. The upper picture, sliowiug Isiuic WilUaiuss house, is a oontinuatiou of the right of the lower view. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON. 41 ^ fatigue, and tlie lassitude of spirits which always follows a strain uponthe faculties of nien like that which is the concomitant of battle, thousandson both sides lay down in the ditches and behind logs and whatever elsewould in the least shelter them from the cutting wind, and tried to few closed their eyes. Even the horses, after their manner, betrayedthe suffering they were enduring. That morning
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