. The boys of '61; or, Four years of fighting. Personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . m mm i:s»m mm flipS* j^l^mm -. BALTIMOREIN 1861. 76 THE BOYS OF 61. [Feb CHAPTER VI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN IN TENNESSEE. At last the Rebel lines were broken. Commodore Foote hadopened a gateway to the heart of the Confederacy by the cap-ture of Fort Henry on the 6th of February. While up GreenRiver I learned of the intended movement, and hastened to bepresent, but was delayed between Evansville and Paducah, andwas not in season to see the
. The boys of '61; or, Four years of fighting. Personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . m mm i:s»m mm flipS* j^l^mm -. BALTIMOREIN 1861. 76 THE BOYS OF 61. [Feb CHAPTER VI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN IN TENNESSEE. At last the Rebel lines were broken. Commodore Foote hadopened a gateway to the heart of the Confederacy by the cap-ture of Fort Henry on the 6th of February. While up GreenRiver I learned of the intended movement, and hastened to bepresent, but was delayed between Evansville and Paducah, andwas not in season to see the engagement. Late on the Friday evening after I saw Commodore Foote inCairo. He had just returned from Fort Henry. Can you favor me with an account of the affair ? I asked. It will give me great pleasure to do so after I have pre-pared my despatches for Washington, he replied. It was past midnight when he came to my room. He satdown, and leaned back wearily in his chair. But soon recov-ering his usual energy, gave the full details of the had prepared his instructions to his crews several days be-fore the battle, and upon mature thought, saw nothing tochange. To the
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