. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . -room and burst the steam-heater, and, glancingback into the engine-room, seemed to bound after the men, as one of theengineers said, like a wild beast pursuing its prey. I have preserved thisbaU as a souvenir of the fight at Fort Donelson. When it buist through theside of the Carondelet, it knocked down and wounded a dozen men, seven ofthem severely. An immense quantity of splinters was blown through thevessel. Some of them, as fine as needles, shot through the clothes of themen
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . -room and burst the steam-heater, and, glancingback into the engine-room, seemed to bound after the men, as one of theengineers said, like a wild beast pursuing its prey. I have preserved thisbaU as a souvenir of the fight at Fort Donelson. When it buist through theside of the Carondelet, it knocked down and wounded a dozen men, seven ofthem severely. An immense quantity of splinters was blown through thevessel. Some of them, as fine as needles, shot through the clothes of themen like arrows. Several of the wounded were so much excited by the sud-denness of the event and the sufferings of theii* comrades, that they were notaware that they themselves had been struck until they felt the blood run-ning into their shoes. Upon receiving this shot we ceased firing for a while. After dinner we sent the wounded on board the Alps, repaired damages,and, not expecting any assistance, at 12:15 we resumed, in accordance withGeneral Grants request, and bombarded the fort until dusk, when nearly all. THE IVESTERN FLOTILLA. 433 our 10-inch and 15-inch sliells were expended. The firing from the shorehaving ceased, we retired. At 11:30 on the night of the 13th Flag-Ofdcer Foote arrived below FortDonelson with the iron-elads St. Louis, Louisville., and Pittsburgh, and thewooden gun-boats Tyler and Conestoga. On the 14th all the hard materialsin the vessels, such as chains, lumber, and bags of coal, were laid on the upperdecks to protect them from the plunging shots of the enemy. At 3 oclock in theafternoon our fleet advanced to attack the fort, the Louisville being on thewest side of the river, the St. Louis (flag-steamer) next, then the Pittsbun/hand Carondelet on the east side of the river. The wooden gun-boats wereabout a thousand yards in the rear. When we started in line abreast at amoderate speed, the Louisville and Pittsbun/h, not keeping up to their posi-tions, we
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