. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . exington gave chase to someConfederate transports, which had been seen at-tempting to escape up the river. These were soclosely pursued, that they were set on lire and aban-doned. The gunboats continued on tboir way, cap-turing a steamer at Cerro Gordo, two more at East-port, and compelling the flight of a number of
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . exington gave chase to someConfederate transports, which had been seen at-tempting to escape up the river. These were soclosely pursued, that they were set on lire and aban-doned. The gunboats continued on tboir way, cap-turing a steamer at Cerro Gordo, two more at East-port, and compelling the flight of a number ofConfederates at Savannah, which place Phelps hadcontemplated attacking. After proceeding as faras Florence, Ala., where ho captured a portion ofthe supplies on board of three steamers, which hadbeen sot afire on his approach, and where ho foundmost of the citizens kindly disposed, he returned tohis place of departure. On Tuesday, the 11th of February, Grant called a council of war, at which it was de- FaiHMiiT,ise. cj(lcd tQ moTe ^mediately on port Donelson rather lhan wait for additional reinforce-ments. Part of MeClornunds division advanced thesame afternoon, but the main column did not getinto motion until the following bad organized his forces, us before, into. two divisions, commanded by Generals MeClornandand Smith, and liad arranged for another divisionto ho brought by Commander Foote, and to hoplaced in charge of Lewis Wallace, who had beenmade u brigadier-general on the day of the captureof Fort Houry. Part of MeClernauds force ad-vanced by the Telegraph Road, and halted withintwo miles of Fort Donelson, while the remaindermarched by the Dover Road, in the same direction,with orders to unite aud form the right investingwing. The other troops wore tc follow likewise by the Dover Road, Smith being ...dercd to preventthe possible retreat of the (.Vm fed unite* by the occu-pation ot Dover, if practicable. General Wallaceremained at Fort Henry, Fort Dunelson was s
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