. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . began to appear, and theofficers of the gun-boats were warned by Gen-eral McClernand of the approach of theenemy. The Confederates came en massethrough a corn-field, and opened with mus-ketry and light artillery upon the transports,which were filled or being filled with our re-treating soldiers. A well-directed fire from the 426 OPERATIONS OF THE WESTERN FLOTILLA. gun-boats made the enemy fly in the greatestconfusion.* Admiral Foote was at St. Louis when thebattle of Belmont was fought, and, it appears,made no report to the Secretary of the
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . began to appear, and theofficers of the gun-boats were warned by Gen-eral McClernand of the approach of theenemy. The Confederates came en massethrough a corn-field, and opened with mus-ketry and light artillery upon the transports,which were filled or being filled with our re-treating soldiers. A well-directed fire from the 426 OPERATIONS OF THE WESTERN FLOTILLA. gun-boats made the enemy fly in the greatestconfusion.* Admiral Foote was at St. Louis when thebattle of Belmont was fought, and, it appears,made no report to the Secretary of the Navyof the part which the gun-boats took in theaction. Neither did he send my official re-port to the Navy Department. The officersof the vessels were highly complimented by to inform the flag-officer of the Generalsintentions, which were kept perfectly secret. THE BATTLE OF FORT HENRY. During the winter of 1861-2 an expeditionwas planned by Flag-Officer Foote and Gen-erals Grant and McClernand against FortHenry, situated on the eastern bank of the. GUN-BOATS TAYLOR AND LEXINGTON ENGAGING THE CONFEDERATE BATTERIES OF COLUMBUS, KY., DURING THEBATTLE OF BELMONT. (DRAWN BY HARRY FENN, AFTER A CONTEMPORARY SKETCH BY ADMIRAL WALKE.) General Grant for the important aid theyrendered in this battle; and in his secondofficial report of the action he made refer-ences to my report. It was impossible for me Tennessee River, a short distance south of theline between Kentucky and Tennessee. InJanuary the iron-clads were brought down toCairo, and great efforts were made to prepare * The Federal forces at Belmont numbered between 3500 and 4000. During the first half of the battlethe Confederate force was probably less. General Polk in his report says that after the Confederate camp hadbeen captured he sent over from Columbus six regiments under Pillow and Cheatham, which were directlyengaged in recovering the lost ground, and two regiments, which, under his own direction, supported the flanlcm
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