Fort Donelson Fight Brings Heavy Losses and Skirmishes
Dispatches report the Fort Donelson battle forming with Grant pressing the rebels. Union forces near the redoubts suffer casualties while Regiment Morrison and Colonel Morrison are wounded. Brush piles hinder breach, rain dampens the troops as sieges continue.
Washington Debates and Bills in Senate and House
Congress debates foreign policy oppose rebelling states care on slavery veterans pay and pensions. Navy expansion gunboat funding and ordnance projects pass amid amendments. Treatment of Indians prisoners and treaties with China Japan Siam noted. House and Senate adjournment scheduled.
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Important Dispatches Arrive From Secretary of State of the Mexico
Official dispatches arrive with news from Sibley’s march toward Fort Craig and calls to arms across New Mexico. Gen Canby coordinates troops while Governor Gilpin and other officials join Canby’s camp amid alarms over treason and a demand for seized arms. Treasonous letters found on a sloop near Mount Vernon and an executive order on state prisoners are noted amid a broader Civil War crisis.
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Reconnaissance near Centreville by Porter division
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Snowfalls Halt Packets and Troop Movements Across Louisville
Snow covered the city with the season’s first notable fall as the thermometer dropped six degrees. The Southern train, delayed by troop transport, returned Major Helvett and Captain F. E. Prince in an exchange for Federal prisoners. Troops moved toward Bowling Green where evacuation is expected, while General Mitchell’s four brigades advanced between Mumfordsville and Bowling Green.
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Reports from Cairo on Fort Donelson area fighting
A Cairo dispatch to the Democrat says Captain Norton from Fort Henry reports no battle yet but firing heard near the Cumberland two miles below Fort Donelson. Beauregard and John Bell said to be at Fort Donelson. About $100,000 worth of tobacco reached Cairo from the Tennessee river. A foraging party from Bird's Point brought in several thousand bushels of corn belonging to Colonel Swank of the rebel artillery.
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