Fort Donelson Victory Sparks General Joy in Town
Readers report a jubilant reaction to Fort Donelson victory with praise for the brave troops and a surge of patriotic feeling. The piece notes misprints and disarray in early dispatches, mentions alleged rebel evacuations and Savannah surrender claims, and lists political votes on a legal tender measure and related proclamations.
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Fort Doneleon
Villon
Sen
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Fort Donelson
Senate
Grant
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Ohio Senate
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Arcansas Ling
Springfield
Price
Henry
Sepatia
Edward Price
Sterling Page
Phillips
Cross
Crosby
Warsaw
Stubbs
Osage
Fort Donelson siege reports and prisoner haul
News letters from Chicago and St Louis describe Fort Donelson investment, heavy bombardment, and a vast prisoner capture. Reports claim 14 000 plus captured, including General Buckner, with 75 000 worth of contraband seized and naval gunboat actions along the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers.
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Cummberlain River
Fort Dunélson
Fort Danelson
Fort Donelson
Chicago
Red
Tecour
Grant
Mundell
Col Morrison
Birdo
Biink
Mee
Ln Bante
Caronde
Walker
Iixtanes
Pillow
Floyd
Johnson
Boekier
Faet Donelson
Jone
St. Louis
L.painville
Fouttio
Eoch
Asmanit
Nixtree
Ainearne
Wou
Stnburgh
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Louie
Leas
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Boota
Fort Henry
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Hinton
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Nashvile
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Harris
Tennessee
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Cons
San~ortoga
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Tetwan
Pittsburgh
Dore Foote
Mino
Dison
Foote
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Louisville
Thetaburgh
Carondelet
Lania
Halleck
Johaan Nul Buckner
Louis
Fort Donaldson
Congr Wasuntoron
Mr. Colfax
Fort Doneléon
McClellan
Cole
United States
A Sidney Johnson
Buckner
Floyd Ran
Losson
Roanoke Island battle reports and advances
Dispatches recount Burnside and Goldsborough forces securing Roanoke Island, destroying rebel batteries, capturing ships, and paroling prisoners. Updates detail Rowan pursuit of enemy steamers, naval actions at Elizabeth City, Edenton, and Gable’s Point with modest Union casualties and multiple Confederate defeats.
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Nlavo
Hatteras
Elizabeth
City
Commodore Rowan
North River
Albemarle
Chesapen i
Law
JM. Goldsborough
U.S. Strat Detawans
Elizabeth City
Sin
Gable
Gable's Point
Elis
J.M. Cook
Burhilitech
Bord
Grant Ani Magoffréde Foote
Fort Henry
Roanoke Island
Mill Spring
Navy
Edwin M. Stanton
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