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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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t 432 OPERATIOXS OF THE WESTERN FLOTILLA. makes a slight bend to the eastward. It hadthree batteries, mounting in all sixteen guns;the lower battery, about twenty feet above thewater, had eight 32-pounders, and one 128-pounder; the second, about fifty feet abovethe water, was of about equal strength;the third, on the summit, had three or fourheavv field-guns, or siege-guns, as they ap-peared to us from a distance. When the Caro/idc-hi, her tow being castoft, came in sight of the fort and proceeded about three miles and anchored. But thesound of her guns aroused our soldiers on thesouthern side of the fort into action; one re-port says that when they heard the guns of theavant courier of the fleet, they gave cheer uponcheer, and rather than permit the sailors to getahead of them again, they engaged in skir-mishes with the enemy, and began the terriblebattle of the three days following.* On the Ca-.roiidcht we were isolated and beset with dan-gers from the enemys lurking sharp-shooters.
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BETWEEN DECKS—SERVING THE GUNS. (DRAWN BY ALLEN C. REDWOOD, AFTER A CONTEMPORARYSKETCH BY ADMIRAL WALKE.) up to within long range of the batteries, nota living creature could be seen. The hills andwoods on the west side of the river hid partof the enemys formidable defenses, whichwere lightly covered with snow ; but the blackrows of heavy guns, jjointing down on us, re-minded me of the dismal-looking sepulcherscut in the rocky cliffs near Jerusalem, butfar more repulsive. At 12:50 p. m., to un-mask the silent enemy, and to announcemy arrival to General Grant, I ordered thehow-guns to be fired at the fort. Only oneshell fell short. There was no response exceptthe echo from the hills. The fort appeared tohave been evacuated. After firing ten shellsinto it the 6Vzr^«</<f/<?/dropped down the river * For a description of the capture of Fort DonelsonGeneral Lew Wallace in The Ckntury for Dccemljcr, On the 13th a dispatch was received fromGeneral Grant, informing me that he had a

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