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Title: Popular history of the civil war
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Cheney, C. Emma (Clara Emma)
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Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the stanchest ships,staving holes in their sides. Both were well armed, and pro-pelled by strong engines. The morning of Saturday dawned brightly. All were eagerto begin the battle ; but, owing to a heavy storm during thenight, the roads were nearly impassable. Notwithstandingthe utmost efforts to reach Fort Henry, firing began from thegunboats before the land-troops could possibly reach it inthe rear. The battle was sliort. The brave ConfederateGeneral, Tilghman, who commanded Fort Henry, had sentoff nearly all his men to re-enforce Donelson. With the fewthat remained, he held out as long as he could, directing theshots, and himself working one of the guns. In vain hetried to encourage his men. After a hard struggle, lastingan hour and five minutes, the little garrison surrendered,—ninety-four officers and men, all told. Commodore Foote immediately returned to Cairo, to takecare of his wounded and scalded men. On Sunday he at-tended a Presbyterian Church, but no clergyman came. :^i
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i862.) ** Two Heads are Better than OneT 177 Since there was no one else to conduct Divine service,he did not hesitate to do so. He prayed devoutly; and hepreached such an earnest sermon, that many of those whoheard him were won over to the National cause. His textwas, Let not your hearts be troubled; ye believe in God,believe also in me. Commodore Foote was an every-dayChristian. Always careful to keep Sunday wherever he was,he used to read and explain the Bible to his crew on thatday, whenever it was possible. His motto seemed to be, Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily. Immediately after the capture of Fort Henry, CommodoreFoote sent three wooden gunboats, under Lieutenant Com-mander Phelps, up the Tennessee River as far as Florence,Alabama. He cut the railroad between Bowling Green andMemphis, by destroying the drawbridge over the TennesseeRiver, thus breaking the Confederate communication withDonelson. It was a very brilliant exploit, for which the offi-cer commanding the expedition

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