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THE REBEL CAMP.
Upon a high plateau, the heavy trees had all been cut away over a
large area. They were designed for the construction of an abattis, and
though nothing had been done beyond chopping down the heavy
timber, the large trunks and limbs, lying in all directions, would have
presented almost insurmountable obstacles to the approach of
cavalry or artillery, had the rifle-pits, just beyond, been filled with
men.
Crossing the rifle-pits, the Unionists were in the enemy’s camp,
though still more than half a mile from the fort. Here were the wall
tents of a regiment, all standing in complete order, with the camp-
fires still blazing, the copper pots of soup for dinner boiling over
them, and the half-made biscuits in the pans. Inside the tents
everything was just as the enemy had left it—pistols, shot-guns,
muskets, bowie-knives, clothing, tables partially set for dinner,
letters half-written, with the ink scarcely dry upon the open page,
cards thrown down in the midst of the game, overcoats, blankets,
trunks, carpet sacks, and so on through all the articles of camp life. It
seemed as if the men were out at guard-mounting, and expected to
return in ten minutes.
Along the river bank were long rows of log barracks, enough to
accommodate two or three thousand men, and finished comfortably.
Inside they bore the same indications that the inmates had
decamped without a moment’s warning.
ADVANCE OF NATIONAL GUNBOATS UP
THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
In accordance with the instructions of Commodore Foote, given
before the attack on Fort Henry, immediately after the capture of the
fort, February 6, the gunboats Conestoga, Lexington and Tyler,
under the command of Lieutenant Phelps, advanced up the river
twenty-five miles, to the crossing of the Bowling Green and Memphis
railway, breaking up a portion of the railway bridge, and rendering it
impassable. They next proceeded to destroy the rebel gunboats and
transports, capturing large quantities of munitions of war and
supplies, and advanced up the river for upwards of two hundred
miles to Eastport, in Mississippi, and Florence, at the foot of Muscle
Shoals, in Alabama, annihilating the rebel flotilla in the Tennessee
river. The expedition was welcomed at every point by the
inhabitants. Twenty-five Tennesseans enlisted at Cerro Gordo, where
also three steamers were seized, containing 250,000 feet of valuable
ship timber.
Toward the latter part of February, intelligence reached Fort
Henry that the rebels were fortifying a point on the Tennessee river,
near the Mississippi State line, whereupon Lieutenant-Commanding
William Gwin, with the gunboats Tyler and Lexington, were sent
forward to reconnoitre the position.
Having learned that the rebels had occupied and were fortifying a
place called Pittsburgh, nine miles above, on the right bank of the
river, he determined to attack them.
At twelve M. the Taylor, followed by the Lexington, Lieutenant-
Commanding Shirk, proceeded up the river. When within twelve
hundred yards of Pittsburgh, they were opened upon by the rebel
batteries, consisting of six or eight field pieces, some rifled. Getting
within one thousand yards, the Taylor and Lexington opened a well-
directed fire, and had the satisfaction of silencing the batteries.
They then proceeded abreast of the place, and, under the cover of
grape and canister, landed two armed boats from each vessel,
containing, besides their crews, a portion of company C, Captain
Thaddeus Phillips, and company K, First-Lieutenant John C. Rider,
of the Thirty-second regiment, Illinois Volunteers (sharpshooters).
Second-master Jason Gondy, commanded the boats of the Taylor,
and Second-master Martin Dunn, commanded the boats of the
Lexington. The landing was successfully accomplished. This small
force drove back the rebels, and held them in check until they had
accomplished their difficult object, which was to discover the real
strength and purpose of the enemy, and to destroy a house in close
proximity to the batteries. In addition to their artillery, the enemy
had a force of not less than two regiments of infantry, and a regiment
of cavalry.
February 8, 1862.
Bravely as the army of the West had sustained the honor of the
Union, the crowning glory of taking Fort Donelson remained to be
accomplished. To attack a strongly-defended fort, formidable by
nature and rendered almost impregnable by military art, was a work
of extreme danger, nay, of impossibility to less resolute men.