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Excerpt from The Capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donaldson, February, 1862 Following the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion in April, 1861, to the opening of the year 1862, the engagements had by the Union troops with the enemy were generally negative in results. Bull Run had well served to show how unprepared the government was for war, and Wilson's Creek, in August, where the brave Lyon fell, was at best a drawn battle, for, while the Union forces held the field, they soon fell back a hundred miles to Rolla. In October the lamented Colonel Baker lost his life in what has been called a disaster at Balls Bluff, and at Belmont, in November, while General Grant proved a resourceful com ander, the result was again a retreat from an advanced posi tion. In the autumn and fall the three-months men were return ing to their homes and the troops replacing them, poorly supplied, suffered much from the exposure and hardships of the fall and winter campaigns, and in consequence of the conditions stated there was in the North a pronounced feeling of anxiety in relation to the outlook for the future of the Union. The loyal people were greatly despondent over the existing conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
