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From: "Connie D. Hurley" <>
Subject: [CRF] This Day in Civil War- Febuary 13
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:07:27 +0000


Thursday, Feb. 13, 1862

DONELSON DEFENSES DEFINITELY DISPUTATED

The attack on Ft. Donelson, on the Cumberland River near the
Kentucky-Tennessee border, began today. The gunboat Carondelet started the
morning with a bombardment. This was followed by an attack by Gen. Ulysses
S. Grants forces, led by C.F. Smith on the left and John McClernand on the
right. In an unusual move the Confederates changed commanders in the middle
of the battle, when Gen. John B. Floyd arrived with reinforcements and
assumed command from Gen. Pillow. Command changes would continue throughout
the course of the next few days.

Friday, Feb. 13, 1863

INTACT INDIANOLA IS INVINCIBLE

The union gunboat USS Indianola, commanded by George Brown, was in a rather
tricky position. She was serving as a tugboat, ignominiously enough, and
needed to get past Vicksburg to deliver supplies. Brown simply waited for
nightfall, got up steam, and ran the river. Despite heavy Confederate fire,
his ship and the three barges she had in tow passed the city untouched.

Saturday, Feb. 13, 1864

CHUNKY CREEK COMBAT COMMENCES

Gen. William T. Shermans forces continued their progress through
Mississippi today. This particular stretch was known as the Meridian
Campaign, for the excellent reason that that was their next objective. On
this day heavy fighting flared at Chunky Creek, Miss., with additional
combat taking place at Wayne.

Monday, Feb. 13, 1865

CONGAREE CROSSING COMING CLOSE

Today Gen. Sherman was marching through South Carolina, approaching the
banks of the Congaree River. All the forces the South had available,
Beauregard in Atlanta, Hardee in Charleston and Fort Sumter, even the great
cavalryman Wade Hampton, who had been sent South to help with the defense,
seemed unable to do anything to stop or even slow the implacable Sherman.
After crossing the Congaree, he would make clear his next target: Columbia,
the capital.






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