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[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Great Victory: Further Particulars of the Capture of Fort Donelson – 2-4
The Rumored Capture of Savannah – 4
Fort Foote – 4
News from New Mexico – 4
News from Washington: Preparations for the Observance of Washington’s Birthday – 4-6
The Reported Capture of Savannah – 6
Editorial: The Situation on the Cumberland – 6-7
Editorial: The Southern People-Guilty or Not Guilty – 7
Mr. John Stuart Mill on America – 7
Chivalry – 7-8
Mr. Bancroft on the Exchange of Prisoners – 8
General News – 8
The Lane Expedition – 8
Order from the Marshal of St. Louis – 8
Congress – 8

[MuttTheHoople]

This is the first instance of General Ulysses Grant's rise from failed businessman to the best General of the Civil War (and I am including Lee, Jackson, and Sherman).

He electrified the North with his terms for "Unconditional Surrender", at a time when the Confederacy seemed to be running roughshod over the feckless Union generals in the East.