The Fort Donelson Fortifications – 2
The Siege of Fort Donelson: Full Details from Our Special Correspondent – 3-6
The Capture of Clarksville: An Immense Amount of Army Supplies Found There – 6
The Execution of Gordon: Scenes Incident to His Last Moments – 6-7
The London Times Correspondent on the Possibility of an Advance – 8
News from Washington: Sympathy of Congress for the President and His Family – 8
Important from the South: Rumored Offer of Gen. Johnston to Surrender Nashville – 8
Editorial: A Double Festival-The Birthday of Washington and the Dayspring of the Nation’s Triumph – 8-9
Editorial: The Execution of Nathaniel Gordon – 9
The Last Words of Gordon – 9-10
A Cool Performance – 10
Silver on the City Railroads – 10
Editorial: Parliament upon Intervention – 10
I have read, but cannot find where I read it, that Buckner expected generous terms from Grant when the former surrendered at Ft. Donelson. Buckner had known Grant at West Point, and moreover had settled Grant’s enormous bar tab in New York out of generosity, and so thought that he would be treated well and his army allowed to retreat. He was disappointed in this hope, and that’s where the “Unconditional Surrender” Grant nickname was born.
Manuever warfare is the only way.