We were so busy reciprocating the congratulations of friends yesterday, on receipt of the good news of the taking of Ft. Donelson, that we had time for little else. Our city seemed all alive with enthusiasm, and if there were a Southern sympathizer within its purviews, he didn’t dare show his head and express his sentiments. As one dispatch after another arrived during the day fresh enthusiasm was imparted, until every one appeared to have caught the spirit of rejoicing. Our telegraph columns this morning give the details of all the news received from our brave boys, up to the time of going to press, at 4 o’clock a.m.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1862, p. 1
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