WASHINGTON, February 17.
Mr. Colfax asked and readily obtained permission to make a statement relative to Fort Donelson. Amid profound silence, Mr. Colfax said that Gen. McClellan had authorized him to inform the House that he had just received a dispatch from Cairo, informing him of the arrival of the gun boat Carondelet at that place, bringing the news of the capture of Fort Donelson, yesterday, by the land forces of the U. S., and 15,000 prisoners, including Gen. A. Sidney Johnson [sic] and Gen Buckner. Gen. Floyd ran and escaped. The loss of both sides is very heavy. (Applause greeted the dispatch.)
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1862, p. 1
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