ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17.
The despatches [sic] at headquarters reduce the number of the rebel garrison captured at Fort Donelson to ten thousand, and state that Gen. Pillow was not among the captured as at first reported.
A salute was fired from all the fortifications around the city, and at Benton barracks and the Arsenal, glorifying the victory.
Col. Thos. A. Scott, Assistant Secretary of war arrived to-day from Cairo, and remains here several days.
There was a holiday among the troops at Benton barracks. Drills and parades were dispensed with. Gen. Strong made a stirring speech to the soldiers.
Several of the Courts adjourned in honor of our victory, and all sorts of incidents of joy are repeated.
Troops are constantly going forward, bound southward.
The only additional item from Donelson is that the gunboats were present when the enemy raised the white flag.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, February 19, 1862, p. 1
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