A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says:
In the telegraphic accounts of the capture of Fort Donelson, published in the Press of yesterday morning, it was stated that General Lauman’s brigade, of Gen. Smith’s division, was the first to enter the upper end of the fort. This Gen. Lauman is a native of York county, in this State; but for the last ten or twelve years has resided in Burlington, Iowa. At the breaking out of this wicked rebellion, he raised a regiment of Iowa volunteers, and has been in service ever since. He participated in the fight at Belmont, and was severely wounded on that occasion. His mother, a brother and two sisters now reside in the town of York. – General Lauman is a man of undoubted courage and generous impulses, and we are glad to observe that he is not among the killed or wounded on this occasion. Long may he live to defend our time-honored flag and enjoy the blessings which it dispenses!
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 8, 1862, p. 1
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