Started before day
for Fort Donelson. Had to walk to keep from freezing. Got to the Fort about
three hours by sun. Our Regiment sent on Fort H. road to prevent reinforcements
from coming to D.
Reached our position
and the fight commenced and continued till dark. We cut the telegraph at all
points, fight resulted in capture of about 100 prisoners, 50 negroes and same
number of horses, one twelve-pound brass rifled cannon. Gun Boats came up after
dark and commenced shelling and we had to get. Came back to the Forge, two and
a half miles, and camped.
SOURCE: Ephraim
Shelby Dodd, Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd: Member of Company D Terry's
Texas Rangers, p. 6-7
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