CAIRo , ILL., February 7, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that on the 6th instant, at 12:30 p.m., I made an attack on Fort Henry,...

U. S. Flag Steamer “Cincinnati,”                            Off Fort Henry, Tennnesee River,               February 6th, 1862. sir : ...

The Cincinnati Gazette and Commercial’s Cairo correspondence give the following account of the bombardment and capture of Fort Henry: ...

FORT HENRY, February 9. Gen. GRANT has just returned, with his staff, from making an extensive reconnoissance.   He had with him Cols. ...

FORT HENRY, Tenn., Saturday Night, February 8, 1862 For all the purposes of navigation a “booming river” is most admirable, but when...

CAIRO, Jan. 24. – The two gunboats sent up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, as well as the two boats off Forts Holt and Jefferson in th...

CAIRO, April 1. F. B. Wilkie, of the New York Times, who accompanied the expedition to Union City, returned this evening with copies of...

CAIRO, March 25. – Gunboat Conestoga just arrived. There is no change in position of affairs at Island No. 10.   Mortars are firing irr...

On the Joint Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore Foote and his officers and men. The joint resolution is as follo...