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LATER. Great suffering through the night   A stinging one. Our heedless boys Were nipped like blossoms. Some dozen Hapless wounded men were frozen. LATER GREAT SUFFERING THROUGH THE NIGHT A STINGING ONE OUR HEEDLESS BOYS WERE NIPPED LIKE BLOSSOMS SOME DOZEN HAPLESS WOUNDED MEN WERE FROZEN
y stung us; frozen shores Snow-clad, and through the drear defiles And over the desolate ridges blew A Lapland wind. The main affair Was a good two hours’ steady fight Between our gun-boats and the Fort. The Louisville’s wheel was smashed outright. A hundred-and-twenty-eight-pound ball Came planet-like through a starboard port, Killing three men, and wounding all The rest of that gun’s crew, (The captain of the gun was cut in two); Then splintering and ripping went-- Nothing could be its continent. In the narrow stream the Louisville, Unhelmed, grew lawless; swung around, And would have thumped and drifted, till All the fleet was driven aground, But for the timely order to retire. Some damage from our fire, ’tis thought, Was done the water-batteries of the Fort. Little else took place that day, Except the field artillery in line Would now and then--for love, they say-- Exchange a valentine. The old sharpshooting going on. Some plan afoot as yet unknown; So Friday closed round Donelson. GATE STILL HID SO WELL CONTRIVED YESTERDAY STUNG US FROZEN SHORE SNOW CLAD AND THROUGH THEIR DREAR DEFILES AND OVER THE DESOLATE RIDGES BLEW A LAPLAIN WIND THE MAIN AFFAIR WAS A GOOD TWO HOURS STEADY FIGHT BETWEEN OUR GUNS AND THE FORT THE LOUISVILLE'S WHEEL WAS SMASHED OUTRIGHT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT POUND BALL CAME PLANET LIKE THROUGH STARBOARD PORT KILLING THREE MEN AND WOUNDING ALL THE REST OF THAT GUN'S CREW THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUN WAS CUT IN TWO THE SPLINTERING AND RIPPING WENT NOTHING COULD BE ITS CONTINENT IN THE NARROW STREAM THE LEWISVILLE UNHELMED GREW LAWLESS SWUNG ROUND AND WOULD HAVE THUMPED AND DRIFTED TILL ALL THE FLEET WAS DRIVEN AGROUND BUT FOR THE TIMELY ORDER TO RETIRE SOME DAMAGE FROM OUR FIRE TIS THOUGHT WAS DONE THE WATER BATTERIES OF THE FORT LITTLE ELSE TOOK PLACE THAT DAY EXCEPT THE FIELD ARTILLERY LINE WOULD NOW AND THEN FOR LOVE THEY SAY EXCHANGE OF VALENTINE THE OLD CHARGE SHOOTING GOING ON SOME PLAN AFOOT AS YET UNKNOWN SO FRIDAY CLOTHED ROUND DONALDSON
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