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[[start page]] a confederate camp at Blooming gap in Maryland & thus opened the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to Bowling Green (Missouri) is in [[possession?]] of Gen Mitchel & Gen Buel is in pursuit of the enemy. Gen Curtis has overtaken the retreating army of Gen Price, & taken a number of prisoners. Fort Donelson is still in the hands of the Southerners but two of the outer batteries have been taken. Fort Henry & been called Fort [[Pierce?]] in compliment to the Gen. for his gallant conduct in the capture of Fort Henry. Nashville it is supposed will be the next point of attack. The guns have been fired all day in honor of US victories. The greatest excitement [[strikethrough]] has [[strikethrough]] every where prevailed ^for news has [vertical text] been received of the of the surrender of Fort Donelson [end vertical text] the streets have [[reacted?]] with the rejoicing cries of the populace. Gen McClellan himself carried the official ^dispatch of Gen. Cullum [[commandant?]] at Cairo to the war Department. The Sec. read it aloud & three times there rose cheering from the crowd collected in the hall it was ^his reception day. In the Senate & House the enthusiasm was unbounded. cheers resounding from gallery to gallery as well as from the floors. In the house all attempts to preserve order were in vain the members left their seats & surrounded Mr Colfax who was the bearer of the dispatch The [[?]] Mr. [[Conkling?]] was the object of [[p?]] attention & received the [[warm?]] congratulations of Mr. [[House?]] that Kentucky was at last free [[end page]] [[start page]] from confederate control. Feb 18th The papers are filled with accounts of the reception of the news of victory in the different northern cities General rejoicing is the order of the day. The Burnside expedition has taken two more towns. Our loss in the [[destruction?]] of Fort Donelson is great many fine officers have fallen. Generals Pillow, Buckner & Johnston have been made prisoners the latter should have been mentioned first. He is said to be one of best generals in the confederate army. Gen Grant ^(Fed) has been promoted for his gallant conduct. Com. Foote ^(Fed) is said to be advancing with his fleet on [[Cole?]] on the Cumberland river about fifty miles from Nashville. Feb. 20th. Great preparations are making for the illumination of the city on the 22nd. Washington's birth-day. Jefferson Davis [[strikethrough]] on [[strikethrough]] is be inaugurated on the same day as President of the Confederate States for six years. This morning we attended a wedding of the daughter of Mr. King the former Post Master Gen. Father came in from the building about seven with a gentle look upon his face to ask whether we had not something to send to Mrs. Reese's little girl. He was obliged to detain her Father so that she could not attend the wedding as she had been promised. Overwhelmed as he was just then with business few would have been [mindful?] of the disappointment of a baby. Feb. 21st. Our reception day. Went in the evening to Willards to call upon [[strikethrough]] [the?] [[strikethrough]] Mrs. Erastus Corning, Mrs. Horton & [[end text]]
