5fish
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Ft Heiman was the first fort capture by Grant. He would go on to capture FT. Henry under water and Ft Donelson and gain fame. Ft. Heiman was abandon and General Smith capture it on Fed 5th. 1863. We going to move on to 1864 when General Forrest used it as a base of operations. This is where he capture the riverboats he would use later to attack Johnsonville. There a side story where a riverboat captain con General Forrest and escaped to tale the tale...
Early the next morning, the Confederate artillerists thought they had an easy target in the steamer Alllla. But Buford wanted to capture her uninjured, and the steamer's captain agreed to surrender without a fight. But just as the jubilant gunners ran to the banks of the Tennessee to greet their supposed captive, she sharply turned down stream and steamed full speed ahead to Paducah. The gunners scrambled up the bluffs to their weapons as rapidly as possible. But they were not in time, But next time, there would be no such treachery.
It seems the article did not spell the steamboats name correctly...
Early the next morning, the Confederate artillerists thought they had an easy target in the steamer Alllla. But Buford wanted to capture her uninjured, and the steamer's captain agreed to surrender without a fight. But just as the jubilant gunners ran to the banks of the Tennessee to greet their supposed captive, she sharply turned down stream and steamed full speed ahead to Paducah. The gunners scrambled up the bluffs to their weapons as rapidly as possible. But they were not in time, But next time, there would be no such treachery.
It seems the article did not spell the steamboats name correctly...