The investment on the land side was made as complete as the number of troops engaged would admit of.
During the night of the 13th Flag-officer Foote arrived with the iron-clads St.Louis, Louisville and Pittsburg and the wooden gunboats Tyler and Conestoga, convoying Thayer's brigade.

On the morning of the 14th Thayer was landed.

Wallace, whom I had ordered over from Fort Henry, also arrived about the same time.

Up to this time he had been commanding a brigade belonging to the division of General C.F.

Smith.
These troops were now restored to the division they belonged to, and General Lew.