, 1862-06-23

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r9:saoo so, - themselves on 'i,e SWEEP cane
4oeaee euIn.'en' 1o6 ons colonel' prompt
u n.ll u move ms command on the morning
Of Monday, the I'd inst, further up the river.
About two hours after the men and borsaa
900 o,f,1n 4;a,o. 11 D'1e17
Heie ealels n1ooen, Tue fcoe1 gunooae -,
Capt Fry, formerly lieutenant in the United
States navy, hove in SIGHT around the noint.
md &c crettino sent 1o q e;v+r fo,,. .sa,,~5 -
~ - 0sn' 80 '.A's iour pouno
rouEo shot, WHICH took oH blackberry tree,
about eighteen inches In diameter. TWO feet
from the ground and twenty stems from INV
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tHen+r fast m a;raot1,r lt oh eoe1- VI ~, eanols
twenty 1eet up, dlrectly pack or the hospital
tent. The next two shots turther up the point
raked the lines of the tents oftwo comnan;oc
Tb.ea shot. @-oro Ill -. :,
AAese e1o's "eie "eil ahneo 10 nave destroyed
good many OF our men, If they had been
"neie reeeen ea1eu1ateu t1ey were. 1nef
Shell also burst with nice calculation directly
over the encampmenti about twenty-five or
thirty feet in the air, throwing limbs Of trees
and fragments of shell in wild confusion ovar
our r hole camp.
We moved on IA Ga,1owar,s inward sr1-
po1,- .s - ~" -" eu'
pnui AoeA' ano tnefe awaited endorsements
or whatever might happen. The next day,
reinforced by artillery and infantrr IN f,rca
W. oo~o;, ooc,a;oa ~ t. :. AoA~e,
us 1sa4n oeen pieo .le to"n' again deserted
by seeesh troops, and filled only By frightened
men and *oMen, VITO, With white flag, were
It did not, however, look worth begging
tor, as it vas mingled mess Of soured sweet
neEs and burned cotton in its principal streets.
lhe gunboat men, aided by Capt. Hooker's
men, frcm the Cache River country, and the
citizens, had in short time burned and at
tempted to burn. about 1000 bales of cotton
and several hundreds Of hogshcads of sugar
and molasEes. Before We left the town, about
alhousand of the citizens had taken the oath
OF loyalty, and some Of them were on closest
Terms Ct masonic Intimacy with some Of our
Officers who were "brethren Of the mystic
tie.'1' Yet as soon as the boat came to the
wha,f, they, with their guns on their cowardiy
shoulders, ran aboard, and directed the gun
ners aDhcTe to throw their shot and shell to
have the most telling effect on our nosD;fa1
ard camp; and right well we're they directed.
only VIC were like the Irishman's faa-not
1htre when they put their fingers on us, We
had that atemozning found the body Of A. G.
Sellers, Of Go. n, who was drowned in Black
River on the Saturday previous, by falling
frcm the ferry boat, One Of The mule teams
went down to the beach. to get the body for
burial: hut a shell bursting near. frightened
the mules, who ran of, breaking the wagon
bed, and giving secesh an idea that they lad
made q telling shot. This was all the damage
they did, except one Of the men getting a
mere scratch on the cheek from apiece Of
shell. Yet they we're sure that they had Killed
fifty at least, and even now they Of the town
burt.
They fred one shot at old Mr.. Tonsa1l, ION
whose plantation We are now encamped}, the
ball passing directly over his head. They have
special Late for him, as be is Union man.
and through his influence, in great. part hjs
township white River, Independence coun-
~ cast only one vote for secession. Besides
ms @ Sc Was IN eight battles against the Indians