Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-02-28

nver. Inc regiments CALAMITY the sides Of
hill and then encountered the barfcadc Of fced timber
and brushwood. The enemy's infantry Kept rain Of
FIRE upon them d-pound CUR in battery poured down
grape AND she'll upon them not however with very fatal
effect The stood Il without nnchiug the lines re-
naming unbroken Ia accordance with thu plan Of at
tack II was decided that the brigade o Col Cook should
age the enemy the right while the brigade " Col
Lauman should make the enree into the works further
the left lie kept up an inoessant Gre Of infantry.
engaging the IcnnesseeAns, who safely seconded
behind the earthworks
On the right, however, lay an open space, up which
climbed the brigade Of Lauman. Tho second Iowa led
the charge, followed by the In their order The sight
was sublime Onward they sped needless Of the bullets
and baHs Of the enemy above. The hill steep, the
timber cleared, that the rebels had e gap In their line
Of rifle pits this Of hill Through his gap they
Tfts oou9a 70 60 kght up they went climbing up on
an iours theii line OF ntk blue clothing advancing
gulary forward, the white line of smoke from the ton Of
the works opposed ll line from our troops.
They reach the to b, Numbers fall The suspe nsc ia
GREATNESS see they climb over the works They
fal-ther are lost Another group, and still
another and another, close up the gap All is COW
cred in smoke The Judgment is made-the troops
swarm up the hill side. their bright bayonets gtterng
in the sun. The firing slaokons.
What Is more wondcrfuis that Capt Stones battery
OF rhed l0-pounders close behind the Brigade is Juggling
ny the hl the horses plunging and riders whipping
Upward they 60 where never vehicle went before I'M
the pfecpitous and coRged sides Of the hill No sooner
on the crest than the guns are unlimbered the men at
their posts Percussion shells and canister are shot
spteiuy from the Parrot guns the flying enemy Inc
day is gained-a position is aken-the troops surround the
guns. and the enemy has deserted his post Tho "a
FOUNDER winch had caused so much havoc is senced By
Col Cooks brigade, and the rebels fly to the main frt in
alarm Inc toe u running Cheers upon cheers rend
the air and In a few minutes all is hushed
In the midst OF all this work there rode the
white-haired Gen Smith. his snowy moustache stand
ing outlike brisiles, his hand waving malesticay his
bearing erect and proud-undaunted 6y the deadly hail
and unmovcd at the brilliant success Sure of his point
his batteries placed the euemy's guns arc rsd ,,,,
them and be ordered his reserve into line with a the
GOODNESS Of Hannibal An offer comes To HIM III think
we have already more than enough, calmly replies the
general, and IN hen minutes the lines were dsposed ~
for the night The loss, happy 10 say to our forco.
was small compared with the amount offiing Our os
IN the storming Of the works, will not two hundred
Killed and wounded. That Of the enemy must have been
at least hat number notwithstanding that they were in.
ttenchcd behind bteasworks
SURRENDER
What followed may be told in few words The enemy
seeing may we mad gained one Of his strongest positions
successfully tepused him in his most daring attempts to
raise the siege, took advantage Of darkness called
council war ia which i determined to surrender
with all the haste possible seven thousand froon
were dispatched up the by night The rebel eeuar
ais Floyd aud Pillow made their escape The fort with
all its contents fell into our hands More Iba ,,,i
thousand prisoners two bngadiergenernls, Buekner and
b. n johnson, with twenty colonies and other officers
IN proportion sixy,hve cannon, forty eight field and
seventeen SIEGE million and hafin stores provisions
lively small loss.
Carleton" the correspondent Of the Bos-
ton journal, speaks of the appearance of the
prisoners. and their embarkation for Cairo. as
follows
GENERAL BucKHER
was present IN the evening when General Buckner
yet in he prime Of life although his hair has turned iron
grey He is Of medium stature. having low forehead
and thin checks, moustache and hin uhiskers
NJ hau on ishtoue kersey oNercoat and checkcred
ncckcloth He sat with constrained ease smoking a
cigar, ana talking in a low, quiet tone He evidently
ie't hal ne was in Illuminating position but his depor-
meut was such as to command respect when contased
with the course Of Floyd and PlloN His chief of staff
sat by his side but not with the ease He could
not meet the gaze of those around him.
Gen Buckuer freely information relative to his
POSITIONS his forces, their disposition and his
that
mens On saturday all in favor Of the Confedefates
no oppobrius or insulting words used by an, one
No discussions entered into. de asked Tor subsistence
for his men, and said that he had only two DAYS provisions
on hand lie had ayors to ask for some Of his wounded
oteesa Of which were readily acctded by Gen Grant
A LOOK AT THE PRISONERS.
just before took ramble through the grounds
and enoampments Of The rebels 1t is impossible de-
scribe the scene The rebels were falling into line pre-
paraory 70 tmoarkng upon the Standing up-
on hil beyond the village had at view almost all
their force. Hogath never saw such sight Shakspeare
IN his conceptions OF Fastas AUTHORIZATIONS could moi
have imagined the like l do mean that they we're
deficient ia intellect, for among them noble men,
brave fellows Who shed when they found they were
prisoners Of wal and who swore with round oahs that
they would shoot Floyd they would dog II they could
get chance but that for gotesque appearance. they
were never equalled except by the London bagmen and
ehifoniers OF Paris. There were all OF uniforms.
brown cOlored predOminaling II they in the snuff
business and had been rolled in tobacco dust There
sheep grey iron grey blue grey dirty grey, with bed
blankets, quilts, buffalo robes pieces Of carpetngs Of all
c1lors and hgures for blankets Each had his pack
his shoulder. Judging by their garments, would
have thought that the last seraping odds and ends
humanity. had been brought together. l do write
this mpeachug all their bravery, but show the
sraitened condition " the Southern ConfedeTacy that
can only give It's troops such outfit
Passing through ravine, came upon negro trudg-
ing under heavy load. lie said that he free man,
that he lived IN Tennessee and had been impressed into
the service cook and dig ntrenchments I noticed
many others He said that some slaves. wants
to the officers, and that others had been impressed.
Ascending hill found rebel regiment burying the
dead There was no chaplain present no service not
even soldiers common respect for his fallen eomrade,
Not farewell shot"
Crossing ravne upon three guns u the battery
attached to Floyds brigade which had become stuck
the mud, when With his command he silently away.
The horses had been cut from the the harnesses
eft in the road and tramped in the mud Beyond
picketed in the village grave yard several hundred
horses and mules. Arms equipments, blankets. were
scattered over the ground and uamped in the mud-a
indicating the immense waste Of property and loss to
the rebels.
ENUMERATION or PRISONERS
At sunset the regiments came down from the positions
they had occupied in the morning. to embark on the
board the boats. All searched for concealed
The MissssippAns noticed, complained bitterly when
their reyolyers taken away. About six thousand
men were got board by morning. The Belle Of Mem
phis detailed for hospital ship. Two hundred Of
the wounded taken into the cabin, and fifteen hun
dred prisoners taken on the boiler deck-al Mississippi
ans The officers allowed the privilege Of the cab.
in, and they improved with mpedous demands for
rooms TO the exclusion Of wounded, such fed
eral officers exercised
One Mississippi Colonel informed that the condi-
ons Of the surrender had been shamefuy violated that
that they have the table, but found that
he pay half dollar for ameal. and sleep the
floor. III had only Tennessee and Confederate money
} and they would not take that.
informed him that although had paid for a state
room. had been turned out by the surgeon and
paid for my meals in the pantry and thought myself
fortunate to anything under the circumstances and
ready 10 give up my berth for the benefit Of
the wounded He did not evidently, any virtue Ia
that. He bold and defiant, aud said the disaster
they had met with would be repaired Nashville We
never could conquer the South. Every man. and
child would die in the last ditch rather than yield the
y Abolitionists.
As he had chance to die in the first ditch and had not
improved it, 1t is reasonable infer that will sur
T yiye the last ditch.
While conyersing with him, ofhs captains tall
red whskered tobacco chewing, ungainly man, Joined
n and grumhled at the treatment received They would
not take Tennessee money. "rhey talk Of
ing the Unoin but they begin by rejecting Southern
1 money--ihAt IA pretty way !" he said. lie
complained Of the treatment pointed him TO the bar
Tes Of bread and bacon which his eatiI
and which officers and men eating He
turned away in disgust, and said that officers Il
be treated according their rank, like gentlemen and
swore he would pitch in and give somebodya licking II h,
was not treated according TO agreement have not
j. ascerained that any one was licked and do not think
j. that he obtained meal at the steamboat table, in
asmuch the entire cabin occupied by the wounded
d as the only table was private one in the pantry.
There were few Tennessee officers board whOe
duced themselves with perfect decorum. One young
n physician gave his services to our wounded
THE FEELIHGS OF THE PRISONERS.
mingled freely with the prisoners officers and