The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-22

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boys whose efforts had accomplished this
result realized the spendor Of their triumph
and flags were waved, and glad shouts ol
"Vicksburg is ours!'' ut surrenders a,
last!' arose from the front. The glorious
tidings were caught up and re echoed by
! those behind, and passed from hill to bin,
until from one wing to the other, and from
| the front to the extreme rear Of the great
army, the voices Of a hundred thousand
patriotic soldiers filled the air.
Sending the messenger to headquarters,
Gen. Mcpherson, Of the 7th Army Corps,
accompanied by his staff. rode forward to,
wards the rebel works. just before reach
ing them Gen. Forney came from the Con-
federate lines to meet them. Gen. FoIney
and Gen. Mcpherson were classmates at
West Point. and Gen. Mcpherson and staff
were invited inside to inspect the rebel
works. While thus engaged, Gen. Grant
and staff rode through the lines towards
the city. Gen. Mcpherson joined them in
the suburbs. Gen. Grant ordered Gen.
Mcpherson to return and bring his corps
and take possession Of the city,
Gen. Grant was soon lined by Gen
Pembcrton and many OF the other Confedc-
rate Generals, and escorted through some
Of the principal streets and batteries.-
While Gen. Grant was inspecting the works
Of tn. enemy, the feet Of gunboats came
down from their position around the point
above the city, and landed at the levee
The Blackhawk, Commodore Portcr's flag
ship, was the first to land. Gen. Grant and
staff went aboard Of her, and remained
until o'clock, when he returned to his
headquarters outside the lines.
1t was glorious sight to see the veterans
Of the Army Of the Tennessee filing into
the city they had toilei so faithfully and
so long to subdue. They were not an
army .f untried or mimic soldiers, with
their fault'ess regimentals. and sun glitter
ing upon bayonets which had never tasted
blood. No, they weie an army Of tried q nd
true veterans. their thinned aanks attestine
how nobly they had carried the torn flag
at their head into the hottest fire of many
battle field. 1t was sad to see how many
Of the gallant hearts once with them were
not there then. But it was glorious to know
how nobly they fell, and how worthy their
surviving comrades were, of carrying the
flag for which they had died.
About 5 o'clock the feet of transports
came out Of the Yazoo, turning down the
Mississippi River towards Vicksburg. The
steamer Ruth, the first through boat from
St. Louis, reached the mouth Of the Y.azoo
as the fleet was coming out, and. divining the
cause, kept on down the river, holding the
advance of the fleet, and affording your COR
respondent splendid view Of the river
The bend presented scene not often wit
messed. There were over seventy five
steamers within the space of mile often
running close enough for persons to step
from one boat to another. They were deck
ed cut in flags, and crowded with people,
whose cheers fairly drowned the sound Of
the whistles, nearly all Of which appeared
point, and came abreast Of the first water
battery, rendered famous by the celebrated
riaed gun known as "Whistling Dick"
was saluted with cheers and waving hats
and flags by a thousand or two heroes of
the army, whose curiosity had congregated
them at this battery. The feet occupied
the whole Of the levee, from the extreme
upper to the extreme lower end of the city,
and, even with this large front, they were
in many places lying three deep, and almost
everywhere two deep. The forests OF
masts presented on some occasions i'm
Chicago River are no comparison to the
sight now present by the levee here
Steamboatmen all say that they never saw
as many steamboats, together. The levee
is covered with immense quantities oil
stores and ammunition, from one end to the
other.
The rebels remained for short time in
their works. when they mar he'd outside Of
them, stacked their arms, and returned in.
side. retaining as near as possible their old
positions. Late estimates place the number
of prisoners Mt 81 900. 1t may be toe
high an estimate, but is based upon the
rations drawn by them. Among them were
the following general officers:
Lieut.. General-J. &. Pemberton.
Major Gcncrals-M. L. Smith, c. l.
Stevenson, John II. Forney, and John S
Bowen.
Bri.adicr Gcncrals-Thomas II. Taylor
| Alfred Cummings. L. NJ. Barton, F. A
Shoup, Lswis Herbert, w. +. Baldwin, S
D. Lee, j: c. Vaughn, J. v. Harris, and
John c. Moore.
Colonels Commanding Brigadcs.-.Thomas
P. Dockberry. A. w. Reynolds, Edward
Higgins. and I. N. Waul.
There were, besides these, 1rty sia
Colonies, forty four being Colonies Of tn.
! line and the remainder on staff s,rvic..-
With them is host of Majors and mno,
officers and volunteer aids to the various
Generals.
OF the 81 900 prisoners, over 1000 are
unfit for duty. The whole city is in fac
one vast Confederate hospital. The mum
Der Of wounded and the made grave.
upon every hill side, attest the terribl,
nature Of the bombardment. The r.be
oss during the siege cannot have been less
than four thousand killed and died from
wounds. Among the former was Brig
Gen. Martin Green, brother of Senator
Green, Of MiSsouri.-the noted guerrilla
who gave our troops in Northern Missouri
so much trouble. He vas shot through
the head and instantly killed on the 2Stt
ult.. having been severely wounded cn the
lay previous.
| 1t is now rendered certain that there
were 10000 effective troops in the rebel
works on the 22d Of May last, when our
troops endeavored to carry them by storm
The attacking columns were not so numer'
Gus, and it is not at all strange tn y were
repulScd.
Among the heavy siege pieces are four
Brooks guns, one Of which carries a solid
shot weighing one hundred and sixty five
pounds, which is the weight Of the heaviest
Of the long square-ended shot, with which
| the Cincinnati was sunk.
The numerous magazines were all full oI
the finest ammunition, and, at the rate al
which the Confederates were replying to
om fire, it would have lasted for many
months.
There were captured, in addition to the
artillery and ammunition, about fifty thous
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