The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-26

Incidents Of the siege OF vIcksbuIR
Picket Talk Darfns rrIoks of
the noYs-HnmbnR stories.

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the Roys-Humbug stories.
CAMP Rear OF VIoKsBUHo, MISS,
June ii, 1868
Eltor Journal Some Of the incidents
connected with the siege Of Vicksburg
are highly amusing. A great many Of
them are exciting, and though we have
laid here in the rife pits since the I'D
Of last month, yet the boys are not tired
of the sport There is just enough
shooting goiug ON 20 give zest to mode
Of life which would otherwise be almost
intolerable.
We have all read great deal Of " table
talk" and have found some Of IL very
spicy and amusing, but doubt whether
any would prefer it, refined as it il, TO
the 'pioket talk" before Vicksburg Our
lines are within a few hundred yards of
those of the rebels, and as a deep ravine
intervenes, il is necessary TO throw out
pickets on the side Of each bill to pre-
vent the possibility of a surprise. BY
mutual consent neither side fire on the
others guards; and, as they cannot fire
lesden ones, they amuse themselves by
shooting pithy, wordy bullets at each
other. With the two armies as an audi
enee, they keep up the noisy battle the
whole night through. Here are some
specimens:
Federal Picket--"I say, Sscesh, have
you anything to eat over there F"
Secesh--" Plenty"
Federal" What's the use of " ing
now; come over and get cup of coffee"
Secesh-"Confound you, you come over
and get Vicksburg,"
Federal found that a stumper.
| Another
Secesh---" Hello, Yanks, why don't you
make another charge on us?"
Federal-"Ifs against our principle
to charge on prisoners"
An Irishman on duty the other night
was tainted by the rebels about the nom
explosion of our shells, when a shell
from the 10th Ohio battery burst imme-
diately over the loquacious Secesh
"Blast ye," cried the Irishman, "sticb
thot in your haversack and stop yer jaw"
To this elegant speech no answer was
returned.
Quite an excitement was raised few
nights ago by d,ep-voiced private il
our riile-pits, calling out as follows:
attention, Battalion! Order arms
Fix bayonets! Shoulder arms Charge
bayonets Forwar double quick =
just at this juncture an entire volley o
musketry from the rebels greeted oul
pits. 1t was dark, and they thought
charge was being made. As soon as thu
report Of the discharge had died away
our hero cried out, as if to regiment:
"Why are you waveTing there? For
ward | say Jo1oard p
Another volley came rafting over thei
heads, when, having carried the joke fa
enough the boys fell TO shooting at tn
! excited rebels, and ceased only whel
the picketS were put out
The tents of a rebel regiment were LEI
e standing by their hurried owners RICH
D between the parallels of the contendiD
. armies, and our boys made nightly ex
cursions to them until they found them
selves in danger of being shot by on
own pickets on their return. They ha
brought Off about half of them, an
! tents they must have as their own wer
lost.
On Sunday last three Of the 18th Ind
! ana formed the bold idea of bringing on
: in broad day light Accordingly, CREEP
ing down a ravine and sheltering them
!, selves as much as possible, they worke
their way into the deserted camp. s,
lecting the best tent, which proved to
= one formerly occupied by the 43d Ga
! they took il down, and, amid show
i of bullets, bore il of in triumph. The
~ Il.,hl
n Meter, and private Goats, of compan
i II, 18th Indiana. Such exploits al
4 common on our side, but the rebels a
) very cautious.
IF A prisoner captured yesterday stat
l. that our continued musketry is doil
! much damage, but makes light of the Q
l. feet of our artillery. He says that the
Is have vet four days raions Of fresh be
in | and thirty days. of bacon. We ha
4 DESTROYED one of their mills, but d
70 others still grind their rations of corn
ID The charge reported to have been ma,
at by Gen. HOvey's division on the I'D III
ct was never made, and consequently 4
ps loss, instead of being two hundred al
is City TO the regiment, was nothing. Il
re man who started the report would me
rough usage among the boys here if
were to show himself. Hanging wou
l., be none too good for one who wou
~ knowingly give circulation to such lii
10 creating bouhdless anxiety among o
30 friends at home.
ys The entire loss of Gen. McGinn
az brigade, since coming into this State, /
% GLIDING killed, wounded, sick, and mis-
IS IS ing, is six hundred and sixty-eigf
~ ~ many of them will soon be able for du
e. again.
az DEITA