The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-23


theoi one wounded mao, who had been
lying ere three dAys without sa.er.
and was # fvbl)wn from head To foot Il was
eurmiaa& that Banks was unwilling that HE
men ehcuid witness the carnags which had
been con- nitted, but if tina. were tha casa he
only mare matters worse by this de,ay, for,
m1Gi; sSi.sof ration was tnanifeated at the sight
OF the woandtd man ala great many We
heard to say that If that was tho way the
wGundad vera to be tres.ed they wanted 10 ss
oct OF me army. a great many of the desd
must have psr!saet dDriog tha tires 6aya' IN
tarval- in front of Johnscn, :, eadTa3, as 3
elsewhere none wsre buried a,i ths bJ1ic,o
,he sain couit he seen IRON 'hs bTyae. " orks
on tas day ot the surrender. twenty s,x days
after the fight.
DGsiG9 the rest Of the month thers was
heavy skifnishing dai Y, with constant irips
nigh: and day from tGe gun aud mortaT boats,
and the works vera generally drawn eiosa to
or line, whicl, is may here bs remarked, waa
abou, three miiss in exsen', aud IN tue centre
come three f0ur,bs of a mile from the river.
X .tteries Of Parrot eGps had been erected
across the river, wi ich were well served bv
the l. ). regultfs and maintained a corticu-
Gus and very elective fire npoE our river lat
teriss, disabling p,aav Of the guns GA the
laEd sids g f9rpi!able battery of seventeen
eight, nire, and ten inch c0!anbi lds was es
tsb.;ahed $50 PAGES from our ex,femo right,
ol.e Of Esyaa EIgj IL tccD. Of Cen. Bsalas
ceairs, one Of ak guna in fr1at Of tha / u SIis
eies'pTi, on 'oe Jse;fol road, and ssvon gun2
and u0rtars vva,e Hlapted Ia front OF Cclonsi
Stsadm.u From thes9 q i,-e ~ az II ART i1ei
lay and night, doing b1t I,ta damage TO car
mea Int ~ The s!exs ooutiIus1 pioss Of orr
artillery VA disabled only RbGut fifteen
recea remaining gnDlared TT the tina OF .l3
surrender
Daring t5e siege IF SIX weeks, from tiay
q II to Ju'y Uh inc!a.ive. tae enemy must
have fired froU itty 10 seventy I'VE thousand
atot and eheii, yet Gos caora than twenty hve
r!sD were killed ty tnsss pyojec,iIss They
bad worse dangers tGan tae8e to contend
ag4;aPt, hut against them ail tbes fought like
heroes ana did taeir duty ohe4riliy. Several
tndinEs were burned by the ,uys shells
aruong which ygas the mill, entsiiilg y loss Of
two or three thousand bnphela or cora
About the - h or lth of Jane the gatri
aau s supply Of Ulsei gave out, when General
Garansr ordered The mules 10 be batehered
alter ascsTtaiuing that the Iaeu were willing
20 eat than. Far from shrinking from tiii
hardship the men recei 7ed their mus lal ,atiors
cteeriniy, aid declared that they were proud
10 be ahla TO say that they had been reduced 10
ttie extremity Many OF them, as if in mock
cry Of famine, caught rats and eat them de-
ciafjnq that tbey vera better than sI1irrs!g.
At,he same t,m9 the supply of ammunition
was baco mins exhausted, and at the tine Of
tie surrender there were only Twenty rounds
Of cartridges left, with a small suppiy>for ar
til,ery
The hardshjrs, privatious, and dangers Of
the aituatiun were diversified by many ex.
cjtog i1eiden.s Ole day our men were roll-
it < ten inch shells over Tie rampant TO explode
. inst tina elemy's works, which were DO;
more than fifteen feet off, when rush was
made a. orr bfaastworks by aboas 300 cf the
enemy. Two companies were hurried to tha
spot, and they were driven bach. or come
slxte4n who had gained the interior of our
wor:za every one wu. killed.
Mining wAs rea0rssd 10 by ths enemy, and. |
after the surrender, they said nat they had q |
charpa Ct } 0U0 pounds Of powder already lai ] |
uader ,hs lower river battery This, in fac,
consisting OF !. single pivot Sua, was the key
to the whole position, as it commanded both
the river and the land approaches, and against |
this the haayiess guns of the enemy and their |
most vigor6us forts by land and wafer were
directed. Iheir stoIy, however, IS somewhat |
doubled.
Blu. if the eaeny mined, tia garrison coun.
ter mined, and sue 3sedsi in bio wing up the
1o:k ks in front ot he lat Mississippi.
Some time between tho 20Gn 'a1d Both Of
Jnns singular ciroGna'ance occurred one
III mt about II o o'rinck after a inr~5 49, 1no
water coumeGead r0HinbA op Bfrs;iin, and II
h 4if ;ll hour roae ak feet la one PLACE about
twenty feet of tho b!uT diesppssrei, Carrying
a,yav one of our river batteries. The roar Of
the water could be he2ri lias daiaut thuuder
II th. were Hn earth9naso-- aid it 10 iEcut
to give any other eXptluallol--it must have
rolled unheedsd!y away" so far "a ;hs ouemy
was concerned, for DO notice oi IL has appear
cd in any oG the Yankee papers.
Oa Tuesday, Jniy 7tb, saintes were fred
frou, the oneny's hitt7fies aud 9unooats. and
loud cheering waa heard along ths eitiro liEa,
., ", sglFj
d,a'snce Of our Ean told them taat EIckshurk
had faisn That night about 10 O'Clock Gen
Gardner aun ID Uled a council OF waT, canslst
ing Of fisH. Bsaie. Cala Steadman, Niles,
IiYie, and Shelby, and Lieut.. Col. Marshal j.
Smith, who, without exception, dc0'ied tina; 1t
was impossible to hold GU. longer, c3nsidaring
that TIE provisions Of tbs garrison weea OK
hausted. the ammunition almost entirely sx
pended, and q large proportion of tha man
sick or from exhaustion uGdt for GutY.
was sent t. Gen- Banka atatln,
phat hai bsen heard ftoni tho ulen, asking tor
@ fl oiai information as 20 the troth Of the news
and stating IL it we're true, that s9en datdnar
wss ready 10 ns,iJtiaIe terms OF stfroIGer.-
Gen. Btnks's repiy was received jnsl bat0re
dsv. enc!ogjns q .tor from G4r. GgaUt an
nounci :, The la Of Eioasourg. Gen Bsuks
asked q ,n'l Gar. ier 10 appoinS eonamiesio2eT3
TO arrange with 03a on his part fot Isl i!a OF
su,rsndar, aBd G. 3. aiias aud S:eAtl2n and
Lieut. Col Hn,ii! ssare appointoi
Gen hanks d3 audsi an uac3nGi'i3nai sut-
render as III !. GgsS .ne.anc9 bct tina.'y
agrsea that cfia aud soldiers ahouli retain
their private p3o 'rty, lin waieh nastors were
not iaeludedj iauaud tor q pasoio Ui $40
garrison vas rs tsaj Gea. Biakd said hs
world grant 81 q terms VIII Tho Sfeatest
rls..or,, but tn orders OF tho SaSfetAry Of
War rid II.
The sarfeal., vas ri.sd 10 take p'2cs q.
o o'oioe;i on ;hs no lat / the 9th AsCo clock
.aa garrison wef. dtA1D up n line and Two
. icals ok G5n el4iGHsls 8 siah Were seIt u
cauGaes the Fedo Al I'll 3sTs d patoo 10 recaive
tie surrender. I sis aa Hsa. anG'e Es, who
entered tbs iinea .hortly after . o'clock on the
Clinton road. GIN Il srduer met hi4i az tn3
right Of cur line .ni Ca.ivsIoa Up hiI sword
otearytig that ko surraadaIet his sIoTd AMI
his garrison since his provisions were ex
hausted. GEN Andrews replied TIA. he re-
ceivsi Gen. Gardner's sword, bai f7tarned 1t
10 iin for having maintained his dstencs 80
calamity.
Meanwhile the enamy's infantry moved
Il, wu in front OF onr lac both wigs resting
On ths river, and completely eneifrlng The
little garrison. as ii 10 cut eff any attempt TO
escape =. bout that tims eur informant suc
ceeasd iu psssiug through the iiheS ana eVao
ing the enemy's oatp0ss. a great many OF
,hs garrison probably several hundred-had
made ~ dLtSbleL - esc1i'o ta" P'S'io'7 "'ShF.
bat iIl, guard of the enemy WAS 80 strict that
thew could not pass out
Tie Eumber Of the garrison which snr.
rendered Was between o,u0o aod bOoo, ci
whom there were not mor5 than S.uuu ell
f-ct,ve raen fer daty. Durag the siege
ahont 20o had been killed and 800 wounded,
lesi3as esvarai deaths from sickness
Amnnt, tln ctlissrs killed were Col Pxisy, of
ArraT9.s. Captain Boone, Of l. L,uisiana, and
T.. nan, 5. tnonton. OF the 1T Mlssssipp',
4 - - q f.ru nthara with whose names our