Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-27

deeoy to draw up the enemy within range Of our bat.
tsfiss. The successful sad the picksts were
encountered BY three regimsals Of nfsnry and four
pieces Of artlsry who arsvs in the pcksts and thsn
plsutsd their guns within easy range Of batteries
in the nsrning opened On ihsm aud speedily dis
isdgsd them from their position with damage
tAeir had been hitherto the practice Of en-
eny to cease fring durng raisy weather, But toward
the last hsy seemed to have got nto such haste to
dues the piaes that they ceased firing all in
rain or shine, dy aght Oas morning the place was
visited with terrible rain and thunder storm. The
aaksss were st The time busy engaged at shenr the
tswH aad did not desst at the approach o. the storm
The rsia was very hsavy dfenehi g tie EARTH washing
down caves ana delugiug al low lands with great
dooa The living Fsnorana then enacted wouId battle
tha skill Of the NEST expert art-ths baekness Of tae
oTerhsngHg coud the petng rain The rolling thunder
the roaring Of shells the era.h Of mortArs The passage
Of the burning fuses Ike rs-bas the vivid lightning
and the sharp banei Of field artzy al combined TO
reader the scene truly terrible and sub ima The cob
nation Of natural and artificial thunder which created
this awful tamult surpassed anything in grandeur and
subiuiy that have ever witnessed. Among tie curl
ssties Of the siege tie following crcular which Gem
modsrs PoFtsr got up and attempted to transmit in
bembshes Tkrss hundred copies or these were placed
in a she'll with tha hope that out Of this number per
haps might be saved and picked up but none ever
arrived safely in town snd after the surrender an e
cs5 Of Psrer's feet handed me this copy aid told ne
the story.
To OR Friends in p'icEsBurg
JUNE 25.h, I563.-CsYe in boys ana save your lives
Thsrs is hope for relief for you. sherman With
sixty Thousand chasing Joe J0huston Giant with
ninety thoussut men snviroRs cksburg Ygu can't
e1eage in those beats that blocked you. The
twelve Thousand men under AcCHIoch. whom you
depend to help you oat sting bsck Harris
burE well whipped, Col H, who hopes to ssease
in bis fast six ) cared hale DO t. cant Gene IL Not
soldier Of ysu viii be heard Of as connected with
tAs siege Of Vekaburg, while your officers win s be
IHeut cru hes cut ths hopes Of every per mar dnc-
ten is ksp5 fer ths srstoerasy Of the nth You have
better friends On tAs s-e THAI on that the friend Of
freedom. LIBERTY.
As the siess progressed the dEng guisbiag feature Of
the attack was changed fsem light TO heavy a IIsry.
The enemy had Plaesd eight AID tsaach eouubadz On
ths lines which were brought to bsar upoa our works
sGd their sharPShootsT also came down the bank sf the
river opposite and fred across bat it became danger
to be the river. was syiJeBtiy their deter
minatisn destroy ths town as zesndary shells were
now ussd with more frequency Thess shells ooataned
Ensll tin tubs sbeut and half inches IN length
snd Of the thickness ef a nan's finger Thh was He'd
with kisd Of burning uiE and the outside w7apt
with several layers ST paper Upsn the bursting OF the
shell this tube would drop the ground aad burn with
intense heat for some ten oc fifteen uiautes anz
the grass asy other objec: with which it came in
ceHtae Red hst shot also fred but they passed
through hozsss ia such haste that they had no time to
set anything f-e. They had also erected several
batteries Of Parrot guns in the timber across the ver
and in conjunction with the merars and the batteries
On the Ines, had obtained endaaing concentrated
and eross fire upon the city. It decidedly un
circle and b0mbsheIls caanos balls Parrott shells and
every other missile, includag minnie balls were equally
plentiful and Intrusive wherever people might 90 to
seek shelter; and IA this condition ali had to remain
until the eloss Of the siege.
The Parrot shells the most dreaded missiles that
esne iatO tswR-their fight being so rapid that the
shs would be hitting by before the report Of the gun
eoaId be hssrd Mortar shells were now no leDger Of
ssy consequence, but minnie bals and Parrot shells
the terrqrs for the tis being The shsrpsho5tsr
the river fred upon oar teams as they were haul
ing water, and drove them from ths river TIE haulng
Of dead animals to the river alss had TO be done the
night; ard teams Ia the lower portion Of the town were
frequently area upsn. In The meantime provisions had
extremely scarce for the citizens well as for
the army; and may b proper to ststs that the ct
zens would give o. divide with the soldiers az long
they had anything themselves Many would sell bread
and pies long as they had -four TO make them as
well garden vegetables lssg as they lasted In |
bs army there Is great a-d bitter prej1dice sgauat
Yeksburgers aud Riss.sippians but they forget that
the citizens themselves ca short rations Ad sub.
sisted mule beef at dsllar pound Some there
we're whose innate and chronic ueauness 7euld pre-
vent then from giving drink Of water to soldier or
doing charitable at to 4nyb1dy else. aa grstifsd
IA believing that this class las nearly all gone over
MI
not willing sRd anxious to do al in thsie power to re
isvs ths soldiers but thslr limited means preelud
I'd the possibility Of doing so and upon th7ir declining
any charity they were at once regarded unwiIlpg |
astead Of unable.
When it had become known on the morning Of the /
It'll suly that the place was surrendered one Of those
lumilistug azd pyovidsns scenes which have already
,rsugAt disgrace upoR tbs Confsaerssy, took place
s-wit: the szeking Of tia quaTtsruaster's stores
Strange aa nay seem, thars . large scpply Of
sldsrs clethiag stsrsd away, and the army was told
hat there was sene On hand Often during the siege
lid ragged troops apply for clothes, but were nva
sby tod thst there was none on haad ard yet when
he snemy into town thousands Of dollars worth
found and thrown Of doors to be appropriated
~ evsrybsey whether entitled to them or rot It o. 4
ueh nisRszsgenent and trPsstiea that disgusts and
s atisss our treePs, whs vsry plainly that there Is
amsng tAose to whom they nust look
'or supplies.
When the Yankees first arrived iu town they cane IN
Is Etraggers. making dsmsastraton at all except
sisisg their Gag the cngsIa Of the courtheass In
few hsurs the city ilIsd with them asd tbsy i'm
n-diasly searched and sacked every quarter Of the
own. Every stors was braksn open and sacked. and
nothing Ofvalue Q them being found they manifested
heir vandalism by destroying everything that came in
heir way After the town had been sacked the people
obbsd and plupdsrsd Of everything Gsa Grant issusd
N Ordsr prohibiting Interference with private property
,ut this did not prevent cavalry company from sE-
smpiag in OF the haadsomest gardens, where the
ruit and vegetables were just beginning to mature
One Of their fst acts to rob the Catholic church
oreskiBg ia and carrying off the miter sad ehace In
tesd Of regarding this theft and vandalism they
ssmed to eIalt as great aebisvseut and par
led the streets IN sscrilegioas Brsysdo carrying the a
red sabsms upon their heads in moeksry Of the holy
,hureh. noticed great many Irishmen in the Fed
,ra array, and presuaing that they are Catholics It Is
nys-ary to ne how they can reconcile such conduct with
heir faith.
great many tales in circulation sbsut the coudi-
ion ef tARgs ia vieksbE before the fs snd it may
be proper to state the true eondsn as near as csss
observer and Pareipszt had it in ais power to obtain
hem That the soldiers were On short ra;ious is true
hat they subsstsd quarter rations forty days is
so trus. Everything in the city that coud be bcught
II used was seld 81 starvation prcss and nothing but
he eonmonest neess arias Of life could be Obtained
The circle arOand the city entirely closed, and
I'D nc Communication with the ousi5a world, except
occasionally by courier frem General Johnston, and
he secsunis we heard from him were mueh exsgge-
asd that al deceived, aas leaned upon bro
ten reed for support Many OF the poorer families suf
cred severely, and this class toe, ssy composed
4 the wives sHd children Of soldiers The wesltbisr
lass had taken the prsesuton to leave ia tead eon
equsRtlY the suffering fell to the in5igsnt portion
To get something to greater trouble than 10
ide from the homhshols snd the dsngsr Of starvation
rss mere 10 be drssdSd than the Parrott guns
Having al the time had the most ipeis faith IN our