Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-14
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Ertrects frsr7 Notes taken By 4 Soldisr GHriag
TIC Siege Of Picks5ure, ug 10 Fridqg morning,
,Js.l 18th, at 1heh tiss hs left fhsls tsift Gen.
PeubsTt9n's pass TO 0isit Z it'e Rock.
We f3l back to Vieksburg Sunday evening.
MAY II Tia Fddsrais coamencsd firing on
oar .iRs Yesterday.
MONDAY EYEETEG.-Fais moTaing the iriag
is becoming naro in.sres aRg the sharBsh00jers
are tfiRg constantly, tbs ezuu8R hEva besn
firing also allths msvpisg s5ove the iowa.
93 o'clock, A. M--IAe Hring has iusi com
meEeau below ihs town.
4P The firing has increased, aaHl new
e is terrific At several psints; she enemy is
making a heEvy charge on the lslt of eur cen
Cox; sa2vy Gung heard 0n oar right; the bat
sie has bseorus general along sur aa.ira 'front.'
SUNDAY, May 24-Ss svsnth day of the Siege
We Tepui5ed the enemy on Tuesday evening
with groat slaughter. TheY charged our lines
again on EndaY the charge was made vita
great lury aDd daring They succeeded in get-
ING up TO our works On several Oceasi0asf some
IF Jlaua mounted the works IL front of the 27sh
Louisiana; but, poor dei1de3 follows, chat was
their last charge -Four Yankees fell into our
diteho5 dead st tais point. THIS firing was very
hsayg and lasted until ngat. great many Of
oar m8n having shot one hundred and twenty
rounds DBgiag the day We ozpturad few
prisoners, 8se OF whom said he started TO Weeks
hJIg. and here be was" The dead Yankees
Wals living ia heaps as fsr as Che eye could rseeh.
Ehgse that are near our works are not yet buried.
Hhe stencil ls bec9mlng very 6ttsnslYe. The FEDS
1lust have has eight OF ten Thousand killed ia
this fi-iE. Our loss comparatively small Up "a
tiis Hms we have had about one hundred killed
sBd lhr8a or four hundred wounded. Our little
army was badly whipped end demoralized when
we cslns here, but they are in 6na spirits now,
end Il VIII take host to whip aad drive hem
from opr works The firing hss been kept mp
constantly By shMpsaooseTs ON both sides and
pretty constant driHg from the Federal cannon.
Oar batteries reply occasionally The FrdI are
5helii1g rs constantly ir0m their mortar beats,
Nhiea afa placed across the peninsula in front Of
t5an, aad their gunboats below I9Wn, but with
little effect
Five O'CLOCK, P. M.-Au .arnistiee Of five
houls hss bsaa sgreea on, to allow the FederAls
to Bury -heir dead.
TUESDAY, Nay 26-DuTing she aFrsislice our
hays Esnt out aad hGd a s0eisl tim8 wi.h the
Feds, aud got soma late Northern papers. They
say tast tlsy are ,sot going 20 charge our works
any nsEs sur ssarvs IS out.
SUNDAY, msF 3i.-Anotlar week has passed
we haro nos had mach aEaaeg WITH smaH
atms, bHl the eaamy's cannon has been firing
pretty Constantly; q part of the time Che can
neaala has beea terrific. The Feds attempted
Oh .ssi Tuesday evening, 10 90 down With the
guubeat Cincinnati, al ir3n-eiad of rs guns
as se0n as it csms in range Of 0Vr basteiiss,
tllsy commenced firing, aud BY the time it had
rounded tie p0iat above town, Is was so badly
crippled that is was in a sinking condition
they thea turnsa bsak. rsn up the rivsT about
oso mile, aBd sunk ia shosl wafer on this side.
i IS reported shat Gsa. Grant told Commodore
Porter Ihat If he weuld silence cur uppsr balte-
~ he would take Vieksbufg in two hOurs, snd
chat this as the oejees Of this visit Of ths Gu
einDai. Ij is reported that Con, Porter wss on
board a. t,e tirae. They Cred only eight OF her
sgus. The officers and crew mede their escape
n small boats aud skifls. The large gan knoWn
Is Whaling Dick, tha Yankees say, saHI
.heir Boat. The upper works 6ainc Out OF water
sizty Of Col. Sasos's 8issouriau5 vent up last
nizh. aud sci irs to it. Il Is stil burning
sFRlBAy, June s.--Sharpshsoting and esu-
ngBadfne aboal as usnal. The Eedsfais are
asing tas spade pretty eZtanziVsly; they g5t
Iitgs nsarsf every day, bas they Try to keep out
of sight of oar sharpsh0olefs.
JUvE 6.-Some thief stole my boots last
nieat I nope they (the boois) Wlll get shot to-
5ay. saellsd Us pretty heavy last night, bEt
nobody hHrt.
MOEDAY, june s.--Ws have had but little
news from ibs ouiside. Hoard csanoHadine up
the liver Yesterday morning .his is the fIss
certain proof THAI We have friends ID striking
distance A man had his head, one arm, and