Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-13
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| So ends one. of the, most remarkable
sieges of history f BBrsXeIy defended ant
no6Iy won: Nothing should be stronger
evidence Of common ,brotherhood, thar
common bravery, They fought until nearly
all their provisions were gone, until. theJ
had to eat the flesh of mules, and horses
Brave, deluded men. All'honorth brave
Our men treat them with kindness, sharing
with them food. ~ 'l4'..
HsN aie CAPTURED oRFIGERs! taoii 1ns4y
Among the captured officers is one Lt
General, Pemberton; four Major Generals,
Smith, SteVenson, Forney and Bower; some
fifteen OF twentyjB jBrigadier Generals, among
whomis Stephen D. Lee of South Carolina;
a very handsome man; and of undouhted
military genius. He is.the idol Of Vicks.
burg-tall and straight; dark hair; full
beard, close cut; fine military bearing, and
of the coolest determination in battle; only
thirty years Of age. The next in promin-
ence is Gen. Stevenson of fEVirgiiia-not SO
tall as Lee; red hair and beard, both long,
and second, d,io to ne one ip the CQnfsderaeyin
point Of executive ability; a, forehead that
projects like WebsteFF's, and hl a 4 nose rather
pug than pretty. 9,,j- s,i-sol5,, E. ~ -,
.ft..ss- ~ ON STEAMBOAT. 10 sFsut-ra .a-.a
When we were fred into at Island so,
there was oneowoman who sat statute-like
in her chair life had lost all its interest
for her. j never saw more sad, picture
of loneliness than was depicted in her gray
eye.5 1t was what is too often Woman's
story-HlGal }eeU ~ iis 1870 ~ has
sRObbd of that only tie for which she loved to live
ssa. or feared TO die" ~ bg5inI b
I, aho 4 iyuoo kta, Ga r,nY,s
charge of the 22d Juaes andlshe5 has been
his nurse ever rstnce-peerless inrher grief
silent in her sorrow, seeming only waiting
for the meeting in the happy spirit land
How noble grief elevates the soul above
the smaller ills l. She is not alone!n The
seeming willingness with which the men
entered the wales that intervenedi between
them and the foe deserves to be- embalmed
in history. After the failure, aud the truce
flag was shown,, we were at liberty to visit
the field, and thus sit-seemed:sg o
APPEARANCE OF THE DEAD. as7H
They lay in. all positions, some with
musket grasped las though still lcontending;
others with, the cartridge in the fingers just
ready to put the deadly charge, where, il
might meet the foe. All terocityJ had
gone. Noble patriots !! uninhabited tene-
ments ye rest here nowlins security sYour
portals whence the spirits fed are as calm
and pale as moonlight upon !snow-=7as
though no sweet love had ever woven for
We myrtle wreaths, nor death draped your
hearts in ivy-as though mirth had never
smiled nor sorrow wept where all is now
silent War with its dangers, earth with
its perplexities, neglect and poverty with
their pangs, slander with its barb, the dear
heartbroken ones at home-all faiFto call
ye back to strife. IA dark and fearful
shadow has creptover the land and gath
cred ye in its gloom. o., the tears that
will be shedl %, the hearths that will be |
desolated! {! Eyes willlook in vain for your
return to the hearths thatiye once glad
dened, while Fame crowns ye with its |
laurels, and the land of the hereafter well |
come ye as ssthey who saved the laud:s qa
i A remarkably sweet and youthful face |
was that of rebel boy. Scarce eighteen, 4
aud as fair as maiden, with quite small |
hands, long hair of the pale golden hue
that auburn changes to when much in the |
sun, and. eurling-at the ends.-- He had on
a shirt of, coarse whi it's cottonTfand brown
pants, we'll worn; while upon his feet were
a .woman's shoes of about size. known
as "fours, y Too delicate was his frame |
for war; perchance some mothers idol.-
His left side was torn by, q shell and his
left shoulder shattered Poor misguided
boy Hyacinth was scarce more ldelfcate-
'ly beautiful than he. Mayhap he bad his
Apollo too. /isoL r7A9
Two men who had caught at "a fig tree
to assist them up steep embankment1a lay /
dead atlits feet, slainain all pro bRbflity by
an enflade FIRE from mtheirtighti; thebranch
at which they caught was still. in their
grasp. Some coulds not be recognized by |
their nearest friends. Several were head
less-others were iarmiess I but the man.
ner of their death was always plain, The
mimic left its large, rather clear hole the
she'll its ,horrid rent; the shrapnel and
grape their clear, great gashes, as though
one had thrust giants spear through the
tender, quiyering flesh. a .s-sj5,lt < : \
In one trench lay two, grasping the same
weapon riendand foe. Across their hands
fell a vine, the end upon the breast of the
rebel, wheresit had fallen with them from
an elevation above; the roots still damp
with the fresh earth; upon it was q beauti-
ful passion flower IN full bloom and two
buds; the buds were stained with blood
the flower as bright as.wa$ the day when
the morni ng stars sang ,togsther On the
faces of both was the calm that follows
sleep-ratherl.p pale, perhaps, but seeming
like him of old, of whom it was said, I" he
Lis not dead but sleepeth; ;4d But ahy the
lerimson All is not well where earth is
stained with blood. In some places the
dead were piled, 4 litsrall ly, like sasks iof
grain upon the shore. .lii.ia4 81 : t,tss 5Io
. 1T is remarkable with what patience the
fatally wounded, they who already stood
upon the shore bore theirsufferings Some
liknew that they could ,notlrecoveFs but bore
ii manfully.A Sometimes q tear, and ia low