The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-29

| he shouts Of or brave laen grew leudef enc
bolder The glad tidings soon epread all
around the liny5 ifiinsirg new life, energy and
IhoJ into our men
Wednesday he siege assumed regular and
earnest shape Tie enemy closed IN upon our
'front.' and sat down 10 sharp-shooi. dig, shell
lombard ami sta,ve us ont The Jagged hills
IN our front, aud The deep rayines between
them, enabled him to approach within hliy
Yards Of our works ia many places and TWEEN
ty thousand rifles poured "a constant sueam OF
] mime balls over our men ia the bitches and Oh
reserve in the hoIlows behind them; at the
same time twenty or thirty batteries on the
hilltops stnl shot and shell of every s1e and
shape. screaming and bursting ever, among
and beyond our msn. In the trencbcs. on the
Hills and in The hollows, cuts and wWihcs eve
ry.where, miuie balls fragments otAeIl, CAMS.
ter auG crepe shot fell thick aud last. It was
a eeden aud iron hail, continuous, pouring
stream Of deadly missiles. The trenches, With
the river, form an Irregular circle with diaul--
alter Of from one aud halt miles TO three miles
long. and the area within this was our prison
bom ds.
The enemy after his i sastroa5 reiase 9a
the twenty second OF May ex ended lis lires
aron.d 10 The river aud erected batteries on
every commanding poiai and the command
ing points around Nicksburg are numerous
Besides these he threw up several batteries OF
heavy guns on the peninsula opposite town,
and established line Of sharp shooters along
the river to drive oil our water carriers and
kill or stock.
The Cincinnati gun-boat had been sunk by
out batteries in attempting 10 run the block
ade aud tho guuboats below we're kept at SO
respectable distance that they ceud do moth
ing more than annoy our lower river batteries
on the extreme right Ct our trenches, and a
small portion OF the ely. The Yankee how~
ever is a very industrious creature. and many
monster guns were removed from The gun boate
and planted on high points around the trench
es. Besides all these batteries there were six
} huge noriars on the peninsula that threw 1T.
] teen and sixteen incl shells into az parts OF
: Ele city. aud all around our lines Clnons in
! front. camons on The right cannona on the
r left, caunons in the rear, all around in cverN
8 direction cannon and eh1rp-shooiers. Shell
and shnt weighing from six TO one hundred and
, twenty eight pounds coming with wbiz2'ng,
deafeDing noise from svery possible point, and
r bursting over and among rs Huge monster
: shells, weighing from three TO four hundped
pounds, bursting high mp in the air aud scat
terng their fragments far aud wide, mimic
balls, grape and canister whizzing and buzzing
= in every direction
There was no safety anywhere; shells passed
. through and through our hospitals, killing the
,, sick and wounded. Women AID children
were struck down IN their homes and on the
a streets, Two comrades would he sitting IN
+. the rench,s, talking OF honI5 and the dear
J, ones here, one would get u top9ep over and
= see what the enemy were doing, or perhaps ia
4 try his rusly EuGeld on one OF them, and all
most instantly fall back shot through the bead
: The litter bearers were constantly passing
with bloody, ghasily loads who is shot -
i would he the SIMPLE question asked The
name would be given and the sad remark
. "Poor fellow be was good soldier made
: and the poor fellows body placed in its last
/ resting place. Nearly all who were shot in
the trenches were instantly killed, because
only The vital parts were exposed
u Such is faint poor account OF some Of the
perls that surrounded the besieyed at yicks
burg.
T. But the missiles Of death were only a smal
past of the dangers that surrounded The stu
alton. Our forces were 80 small aud our line
of deiences 50 long that every soldier was
cons family on duty or watching labor an(
care vas every day on the increase because
the enemy we're every day dra wing nearer anc
uoarer our linee In many plaoee their trenches
aud aharpshooicrs we're in thirty yards OF on
works All along the lines, the pickets a
night stood very close together--in many
places not over ten feet apart cloee enough
to cit down and converse with each Dlher--
This state Of affairs, Of course, required tia
orr men should stay in the trenches night anC
day, or Immediately in the rear of item will
nothing to shelter them from The scorchinc
sun and drenching rains except shades mad
by some Of them with their bonEets Thei
sharpehootorb drove our water-cariers iror
tho river, and our wells afforded Us but
scanty supply Of bad water We had but io'
men for police duty and dead horses, mule
and all manner ofGth filled lbe air with Al
unhealthy aud disagreeabe odor. Or ration
Z were every day growing less mill ~ Iengi
they ,nnln on down 10 [nnr onnoes of AOnI