, 1863-07-14

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Trade regiment, under their soldiefly leader,
| Fred Starring, Gen. Ransom seemed proud
Of his brigade, and v ell he might be, for they
are worthy Of their gallant 1esder,..
.. As passed into the city, was struck with
tie gr at strength Of the place naturally. and
particularly with the commanding position
Of High Hill Font. / Ihhnddered as thought
Of the 1o,s Of lite that must hare ensued upon
an attempt to take the city By assault, The
rebels bad cannon planted along the ouly
1oad leading to the city from, this fort, and
would hare filed 1t with our dead, al the
English filled the sunken road Of Ohain st
Waterloo, with the slain OF the French cayal-
n. There are scores Of covered ways be-
tween the Notifications and the city, where
the road is cut through the hills, and where
the rebels; as they retreated into the city,
could hare moved down our troops. But,
thank God, that chnrge has been avoided.
TIE DAMAGE,
Of course, the first thing we all looked for
when we got into the city, was to see how
And here We Were al, think, disappointed.
Houses were not torn up as much as was an
tfcipatcd, and on inquiry 1t Was ascertained
that tho loss Of life from the cannonadipg
from Tie land, and the bombardment from
the river, was, comparatively, slight The
inhabttants Ind got 50 used to; dodgfng the
shells Of tbe mortar-feet, that they cared very
little, comparatively, for them. They feared
the cannonading from the army far more.
----- ----..---~. "A UNION MAN.
got acquainted with one Of the leading
Union men Of the place, A. Mygatt, Esq., to
| whom our officers had been referred BIZ Capt.
shur1ey, the proprietor Of the White House,
at High Hill Fort, whose eon had enlisted IN
our ranks and thus attested his Unionism and
that Of his family. From Mr. Mygatt I
learned that there was great deal Of Union
sentiment, not only among the citizens, but
a}so among the troops He says they fought
wc31-neTer did men fight better. He
| asserts that the loss in the trenches Was fear-
| fnl, md this is verified by what hare since
heard from the lips Of rebel officers. Citizens
we're often killed exposing themselves near
the Notifications, but not often when remain
ing at home.
TIE CAVES
Twas much interested in visiting number
Of caves built By wealthy citizens. The bluffs
Of Vicksbprg consist Of hard clay, which rem
dets burroWlng Of this kind very safe. Many
of these caves were p1auked overhead and on
the sides, and carpeted. In the more exposed
portions OF the city they only came out Of
their caves at mealtlmes, In less exposed
portions, they would use the cayes as occa-
eional p]aces Of shelter. These caves were
not SO uncomfortable, many Of them, az one
ntgns t,ng , suppose, especiaiig wnete there Was
Alonm some ~ tha 1nn;1' et1eats fuh1o - VI,
nesriE siI fsrted ~ hp a nsinn;t sGs.s Swc4 arc
Is cave every tfn or twelve feet, 60 that 1t
has been very tasy matter to dodge "whiat-
ling. Jack" rs the shells arc called, when
passing along the streets.
x.pnow rsc.,r,
11eor m ths most ,a,foh,o .r,,or,,r t.,&.
v,rtn1,a .nn-cas 4bot ent 1ze. hs11 iiolt
n.e. r1s+<rn ,uIs .N nos .Us ~ 1aA uo]en
fs,, Li1ieS hr onr =. r,a-shosJnat a., nase
and MISS Mary HoilI we're instontlr ' li,1ad HieGp
~ 1ha ih,ch vii nn,eca ~' eT she' MTaneea
sh1v Ala ira "i ban: ~ Rr euen, VIZ psuo-
~ ~ ~ HIuss 51 ~ -. aoaes "ns en-
ts.stagys r.,. sn enGu Aau nis ehlo oloHn
na1io,.5 sa,,a aaa" e ne1aas nauJ .nsance1 "nelo
:a 80. .u ayta snoe @tnu 6vuc outi1e!y tAtouen
wlrre a red hot shot had entered tbo second
story window and passed over the heads Of
group Of young ladies who had come out Of
their cave to change their wardrobe, iniuyiur
none Of them. TRere viii probably be ten ten
thousand stories Of narrow escapes to be told
by the Inhabitants here: and I hare no
dosbt that these narrow escapes have
been 20 many and 80 very narrow,
uaby Of them, that It Will bc many and many
q long year before the people Of this city, b.
free vote, wou1d decide to endure another
such siege. Whatever Of pleasurablo ex-
element there nav hare been in the ecena
during The carly days Of the bombardment.
ha. been, think may aafe1y saw, etIcctually
t:.plnJed out" and If the plous Viicksburgers
could have another appeal added to the Eta
nv, it would yery likely be this: aFrom an
,,fher Yankee hnmh2riment vnod I.nr1t d..
liver Us! ~ s'O3 111 >
x.ha .Ae1 ....a. 80 "1.Aa 49, .a1s1a. s.s.,,,
Ihe hFe Of the gunboats Is very considerable.
The whole back part Of some business blocks
Las been torn away. Hundreds Of thousands
ot dollars worth Of property has been dam
nEed and destroyed In this Way. The heaviest
damage done u this portion Of the city was
BY battery Of ritled cannon, placed directly
sspp1sne 1ne Guy, and which, before 1t could
os,ao " sneneso' oeS1o3ea -, me M 1oandly aud ma
,,a;Ted ordnance 'A0 Ae'e'' ee>'' Ano 1o'
,>,,,,r,,.n...
1nI foA.afioAiloSs'
The Notifications Of the city on the river
ride are exceedingly. formidable: The river
Of aaV es % In ha v1eeHs Of sooe opr
gunboata and trs2 sports. In the principal
streets leading to the river, trenches deep
enough for men to stand in, covered, are dug
from stdeWald to sidewalk, and b.eastworks
ttapd in tie pits and rake With Calling fire
A1s force coming up the streets, (which de-
ecend quite eteeply,l while cannon or muskat-
~ above them can corer them with an equal
IL effective fire. In fact. the taking Of the
city By 4 force landing from the river is, bv
1leee works, rendered next to Impossible.
The Engineer In charge Of tho construction
Of the rebel Notifications il one Of tho ablest
1ucn In the rebel army. Iii, name ia Locket,
aid Is graduate Of West Point. Tie entire
line Of works reflect great credit on his ablll-
now the consoling reflection left him that be
nas constsncted magnificent set Of fortiflca-
uune ~ ~ tno H. aso1 eno torcSs ol INC Toy.
to proceed at once to repair the Injuries dome M
TO them, and TO- "set this house In order" fur
tis tne 1eceps,on o. ahy 1oace tne soathern Con.
it. It Is lis STRONGEST Iort in Hmerie5a' 1'I'
TIE rYfEors OF p1onr1so,
Groups Of Union aud secesh soldiers NAV
be seen wherever there is shady place, the
unlun T., sora,vss e,r uRI ~ necn' gisng
u lard tack, which the Door yellow -iackets
,eeept with grateful looks. It is very much
IKE bank ot Goths 3 6estoWlng 2 grim f1 pat
FranSs fhe rehs viii reciine unon The rr.as
aud while mnnchlng the food our: boys give
them, tell What they "Ieckon is their loss,
our our s%haFpth6oters % killed I" right .mart', Of
taeir men. and how: they wish "we 'uns"
ana "yon ~ ms sn,e4a e9alo hase ths u Vat cn1sd
thoronrh1v hm n, ~ conanering 4 neonie x ~ wondsr.
fully Elective method Of maklpg them respect