The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-07-31
THE SURRENDER OF PIT. HUDSON
Full Particulars Of the Event.

from the New York Express |

from the New York Express
We have, by the Thomas A Scott. from
New Orleans, I2,h, some additional facts
of interest concerning the capitulstion Of
this Confederate stronghold. The surren
der. it seems. was rendered to Gen. Banks
on the 9 h. Immediately on hearing that
Vickshor, was ou-s. was difficult for
the rebels to believe "a Vicksburg had
indeed fallen. Perhaps his difficulty was
strengthened BY III. fact that the surren-
der of Port Hudson depended in some de-
gree upon that of yicksburg. But curiosi-
" increased, and at length, toward even
ing on the 7'h irst.. resolved upon know
ing The truth Of the rumor which had
epread throughout their lines, an officer
raised himself above the works, and called
aloud TO one Of the Union officers, asking,
What are you making all that noise
about ~ The answer was, g Because we
have taken Vickaburg" The rebel officer
was as doubling as lad been some o. bis
soldiers before him. lie insisted upon not
believing the news, and on being asked
what testimony he would accept Cd the
subject 50 as to be convinced of its truth
he responded. " Nothing but copy Of
the dispatch. or some trustworthy author
i;y." The Union officer then procured a
copy of Cen Grants Official dispatch. and
passed it over tlo parapets to him. assu-
ring him At the same time, on tie honor
OF soldier, hat the dispatch was genuine,
as he had copied it with his own hand =
Having real tie little document, the rebel
officer said lie was satisfied Of its truthful
ness, and believed it useless for Port uud-
son 10 try TO hold out longer.
The night passed awa1; the rebels had
eaten their last crusf they had eaten up
their mules and were entertaining them
selves to the savory dish OF dead rats. -
They we're in short, out Of provisions, and
would probably have surrendered the po>
sition At Any rate before MANI days. The
dispatch from Gen. Grant, which the: had
read, hal been studied hv Gen. Gardiner,
and At two O'Clock the next morning, the
9Th inst, pariey was sounded from the
an officer came out with dispatch from
Gen Gardiner. asking on what terms A
surrender would tie accepted,
As soon as possible Tie message was ia
ken to Ger. Banks headquarters, aud in
due time an answer was returned to the
effect that non- hgt An unconditional SUR
render would he accepted. The terms
were accepted By Gen. Gardiner, and a
,hort time was asked to make the necessa-
~ arrangements. Twenty -four hours
were given for that purpose, but Genera,
Gardiner was really in shorter time than
that, for at twelve o'clock. noon. on the
S'E of july. our forces entered into Port
Hudson, the No. | Gibraltar of the Miss
i.sippi.
As the vic'ors entered, they found The
rebels all drawn up in line of battle with
arms stacked in front of them, and the
hungry sobiiers Of General Gardiner were
soon well fed from the c0inmiesariat of he
Union army, from which 5000 ra,ions
were drawn. Tire number Of rebel sold
ieFs drawn up in line, when the surrender
took place, was about 4 900 In addition
TO this number there were about 500
sick and wounle.!; the wounded number
ell abou; 800 The wounds are generally
very severe in the head, and by the bullets
OF our sharlShooters. Oar batteries had
done great deal Of damage, having de-
slroyed an immense amount Of stores =
The United STATE. flag was run up a. O.
clock on Thursday morning, the oh inst.
and was sau'ed Is the fleets above and
below the position There had been terri
BE sickness in the garrison, and almost
total de,titution Of medicine. They suf-
fered terribly from this cause. There was
good supply Of ammunition, all of which
fell into orr hands
Gen Gardiner the recent rebel cnmman-
der Of Port Ilud-on, is adeserter from the
United State. army.