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

~ ..'' w 'Eo 'A lynx htLS uul lNcfe. Nien
"tleh'o dy siumps vi arms or stnmps Of legs,
inst Il arc here 100 aud sick aud
wo'a o" er' constantly coming in, while
ol'rt poor fellows are going ont III rough,
rnpnnied Collins, 20 their long Umos. AID
around, above. and 'hroegh these hospitals.
shoi and shell are vhi2zng and burstipg AZ
all times dnrmg the day aud night; for the en-,
tmy have force enough 10 relieve their men.
and the batteries are ~ work day aud night
with 'he nope OF killing oUr meu when they
come ani from under tie cover of the hills And
trenches 10 b-eslhc and exercise a line at
night.
Still there was liule tnu,murng bnt Lere
were mary anxious inquiries after General
Johnston, aud no mes could answer them.
Hope long deferred mskeh sick the heart
Ga the second day Of Jnly Dnr bacon aud -four
both gave ont and still there Was no hope Of
relief. Under these circumstances gen Penn
berion aud his Genen'A determined "a open
negotiations ion "a capiulatiou. On the MORN,
i0g OF the bird race was announced, aud
she iwo armies lhnl Tor iorly eight days had
beeu epgaged III such deadly conflict met aud
shnoE hands. ga ihe morning of the fourth,
the white hAg was hang ouJ Then came me
anxious enquiry: Whal are tiie terms of su.
rende, and the welcome answer hat we were
to he paroed rnru followed HE solemn sad
surrender q our a,ns and The hearty vicio
rious toe marching iHto lhs city. 4 was a
sorroNru day to our boys, aud saw many OF
them shed iesrs when they stacked their aimee.
This amy had deserved better fate, but lnl...
management had scaled lis doom With a
bomiiilul supply Of riod which might easily
have been obtained last tall, Nicksbmg would
mol have fallen, YET it's fall was a rehei-o re.
lief 10 The worn down and enk ebed system
aud vet il was ouly lie relief that the fond
mother receives after she has watched aud
prayed Tor weeks by he bed size of her alex
child and al last receives rest and qniel 10y
coussuiug its body to.he grave aud ils soul
to The care Of the good Father.
Our captors were very kind tons and in
mediately furnished Us with abomtiiul suppl,
Of whoosome provisions For the first day
the two armies were ou HE beet oi terms but
Il docs not take twenty -four hours for ,he
yankee TO show his nature. A gallant young
officer Of the phrty,irst Alabama Regiment,
lost sight OF his waiting boy on The morning OF
the hllh, and started ont to look him mp
Waking down by the river he stepped on board
ola yankee boat and was halted by his own
negro, who had in this short space OF time
been dressed up IN euil Of blue amed
and plOced on guard duty IN the yankee army.
could give many instances Of this kind, bnt
suffice it that Grants army ot Western men
eQualise Themselves with the negro and justify
bis enlistment to fight against his master !
Eneed not add that The army OF Vcksbmg by
witnessing these hrngs has had its Southern
blood stirred and lis slroug arms nerved with
new resolves to fight uni This war j. ended
by an honorable peace.
Daring The siege Gen Haugln's Fonuessec
brigade occupied position on the left where
the enemy pressed very hard npon our lines
aud The gallant General and hia mountain boys
acted throughout the whole siegs with the
N al admirable daring. Gen. laughn's brig
ade suffered very heavily at The battle Of the
Big Black bridge ne was Ieft to bold chat
position with a very small force and wOs flank
ed without any ant OF his and had all his men
captured except about ak or seven huudIed
livery oue speaks e Vaughn ard his men IN
terms Of admiration Gen, Reynolds brigade
occupied the right center Of Gen. Stepheneon's
division which occupied he right Of tho in~
lrepchments around Nicksbmg. Gen. Rey"
Inolds position wa, very strong one, and was
not pressed very hard so that Inc loss IN his
bagade was not very heavy, except IN Col
Gllespios Forty bird Tennessee Regiment
which was on reserve. and was, Ike all the
other reserve troops, run from point to point
as they wore needed, and Of comse lhey were
very much exposed and suffered heavily. The
Forty third Tennessee was in The ihi,kest Of
the fight when The enemy charged on the 22d
of May, and acted very CALAMITY. Tennessee
has no OCCASION 10 blush Tor The conduct ofbeT
troops 81 Nicksburg for They al acquitted
themselves WIN honor.
| lhave now written too much end yeie vol
Iune would not Tell The interesting ecenea and
incdeuts Of This loug and terrible siege.
have kept diary Of all the most interesting
facts and incidents aud may write more V ib'o
does not weary you. would like TO describe
onr uarcf from yilksburg " Ibis lace, bnt
have neither time nor disposition 10 do 80 nov.
Oppeffs
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