The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-10

then fell cack upon Ban Anteaio HHesly
disorganizsd
After fort y days the rangers term of
service expired, and they joined Wallis
Texas Legion, commanded BY Col. T. L.
Wall. Almost immediately after, they
were sent to Mississippi, reaching vicks-
burg on the Sd Of September, 1859
From that time until the present, they
have been badly engaasd IN acontine serI
vice in Miss aissippi. When Col. (now
Geueral Lee led the advAncs or Grants
army from Grand Junction to Greasda,
Watt Legion, with Jackson's cavalry,
brough. up The rear OF the rstreating reb-
els, and participated in every skiEnish.
Douglass was 10 the battle Of Coffee
vile, aud stpod not ten feet from where
Col. McCull lough, of the 4,h Illinois cav.
airy, was m 1sYdered. He had surrender
ed, and viii 10 in custody, was shot by
the Donelsdn prisoners. The rebel loss
in that affair, be says. was about two hun
dred. One bstislion alone. OF Wallis
Legion, io4t one hundred and three
men.
With his command he went to Grena
da, where he joinsd Van Dorm i'd hisscst
ebatsd raid upon Holly Springs, partici-
pa,ing in th c yht At Davis Mills, and af-
terwards at M,ddleburgh, where be was
sorioAdy wounded After his return 10
Grenada, Gen. Pemberton needed the
services OF ! confidential scout and dis
patch bearer. and Douglass was selected.
He came 10 vicksburg in February. and
has remained there ever since.
, Gen. Penn pberton Was shut up in Vicks-
hurg and desired TO communicate with
Gen. Johnston. He looked around for a
. confidential agent, and could fnd none
whose fidelity va. less likely to 6e called
, into qnestipn than young Dosglss>' -
Douglass was willing, end the precious
: document was committed to bis hand.
4 This was Ii 4st Wednesday night Dress
i ed 10 the Rsrb Of a CIT zen, he ieft Vicks-
burg at niabtfali, aud reached the rebel
pickets at q III. Here he remained ill
daylight, when he was passed cot the
d lines, and sent on his perllous mission ---
Douglass Had long entertained the hope
that lie might one day free himself from
y the rebel ryice. aud join his friends IN
II Illinois. Here was his golden ppportuni
Z Is. aud he old not hesitate to embrace II
. With gres caution, SO as TO deceive las
q comrades within the fort, he plunged in
u te a dense thIeket. and sought deep ra-
. vtae ; and when well out Of range Of the
Is rebel pickdts, he called 10 our pickets and
d gave hims] II up prisoner Col. -
n of the 3i Iowa Infantry, turned him ose'
= 10 Gen. Ii umau, who, after little ques
'e tioning, ha nded him over TO Gen Grant
E. aud to hin he revealed his mission. and
10 gave the precious dispatch. The sub
s. stauee Of the letter VS.: An urgent de
= manl for help. Number of reinforce
G. ments required, 80. .0J0--adgisGng retrea
ms if be could not bring that number upoI
ID Grants repr within ten days humble o
ne troops in vicksburg, 18,o00--on hand
~ thirty days rations for the garrison, on
es meal day ammunition scarce, particu
larly gun caps. Douglass was fnrthe
rs instructed to ascertain the exact numbe
n, of John4ten's afmy, and report a
- speedily ab possible. Iv
~ lie desired 10 return home, and Gras
tn sent him up the river on the steamer Su
sir lana, Hf says there are. Il, 700 fghtln
-. men in Vlcksburg, commanded BY Gem
/ Psnbertoh. Stevenson. Reynolds. Bower
!, Forney, Morris, Lee sni NJ. l.. Smith,
l'' Pemberton is chief in command, and Q.
ceedingly unpopular. Itis surmised th
III. he thinks OF surrender. Referring
ere this. Bow en- said in his Douglass hea
6, ing, "thAt il Pemberton made the FIR
move tow ards giving up the city, he wou
hang hin as high as Hamxn.' The sv
dent policy Of Pemberton will be, VIII,
he is 20 is6ed that al hopes Of succ
from Johnston are gone, TO break o.
: through our lines on the left, and e
deayor to cut his way through to the B
:, Black. 4G
Il The damage to Vicksburg occasions
no by the fire OF our guns and mortars is il
;n. mense. He estimates that st least on
s ans fifth Of the city 10 destroyed. Up
- Wednesday 1t IL O'Clock, the Anamcs
-; loo women and. children we're, reported
AZ the provost Marshal's office, Who We
M ,ha killed by the explosion of our missiles
a. Ar different parts Of the city. Among the
ii 10 said I'd have been the wife Of Pembs
!. ten.
~ The depot and court house are b
J - slightly injur-d the jail Is nearly d
nm .-ns.d The largest magazine, contai
~" and mules are ~...--r .hs shot and sh
''oo Of fhessds burned. --.
,ohs On the day of tile assault. 1000 y
vAn kiild and wounded, including eight
nec'- Cloncls and 1t CoIon-is. The day
na ae ,r S4turday) Col r. N. Wall, Col.
y " Niiis, Col. Rfgley, Mi Cameron. Al
y 70 Williams, Adj Parker. Capt. Hoge
VERY Capt Stahl all officers OF the Texas
gerdd gion-were seated chatting pleasantly
e the shade at the angle of the fort oppo
4 ang Logan's heavy battery, when shell {,
thee it exploded in their midst and killed II
iren all. Wall aud Willis were literally biz
.nd in fragments.
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as- PuRs UT OF PLEAsuRg. We smile
ting tthe igIsrsnce OF the savage who u
down the tree in order to reach its fru
g TO but the fact is, that blunder of this
Val scription is, made BY every person ,
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