Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-22


/ teas hsaaqHaztsns, and at tea s'cloek Hassssn-
/ ger wsat iato the Fsasral lines with dspssGsss
/ irsa PsHhsrlon
! On Saturday merHiBZ A eirs1lar fr8ua thu lien
tansat-seneTar esmBanding annoauced shs sur
seRder Of the city, asd tie terms Of caPitBstisn
80 isiiswa; The entise f1rca Of CeaisdaTals
tfaops were te surrender as prisoners Of war, to
sae United States army, Ual-r General Grant,
tae Whsle array, iaeIudiEg the generals, wsrs 10
se iesassia'e'y saroled sai sent int oar lines (;
ali effsers we're 70 re;sia shef arms sll mount
e ottesrs to have tie privilege Of riding ont;
private properly 70 bs respected, aBd all partes
Wsetker citlzens sT not, conuseted in any way
vita tbs army, were 60 be allowed the privilege
! sf leaving the Federal lines On parole. Al sn-
Euatisn, stores, ssid arilerB &os sievs gaus
were to be sHTrsH3orsd 70 the United Slstes
array, as we'll as ell smsl arms in eEr pos
session.
On Saturday mersiug at hall past eleven
e'sleer, the mes having stacked their arms,
marched tTsm The breastworks they hsd staad
behind EifA augh hereic vslar f5r aosriv swo
a9ntss. Seen after, the YsHkes array corr
R1eneea pouTiBe ints- the tswn--in the sDzcs Of
Hlteea Minutes the city was cramns5 with ths.a
--aHd tkeR began scene Of pilsgiag. Houses
saa stores were brskeh oBea snd tbe centguts
appreciated by ths Yankees In justice ts
Sea. 6rsnt, 1 would say that as saoa IS com
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al the bail3iHgs that had been broken eseu.
SsoR after entering the city, the Stars and
ssfipes were hsgled up on the s2ira Of the Court
h9Hse, smid Toe exIl-ug shouts 9f the Yanlea
sS.sisTs, sad the dssPcSs feeling Of humiliGtisa
en- the psr! Of the Csatelerases.
Tbs Confederate army remaiEs1 ia the city
Ter one week, during which time repeated 6Ehts
tsek plBss on the streets between oar moa and
tho Ysnkees-maRy o. Whsm were very i9sRli-
ing sad ful sf tsuntiRg Iemarks on the down
fall Of eur Gibraltar.
Oa Saturday, ths Ilth Of July, AZ absut y
eeleek, the CsHfedsrats army, hayinF bseB pa.
relad, teak sp its line Of march frsm FicksbaFg,
sad arrived At Big Back that evening. IL vss
q solsmB Aad imposing departure. Tears were
sees eeRrsiRg the cheeks sf many Of eur tr0ePs,
and ever ans eRan the men would turu back 70
take one last lesk at the city they ha5 50 well
and RVbly defended. Ga Tuesday m8rHiug the
tTeoPs esnmenesd arriving ct Brandon, where
it is anticipated they viii rsmsis fer a few days
Thus iell ths ely Of FicksbErg after an eEsti-
nsto aRd heroic dsfenss Of foIty-seven days,
f0Fty-tEo Of whish the Confederate army had
subsistea or OasqggTtsT rsilsns. TIE city is
Rsw ia tho hands ef the invaders, yst is fall
adds net $50 single laurel 20 thsir wreath ef vic
terry. s5arva5joR succeeded ia doisg what the
.TaHkes srny could never have done, and
Though ths resEl5 was reverse 10 tho Co1f53-
crate srEss, WheR fixture historians shall speak
Of the sisgo Of Vieksburg, the memory ef the
gallant men wko bgTed their bessus with Wu-
finishing s,mness to the storsl of shst and shell
poured uPs2 them, viii Shine with lUstsr Of
unsurpassed HsagRif senes All honor 70 them
Nsbly hsvs they sustained the Southern nGme,
and in thsr fsll rsb5ej the enemy of single
Slain OF vistsry!