The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
WHOLE NO. 354.
CAMr 3Sth Iowa Vols. }


| Eds. Times II pencil you few lines
in the midst of great mirth and publication
the like of which believe was never seer
before and never may be witnessed again
We heard yesterday of the negotiations
for surrender, and eagerly watched for the
hour of 8 O'Clock a. n, the hour appointed
for the surrender Of Pemberton, or the most
terrific cannonading and assault o; the en-
tire siege.
The hour came at last and no flags or
guns greeted the eye or ear. Half past s
o'clock and all is silent yet. The omnous
stiffness excites eager discussions which are
suddenly settled by the running up of white
flags all along their lines. "Hurrah Vicks-
burg is ours" is now the cry along the
Union columns.
I climbed tree to get better view
Such sigat. 1t r>paid me for all the
hardships | have endured in the rear of
Vicksburg hundred fold, and wc have
seen some pretty tough times. Our resi-
ment does not now report 900 men fit for
duty, notwithstandin; when we came here
we had 800, and have only ha three kill.
cd
But | must give you faint idea--poor
compared with the reaity--of what | saw
from the tree. A little to the right was
the brave Gen. Logan at the head of his di.
vision, commencing his march into V.cks-
urs to take formal posses sion Of the city.
Onward he goes, marching to the beat of
soul stirring music. Now he reaches the
rebel works; the rebels are in line outside
their forts; their arms stacked; they give
themselves up as prisoners; he enters the
fort, and instead Of the despiSed rebel rag,
that so long waved there, he hoists the
Stripes and Stars. Does not our old flag look
more beautiful on the 18th Of July, than
any other day? think it does. But if
you could have seen it as it floated over the
conquered city, you would have thought it
never looked so beautiful before Flag af.
ter fag was raised, until from every hill,
and from every high building in the city,
floated the glorious old h,g Of our Union
and our liberties.
The gunboats now sent forth their thun.
der; the steamboats, set up the darndest
whistlng you ever heard. They tolled
their BELLS and started on a race for Vicks-
burg. About 40 of them started in the
race, but don't know which one got there
first. 1t was fine sight to see them com,
ing down the river, and the gunboats going
up, firing as they went along, and the
steamboats, whistling and tolling their bells
until the reached they city.
The feeling Of the boys was wrought up
TO the highest pitch Of excitement. They
went about bowling and hooting, and if
you could have seen them you would have
thought us fit inmates for an insane asy.
lum.
1t is reality that Vlcksburg i: taken,
and with it thirty thousand prisoners -fif-
teen thousand of those are efficient men
ana mt Tor duty. They have lived four
days on mule meat, and that only skin and
bones. Sixty thousand stand of small
arms; eight siege guns, and eleven NOR
tars, and large amount of ammunition
received copy Of your paper this
morning, by which see you int ,nl having
a high time o. it on the 4th. Pitch in, we
don't envy you. W. have had merry
time of it ourselves, although we have not
been able to get a drop to take all day,
until just now. As luck woull have it,
friend has just popped into our tent, from
home on furlough. lie took out from his
haversack a battle of old Rouf's best, OF
Clermont. 1t has now been round several
times, until we feel like conqucrors, and as
happy as kings.
Yours, in haste,
La PAGE.