The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-07-23
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Correspondence Of the N. Y. Times.
Snyder's Bluff, Miss, June 90.
Putting up for the night in the camp
Of the Eighth Iowa, we visit the works
in front Of General II. b. Kwing's bri
gade. and where was planted the second
Iowa Battery, consisting Of six guns and
3O-pounder Parrotts-Captain Nelson,
Y. Spoos Chief Of artillery on Gen.
TnstlesS Ssaif, First Lieutenant J. X.
Reed, commanding battery. They arc
just getting the PARROTS in position to
cnfiladc traverscs the enemy are erect.
ing in rear Of distant bast:on. Lieu
tenant Z. Heddington, Thirtie,h Ohio,
Abide Camp of Brigadier General H.
3. Ewing, who commands the pickets
at this point, conducted us up the saps
to within five feet Of the rebel soldiers
"There," said he pointing to boys re-
clining against large gabion, "do you
see our boys leaning against that
gabion? Well, about five feet from
them, and leaning against the opposite
side, are the rebels r BY running the
gauntlet OF rebel lead that flew reckless.
~ all around us, we succeeded in reach
ing the spo: pointed out. Our men
some Of the Fourth Virginia had
laid aside their guns, and selzed
weapon more powerful than the sword
as also had the rebs, and which each,
Judging from the billets sent and resent
was welding with his greatest dexieritv.
We introduced the exercises with the
following: "How is rations ?'-tied the
telegram to bullet and tossed il over
the bank. Tn a moment we received
the following:
We have plenty Of rations. Throw
over some United States crackers and
We will throw some buiscuits.
(Signed)
p A S.
We replied: "IIerc's The hard tack
throw ne the buiscni,. We have soft
bread twice day, Boston and United
States crackers FOR dinner, a pleasant
place, and wish you'd come over and
share the luxuries with u.s. fastened to
the cracker and threw it over the
bank. We received the following in
reply:
81 would not hesitate a moment to
come, but in so doing l would be ex
posed to the fire Of your sharpshooters.
| would like to c,me over and have a
chat with you. We do not shoot at
your pickets. One Of our pickets was
wounded last night by one Of your men.
The buiscuit didn't come. We then
to trade knives, and as the
sequel will SHOW completely ''blufed'
p. A. S."
"Throw over your knife and let us
SEQ it. We will send it back if it does
not suit. We will not send an interior
one-P. A. S." The knife was thrown
over, but lodged on the bank. Some
of the boys hallooed, and told them
that there was knife on the bank, and
that if the'd crawl up and get it, they
would not shoot. After while they
got it, and received the following.
Il send back the knife. We just
found it. 1t is worth more than any
that we have. Address your notes and
packages =. A. S."
We then sent him cigar, and a
series Of questions in regard to the STU
alton in and about the "Scbastopol Of
America" and received for reply the
following:
81 cannot answer the questions which
you ask. Much obliged for the cigar.
Did not get the cracker. Plenty of
grub. "A. S."
When he learned that We were re-
porters, he seemed very anxious to OK
change papers, and sent the following:
"Will you be kind enough to throw
us over paper, and this evening we
will throw over one in rcturn.-P.
A. S."
We told him that We be glad to com.
ply with his request, but that there was
an embargo against 1t.
Lieutenant Sage, Company G, twenty
sixth Iowa, also met and corvcrsed with
Acting Adjutant Collins, Thirtieth
Louisiana regiment, who came over the
works, and remained an hour and a
half He considered the Vicksburg
garrison already - good as prisoners,