The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-25


he Neglected. hi. " Nound.d.
We ask our readers TO carefully peruso the
following letter Of corresr oudeat of irs New
York Times, written from Grants Ilcadqaa,-
ters before Vicksburg. in 'whic'. .e writer
ccoIIy a4smpts 10 Justify Graot for m"rciess-
ly sacri Pg the lives of his men knowing be-
tore hanH what ,he result worii be, 0n'y 10
appesae the ciamors of ihe iSroi ant masses
Nurt. The Ewes of forty ihodsaud mel IL
cred up as a sac fco upo, ihc ala: of ,,c T.
$ ~ ueisni. This man vas a viliauous po' !.
ca! ,:emasogue before the war and sc ms u h..
the same i,.' 'ciau = ;li
*.* .eopie may be disrc Il to ,iut'
.sut. becs.r. Ger. T. ;.ut ,erotted hIs astn ',
AIMS, 'aie vi - al Jci.SJrfs, lu-ieau 81 81:
once ptoreeo src uuon tue sairt plan q. idv,a1
s.elc TO r.le place III iut.a. AVE bet ..t.i-
doubt thi; Gen Gca"l kuew ve,y wei brcce
max M, The first as->,nt 'tai i!ie place
fpregrab,e to cNetvicI = save teS Gar a -
prUac.ies bnt yct pu;t!'c up:u on. III u measure
co n, ei.u him 10 hase the atiact IL Toe pre
cise Daru.r that TIE ID. Had he placed II
rmv before these Wei: ard commeucod s't
foi .rai iute.tpea,, week v'ovid ''ct havn
elapsed De lore ball the people and .wo lbi,de
OF the psess o. tne Nursh wou,c have beeu
growing at nis nwarfan. abe deiv, acd lave
been wet assured rat the rebei to.ce before
uIm WAS hait s;aSyed aud ieeiie IN number
that Inc works were of no s,enyti, the gone
were al, wooden, a,,d a ttinu.~ao othet ~ -
OF The I'd uscsa' uuder simso circumstances
Goa. Cfaot p.obao'r ioie- is, a"d da
tel inti.,ed 10 put n oo.etus u. L al She vc'v
be- .ruio,. He kuew that The sape ;eote
a-,d me same joo.na toat lave becn + u"'g
tiaI VicksoJ~s WAS oi no cngil, n ..oa!,
IT. Il ils s4tr'son wac demora'Z .aod Us GOA
81 r,is sna.n aud VITO tad peTo's ca''"
GigeI nra removal occaosc he Odd not al once
la I'd ms otcts ~ ,ont ot ,he tow and secufe
tpe ,,tace, would ,.uew TIER c'a,por he very
ipstant tivy iCund he lad de,e'a'' .ed rppl
Io,n,a, ,ivee, ,,Dens OF N'ct 30 g--N CT nrrS
was weak III tror /. ;.uG, OF ursc, J, Woud be
oi no acooeu, III the rear--G.apt was tiu"d
not equai to Tho p,sst.ion--awsy W. Ia b'U.
Gr;.ot SuOk 100 oG'y possi Die course lett hjn
20 fores,ail it,s seDseiess ciamor. He movcd
al once upOi ,he enemys o works AND wac te.
pulsed; tut as, i,oil some U'snnde rs,Aating ,
only por,ion Of his torccs bad par r.icpared
il The ;., sacK, he kuew Inc country wooId not
be SATISFIED, and ESQ he tried It again. THIS
tne a coirnn twelve miles ia leug-A, aud
nupbefng ,housahcs ny tie score, was pre-
|crpita,ed against ine Gibraltar def.uces ~
iront OF them AS was expected. II met w d
la Gloooy aud overwhelming repose, and-'be
The cG.:u ', attcr hearing ,his, aud learning
that III .tIe experiments We lost from .b~cc 20
five ,liotrauu inen, without, IN q .iy,s Q III
s,aucc havi,tS Iu..dc the eii, isio, sici
upou Ibe isb~i works. wiIi likely 10 ai'ow
.iIe colpuRtdcr IA c'l'ol 10 r.doce Vicxs.u,g
~ l,'s ovo way. Our heavy loss, al .er Two
uus Jccrs,lr aIteD. .J.s 10 carry ,pe ivbel works
by siorm ~nl copv'',cc people that, u N,cts
be-. 3 very weak ia olt i. does so: have
H. !. dcfe4:t ~ ihe rs:a; and iurtbcrmore that
,be reoel garrison ~ Deither weak, demorai q
ed nor Starved, and that it's gurs ire'cad o.
being 'Cvarke-s, are veriaue Pa,rs. and
CouIp pb'aJs, at once commanding, in pcs..,ci
and nunei oUs as 10 Guan,ny, ana ~h.ch al
any moDeDt are be t. Till The air with u seu,~
pest OF oea,h into which no sioimbg parry
cali enter aHJ live. From this time onward
the people will be wiIIirg to wait wish greater
than usual pa,eUce tLe slow process OF reduc
ing ihis place..
The wounded, or many Of them, aud the
killed OF last Thursday, were not brought OF
the field irl; the afternoon OF Tie succeeding
Monday. II is scarcely necessary 10 add thag
whep parties went over the held the pro.
portion OF me living 10 the dead was lei ribiy
small In this hot climate lew men will he
uuder q s;orchtug SOU, WITHOUT ,ood, water aud
medical attendance. and survive u wound three
days. 70. ii,is reason very few of those .ounG
were alive but lew, II any, wilt recover
Way ,bey not brought away souaer
c: uiIot ;e J. Aiter the tiIst Assault the rebel.
Lot only flowed our men to come upon the
ground aud cary OH the wounded, but they
assisted ns by rendering in person many at.
tentious To these WHO i.l' close to tiieir works
After The second assau,, however, they re
iused 10 aIiow any Que TO cone upon the field
Surgeons, who approached with white flag.
III their hands, were bred upon, until finally
Tue attempt had TO be abandoned The re ,els
Cannot Lee blamed Tor this, nor firing upon tn.
ysurgeons who approached with white flags,
,or this reason--ti,at during these times our
lines did not cease their belhgerent operations
but kept up constantly O. fire from the ba cries
aud shar arfsneoIers.
Finally IL was determined To ask for Tho
privilege of caring tor our men, whIcA. ruLer
The rapid operation Of red tape. was agreed
upon i.r -i.e space of four aud "a half hours
commeiDc' pg al 4 O'Clock on the a:tcr,oou ol
Monday. and u,en aud the rebe : came
together and ning.ed freely IA eacl. o.!ei
during the tue, aud chat inviaHy and
socially with each other 40 hey wvr. com.
pauio.s In arms, INSTEAD of deadly { e.eio:cs
and they showed formidable avera.c "A ~
numbers, and seemed to be- III respect 10 star
vaiion ard de.ncralza, lou, qui,e as utlie al
iccied our own iroops
The rebels are interchangeable in their etT,r,s
to strengthen their works. Every mo-n;rg
reveals ghe erection "!a new work, the reDair
irg an old one, OF 'he lar.,iuc of batteries
IN hew io,i.ions. Iest Jay moruic. they
astorIshec our torces oG e right by oren,n,y
upon them with two new suns-ore a sn,o,,h
md o;h rif. o.l