Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-05-26
FROM Vicksburg.
vlcKsBuRe. Mss, MAY 5th, Is

VlcKsBuRe. Mss. May 5;h. 1864.
EpIroR REruBLrcAy:-I arrived here tn
Sth Of April. 1864. anu thinking you
readers would like to hear from this por
tion of rebeldom occasionally proceed t,
write You brief letter. But FIRST. ALLOW
me to relate an incident or two tha, oc
Cured on my journey here from Marshal
county. At Cairo. where I was dclaye,
a day, | went aboard the Gladiator. bount
for yicksburg; stopped a short time a
Memphis. Abou, % miles below thelat
ter place we were fired into by a band o
guerillas from the Arkansas shore. causing
considerable excitement amongst the pas
sengers aboard. but there were none seri
ously injured. x.G as.5
arriving at vicksburg was Happy
to meet my old friend. Lieut.. James F.
Mccoy. at the Washington Hotel. lie
was formerly. citizen Of your town. L be
lieye. He is now 1st Lieut.. and A. A.
@. NJ. of'Convalcscent Camp. having been
detached from his company for this duty
last January, by order of Gen. McPher-
SON. / found him looking we'll. iaBd was
glad to learnfrom his own lips that he had
never enjoyed Better health since he enter
ell the service. lie is an efficient officer
and highly esteemed BY all who know him
On enqniry l learned that my regiment
hal pulled up stakes at Snyder's Bluffs,
and removed their camp to this place. in a
very pretty location. but we have moved
again ioya much nicernplaee on Cherry
street. / found the health of the officers
and men of our reg siment good. as gene
raj thing. there being but few sick. The
regiments of A. d. are now designated as
United States coIored troops. The ll,h
Lou. is now called the 49th T. S. q. l.,
by order ofthe Secretary Of War. ''i go
. In regard to news there is nothing OF
great importance, more than i suppose
you viii have heard before this reaches
You, but i will relate a little incident that
occurred short time since at Snyder's
Blnf1.. at 9. verturc. A large force start
I'D up to Yazo city on scout but was or
dered back for some cause. "A nnmber Of
cotton SPECTATORS accompanied the expe-
dition; one Of them. a citizen of Chicago
became very much excited because he:
could not get his cotton; called the hi ok
troops towards, aud said he wished they
and their officers would meet the same
fate the negro troops dill at Fort Pillow.
This was too much. The Ulcers could
not stand such SANDER and defamation
from one who was evidently worse than
rebel. so they held 4 drum head court
ma,tial and sentenced him ,toYbs hung.
which wss no quicker said than done-
The rope being ready he ~as thauled up
telegraph pole. and they left him pulling
hemp instead of cotton. .4aHO
We have now q new post commandant,
GEM Slocun. who relieved Gen. MePher-
son. He took command the 25th of last
month and called in all the outposts that
were stationed arsund here. at Black Riv-
er and Snyder's, Bluff. He says he was
not sent here to guard cotton plantations.
but to hold Virksburg. The forces here
are amply sufficient for that purpose; one
half Of them are colored troops. The reb.
81. Gen. R'ss. withaa large cavalry force
has been pr,wling about the country in
this sicinity. but we. do not fear an attack
upon the place. as we are aLle to defend it
from an assault by any force likely to be
brought against it.sssAn expedition start.
ed up to Yszo1ciiy the 4rh yinst.,s the OBJ.
jsct of which is not publicly known jso
We have been having very pleasant
weather since my return. the days being
quite warm and nights cool. l.v6ase le1 ),
ss Very Respectfully. Yours. &C.. li5ea
- ssf- 80 JoS. PIoKERL. 1st Lieut.us
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