New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-27
\ Military Voyage from Cairo 10 the GnIf


The future tourist in search of lands made
cussic by halOwod blood spilled In the defense u
human liberty, and Of spots whore heroic yaOr put Of
thc mortal and PCT on immortality VIII not wander I,
tie rocks AID hills Of glorious old Greece. Neither vii
lie seek among the stored nrns AZ the ApIia8 High
way for the names and memories OF Gods great but
wandering aDng The banks Of own majestic river
find batte-iields before whose gury TheTmOpyie and
riarrnso, AusteTz and Salamis pale as stals In the
NOOnday sur.
Taking voyage from the grand base Of Union opera
fiOns-litc eaith-bcgotten but water born Car0-tAe
reader will wander with Us down the stream; and
rnong these holy spots first pause OF Belmont IN
which plncky little Grant drew his maiden sword.
Here we ate at Columbus the most nOrthcry point ever
fortified by the Rebels and VI whose frOwning baitle
ments" We heard 80 Iauch. but which accom-
pshed 50 little. Winding around Volts Island. We
pause at Hickman. famous in the history OF raids
and through whose streets the harrow o: war has been
60 relentlcssly drawn.
Then we come 10 Island No. TO- whose marvellous tale
cannot b. forgotten. and where Col. Bssei, acting
under orders from Gen Pope made the notable detour
which circumyeted the Rebels. the first Union hy.
draulics Then New Madrid in whose glorious
record il written tho evidence that day lost may yet
be- won. and that even willie fragment Of lis army
remains a general should not give up.
Running down the stream upon whose fiat banks and
sandy shores 10 General could nope build any point
Of strategic value We recas that neat, naval tight
fought IN June lsGS which the citizens OF Memphis
watched from their leyce in which gunbosts put to
flight the fleet Of the Rebels but in which we lost Com
m0dOre Ellcf the older whOes gunbOat schemes were
The laughing stock of thousands who pay grateful
homage TO the grHius they could not comprehend Here
Is Memphis and Fort Pickering, and works 30 strong as
almost TO defy attack
over yoHier is where stood the pleasant village
Of Greenyle; nov few blackened chimneys are all
THAT mark the spot standing like blasted monuments
guerrilla vengeance The writer well remembers the
pleasant February morning on which Gen. Hurlbut
gave INC fatal order 20 burn out Greenyille and tho
eaucy httn Secesh widow who gave the Captain tina.
executed the order matches 10 fire her cosy homestead
SAYING, iheIe. you nasty Yankee. you See / aini
Look down the river and You see Inst peering above
ths water at the end Of Presidents Island the wreck OF
Hhe Beauregrd, tie first Rebel gunboot
This Is Helena, that sink OF cotton ininuity
There Is Lake Providence where MORO soldiers
tnnde so glorious record, fighting hand hand and
'eottofoot on ground made slippery with the blood OF
che conflict.
We see the deep and torpid current OF the Yazco
She red mans river OF death which now also baS II,
stories Of white mems struggles and sdyentures Go
Few miles up in It's sluggish stream See thai diuna
cypress swamp ind remember that while the wo,ll
sang Gloria In Excolsis' in honor OF che new horI
Savior. these Smith made HIS gallant, bloody ehayoe
over Chiotssaw, saying 70 Sherman when ts orde,
nifty" Heaven knows, few sane living non ~
sisughtsrpeD.
Over yonder Is Milrkens Bend. another SPOT vbep.
negro blood was poured ont like water. We lId y,o
peuse at the mouth Of tho Arkansas. ~ 10 -
stresm who're McClernnnd wrcstcd victory rom deSsot
aud revived the droopdng spirits OF eur dssposAias
forces. Give prnyer for tho gallant dead Aaa az
buried doug that monster channel house reaching fror
the bend to Young's Point-4 miles. There they LAY
thick planted all along that vee. Bid the souls Of thos
heroes reqEiescot in pace.
This. then is Youngs Point where Gen. Grants arm,
was stationed, and from which lie patiently planned
and operated against the then oontumaoious strong