Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02

ern Department, Lieut.. Mcpherson
was promoted to the rank of Captain
and assigned to the Staff of Gen. Hal
leck as chief engineer. When Gen
Grant moved his army up the Tennes
see, Gen. Mcpherson was made q
Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to
the Staff Of Gen. Grant and here
commenced that strong friendship
which now exists between them. II
the summer of 1862, be was made 9
Brig. General of volunteers, and Mill
tary Superintendent Of Railroads. In
the Autumn of 1862 he was commits
stoned as Maj. General, and assum.
ed command Of the Right Wing of the
18th Army Corps. This position he
held until the army was reorganized,
when he assumed command of the
l7th Army Corps. In February, 1868,
no moved his Corps to Lake Provi.
dence. Here he was ordered to open
a canal, from the river into the Lake.
This was done, but the plan was new
er operated upon. 1t served, howev-
er, in clearing the woods of guerillas,
by inundating them with water.
. In April, the General moved his
Corps from Milliken's Bend to Hard
Times, and one Division of the 18th
Corps. participated in the fight at
Port Gibson. On the 18th day of
May, Gen. Mcpherson met and defeat.
ed the rebel Gen. Gregg, at Raymond,
and on the l4th. he whipped General
Johnson, and captured jackson, with
10 pieces of artillery, and hoisted the
Stars and Stripes over the rebel State
House. On the 10th he fought and
won the bloody battle Of champion
Hills" Here, when Hovey's Division,
unable to Withstand the superiority of
numbers broke and fell back, General
Mcpherson massed all his artillery,
and opened furious FIRE of grape and
canister, at short range, upon the reb-
ell centre. At the same time he order.
ed Gen. Crockcr to recover the lost
ground at all hazards. His move
ments were successful and the rebels
were defeated. At tVicksburg he held
the centre and was in front of the
celebrated Fort Hill, which he blew
up and stormed. He was one of the
Generals selected by Gen. Grant to
witness his conference with Pember-
ton and Bowen, and his troops were
allowed the honor Of first entering the
captured city, and running up the
good, old flag over the dome of the
Court House. lie was assigned to the
command Of the District of vicksburg,
and while there made himself unpopu-
lar with the inhabitants in consequcce
of sending four ladies' outside the
lines for leaving church while the off,
ciating clergyman was praying for
the President. 9st'if@
March 26th, he assumed command
of the Department and Army of the
Tennessee, and is now pressing 10.
johnson. good and strong. For his
services in the Vicksburg campaign,
he was made q Brigadier General in
the regular army.
In person Gen. Mcpherson is about
six feet one inch in height. aud will
weigh nearly two hundred pounds.
He is remarkably strong and active,
and is an expert boxer. He has black
eyes, and in their depths
!" 4 penetrating. keen and sly .. .....
oppression .fnds its home s''
He has black whiskers and mustache,
q fair complexion, and a most decided.
ly pug nose, yet, Notwithstanding this,
he is o handsome man, and when ap-
on his horse lie is the personifcatiou
of soldier. He il accounted one ol
the best horsemen and swordsmen in
the army.
He has an extraordinarily large
hand and foot; yet is an excellent
dancer. very polite and affable. He
has. when not excited, o smooth pleas.
ant voice, but which, when under ex.
element, is quick and somewha,
harsh. When angry. l am sorry tc
say. the General uses profane language
to considerable extent. He uses tobac
co imme nsely. There is no man more
popular with his command. and I
braver man never lived. One in
stance in regard to his bravery:
At the siege Of vicksburg. wishing
to ascertain some Of the rebel move
ments he coolly mounted the breast
works and surveyed the rebel works
with his field glass. the rebel sharp
shooters sending bullets all around
him. striking bis sword hilt, and pass
ing through his uniform. He finished
his survey, jumped down, and ex'
claiming, Damn thsm," mounted hls
horse and leisurely rode away.
Day before yesterday, the rebel
Roddy attacked the camps of the 18th
| Illinois, and 5th Iowa. at Madisonville
about six miles from Huntsville. The
rebs. were at first successful, but
finally beat retreat. They had
three pieces Of artillery, and abou
FIVE thousand citizen soldiers. The,
crossed the Tennessee in boats and OF
RATS. They rscrossed nearly all thei
force, and with about Eve hundret