The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-03
THE GATE CITY,
SATURDAY, JUNE 9.


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The card here Il the "Western Army. /"
= the four corps under Sherman. Who
have arrived here. are constantly called.
The Army Of the Potomac il familiar
nere. Il has several times passed through
90 CITY. The boys IN blue from the far
Wsst. are what the crowd comes to Sec
the boys who have marched from the Ohio
to the ocean; from Atlanta to the Allan
tic: from the Tennessee to the Saraonab;
from the Savannah to the Potomac.-
These are the men who broke the egg.
shell of the Southern Confectionery and
came upon Lees communications in North
Carolina before the Army of the Potomac
had made conquest of the territory be-
tween the james and the Potomac.
There is the most vivid curiosity hero
to see the victors at Fort Donelson and
Vicksburg, Stone River, Lookout Noun
tain. and Jonesboro; the heroes Of the
historic fields Of the West.
SHERMAN AND HIS GENERALS.
At daylight the stir commenced on the
street, and in little while the sidewalks
were fall. The morning was most beau
tiful, not cloud in the sky. At nine
O'Clock precisely, General Sherman, with
General Howard and staff rode up Penn
sylvania avenue. Sherman sat erect, aud
his bearing was it seemed sligh naughty
HeIbarely ACKNOWLEDGED the cheering on the
sidewalk. giving slight isrkey nod, that
one could hardly tell was nod. Howard
rode quietly along, his empty right sleeve
noted by all observers. He lost an srm
when serving as Colonel, at the head Of.
. regiment from Maine, at the battle 81
Fair Oaks. Next came General John A..
Logan, black haired and swarthy With q
long mustache, black as ink. His appear
ance has greatly changed since he was
here as Congressman and greatly i'm.
proved.
As be rode up the avenue he was vo-
ciferously cheered aud bowed his ac.
know Judgements repeatedly. A negro
woman ran out to hand him boquet,
which he accepted and carried. Arriving
at the Preside nt's stand Generals Sher.
man and Howard took their places upon it
The group on this stand was very inter.
estisg. In the center was Presideu,
johnson, looking very well; on his RICH,
WIS the Lieutenant General, and next to
him the Secretary of War On the left
was General Sherman, and something
like dozen other Maj II Generals. The
old Army Ct the Tennessee was delighted
to see tho faces Of their old familiar com
msnder, Grauf, with whom they had
fought and conqured from Donelson to
vicksburg, and under whoss eye they
advanced 10 the assault OF Mission Ridge
DIFFERENCES IN THE ARMIES.
There was decided difference 10 he
Armies of the Potomac and the West D
parent to all spectators. The Western
boys looked hard. They we're dipgy as
IT the smoke of many battles had dyed
their garments, and the dirt and mud Of
the sacred soil Of dozen insurrectionary
States had adhered to them. Their wool
hats. well worn and dirty, gave them a
most sombre covering. The weather
beaten style of the whole army was onl,
the more apparent in the splendor of the
unclouded sun.
TIE NEGRO ENGINEERS.
One OF the most noticed features or
Sherman's army was the negro regiments
OF engineers, oil black as death, diney ia
their old plantation clothes. and carving
spades, picks and axes. They marched
well. and were received with immense
applause: but they moved neither to the
right nor to the lett, but moved on with a
erim moody silence, each q specimen of a
Sphypx. Every man of them bad been
recruited with liberty for bounty 10 the
helds OF the far South. 1t was about as
good an advertisement of the abolition Of
slavery as one could wish to see.
Tie ragged Standards, with such words
"Vleksbutg and "Atlanta +" on them
were the excla nation points in the page Of
history that this triumphal march illu.
inmates. Wherever displayed thew were
greeted With enthusiastic ACCLAIM stions.
and feelings that we're too deep and CRATE.
iui Tor loud applause, suggesting tears
OF Thanksgiving rather than The cheering
that 10 too common On light occasion, to
be most appropriate in the festivals ID
which are celebrated nations deliver.
ance.
The boys carried their guns a little
csrelessiy, Gas compared with the army OF
the Potomac, and marched With that
long, steady, sfashing step, in which alone
they would have made their immortal
tour of the continent. They had moi
SUCH number Of ins brass bands a dis
ooutsed such eloquent music for the army
OF the Potomac, but the deep roll OF their
drums was eloquent enough Those drums
nad been heard on the banks Of the Ohio.
aod Oil the way Of Sherman's march down
to the sea, and up again to the Potomac
ana they would beat marches Of v;ctorv
around the globe. II there we're orders -
do 90. 1''s ~
HAarrAL BEARING OF rnr Army
The Fixed. stern bearing Of Gens,.,
Sherman. his style--which q nrof,ns III.
son might denominate his /" doo,t. .s,p
damn ativeness" characterized ii.
tire army. There. was look, slo,os, Gu. 81
and suiien. On nearly every face. T rb.ss
vas rightly Of Jaw aud straight. fo-.. s's
scotnfuiness Of eye 10 every rsnk ~. 49,. ~
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