Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-07-19

drivers, some Narglnlans, Louislanas,
and a'ssome OF ltarrls mississippi |
Brigade, and some North Cafolmlans
driven back from the picket INES,
and had lied IN 70 Fort. Gregg Tor
shelter. Pollard goes on III most
eloquent style, to show how these men
fought, andhoW finally The fort was
captured.
But there IS. scarcely word Of truth
IN all his accounts and so absurd IS
his story that 1t would he passed by IN
silence II the u lenos "i The brave IN
inoIl1l pail'l' @Ao uti 'el end Ile laS'
ihe OF zen Lee round feterspufS'
coulu WitheSS III a'eh'e the deprlNa-
tloh oil all 'i''l iem'lh+ i' 'l'ih lhelf
la4rel5'
roIt I.ss MAS not heid' ny NaPl,
Gne"' us Statcd' hdJ ny Tue IZth ana
Iotl 1iis9I2Stppl IeSiii!eh'a' Harris
llS'"', nulIl''eIin& ABOUT one nun,
dreu anu mt ni,l5ltcI5 uhdef command
oi IL Col' Ja,. -. duncan Of Ihe I9Ih
MlSsls5lPpl' WHO Iad peeh assigned by
zen. HarllS TO the immediate com
mana OF Ihat work. Ihc artillery IN
inc + 0ft was q 5G't'"n OF 'he 81 com
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?, Ali eA'is'i1 lIoni *' l1'ter u Gen.
l1a III ueSIS5lled 70 TIC an oLlclal report
"a 'i'7 Z" az eiii' IT, 'i''iSS we, 81 SET
u.s. az % q, l'7'- Gen. " iItoA
Ui''ei ''' ''I' ~ ~ l'o'It'oll III iioht u
Ihe encAl y 1llu ucI1ih lhth as long a
2ossiple- w ith thi5 ohJect III view,
l advanced ABOUT loo yards ana
formed Inc at right angles with the
boyutoh RANK koad Inc ground
pelng uhauIallns' l Tire" both Hanks
o"ck pehihu the crest on Whlch 1
formed ana exposed my centre, IN
ORDER thatl hli9hl lhduce the enemy to
| oelleNe mat there was a continuous line
OF battte hehlnd the ridge. ] then ad-
vanced Inc OF sAirnlshers well to
The front q&sH &8
The enemy being misied by this de
vice, made the most careful disposi
lions, forming Two lines OF battle, and
advancing with the utmost caution, my
| position was held, until the enemy
were in close range, when a heavy fire
was opened upon both sides. The en-
envy pressing me heavily, and out
reaching me on my TANKS, in obedience
to Instructions oi General w ilcOx, my
| COMMAND, with great steadiness, fell
back upon Fort Gregg and Whitworth.
The l2th and lGth, under Col Jas. II.
! Duncan, were ordered by me into
Gregg, and E." hold IL at ail hazards.
The 18th and 4Sth were ordered into
Nmt"orth. In Gregg, there was 1
scclioh Oh The III company Battalion
ashln9toh Artillery, commanded by
Lieut.. Frank McEI"y. In W htworth
4 rifle guns commanded by Capt, -.
Preparations were now made by the
enemy lor the assault, and at this time
capt walker, A, d l. g., of General
walker ChleL oil ARTILLERY, came with
orders to withdraw the artillery, and
against TINS most earnestly protested
Inc four guns, however, were with
drawn from v mtworth, but the enemy
were too close to permitthe Withdrawal
OF the guns from Gregg Perceiving
the guns from W hitWorth leaving, the
enemy moved forward to assault US il
both works, lie assaulted IN column
Of brigadcs, completely envelopine
Gregg, and approaching Whitwortl
only III front. Gregg rcpulsed assault
after assault me two remnant OF regi
mehtS' Whlch mad won glorious honol
On so many heidS, lighting this theil
last battle with most terrible enthusl
asm' as II feeling this to be the last ac
insthe dramator them; and the officers
and men OF the Washington Artillery
lighting their guns to the last, pre-
served untarnished the brilliancy o
reputation acquired by their corps
Gregg ragged like the crater of a vol
cano' emitting ats flashes of deadly
nres' enVeloPea IN iiame and cloud
Wreathlhg our;ilag as wei IN honor a
In the smoke OF death. 1t was a glo
rious struggle. Louisiana Represented
by these noble artillerymen, and Mis-
sissippi BY her shattered bands, stoo(
there side by side, together holding
the last regularly fortified lines aroun(
Petersburg, ..s.stl
The thrilling account given Of thi
terrible scene, byaLaEley in his by
ing hours and struggles of the Con
federacy," himself an impartial oh
server, will not soon beforgotten b,
: your readers He says; = -oE
Fort Gregg, manned. by Harris
Mississippi Brigade, numbering 30
undaunted men, breastedintrepidly tn
title of its multitudinous assailants.-
Three times Gibbons corps surged N
and around the NO fks+three lime sswit
dreadful carnage driven back = .a5
l In those nine memorable April days
there was no episode more glorious +
the Confederate arms, than the heroi
, selkimnolationsof the ssissippian
in Fort Gregg,-to1 gain time for thei
comrades. 8ETIlsT.glH f@gr
By this gain of time was meant th
4 arrival OF Longstreet, with Fields Di
7 VISION from the North side OF tn
James, and the forming by these troop
ana otnefs, an mnerlIneto cover Ger
Lee S withdrawal tAatnight. As 500
as he learned the formation of that line
and had reeeiYed'the necessary orders
Harris withdrew from Whitworth, wit
> his little band of survivors, cutting hi
way through; leaving behind him