The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-31


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mentof ouf yist5zs, who aa.asesau us with
aeaziy aFs men s. oar one. sarEsndezed
lsss than &c. COO cas-stird s. bom vars
snTs Nish this lind ef gesi5ak
men We hadshsla theeils against
the largest and best eosipssl as Of ned.
ern times, entitleing tais aieee e 9bs honar
Of being the most mene1 ss the davs
Of Hector and of Troy. Ess ais here
displayed the natural insEinsss a. solder
and generally conceded grsat aslaifation Is
the endurance and esprit Of the Southern
soldiers. They treatsa us kindly and oour.
seously, neither boasEihg nor aaunting uz
about our failure, as indeed they had roth
ing of which to boast, nor Ne Of which 70
be ashamed On raising the ssStars and
Stripes over the Court houss. the aests
from above and below, approached the wharf
amid the roar Of their guns which thunder
ed saIutes IS they moved forward AM i'm
mense number Of trahspoFts with their ma
rine feet, anchored IN front Of the city with
banners floating and pennons firing proudly
in the breeze, thronged abons with an host
of soldiers and oficers On sH this display
the ConEederatea looked, with proud dea-
ance, exhibiting no spirit Of Submission savs
to the Providence which had brought than
to this trial The FederaiA noticed this and
while they exuIted in their success, were
provoked to admiration at the undauntsd
courage of their antagonists. They found
the town more or less injured, and few
women and children frightened, as proof
of their might and vaIor
And this is war houses deserted and left
to piliage and waste, homes desecratsd and
ruined, those dear places of childhood mem
ory, laden with sweet "reminiscences Of Joy
and pleasure, whose very sorrows are fondly
cherished IN the secret areana of the heart
Families scattered as exiles and pensioners
upon the public bounty, who anon had
dwelt IN the lap Of luxury, dispensing the
privileges of a generous hospitality Even
the holy places of earth, the sanctuary, in
whose aisles each footstep was won't to fall
lightly and reverentially, were now made
the scenes Of debaucher5 and drunken ca
rousals; and the quiet, beautiful ce1aetaries,
those silent homes of the Il dear departed
whose peaceful qaietdd e were before an
broken save by those gay, guiltiess choTisters
from the fields of Heaven, who chantsd their
anthems to almighty God, and whose sweet
carrolling itself seemed almost proclamation
IN this sacred place. or by the sighing winds
that whispered their requiems through the
trees, were now left to destruction and cha
os for beasts and cattle to trampie upon.
Such desecration- meets the eye at every turn,
to such indifference is the heart reduced by
every scene Oh war, what untold horrors
fellow IN thy bloody train what misery and
despair minister at thy biddingt Tas,
81 After being detained several days within
the. enemY's lines for the erpurpose Of parOl-
ing the troops, the different commands were
marched out to the south of Jackson, and
reaching the Mobile and Ohio road atBleri-
dian, were generally disbanded till exchang-S
ed, as prisoners of war Thus ended the
siege, one Of the most important events du-
ring the second war for independence, ac-
eumulating loss to the Oonfederates from
which they have since constantly suffered.
The COnfederaey was now severedt4bhe Mis-
sissippi river in full pogsessionio of the Fed
erals---our entire ordnance stores. including
AL the heavy guns along the river--an i'm
imense ammount of ahmuniti0nf and fifty
thousand stands Of small arms, by this dis
aster, fell into the - enemy s hands, TO say
nothing Of the demofalizing effects upon the
country at large Ism o. VI a.a46 sad
And nov the writer Of these papers has
closed his Iabofsi For whatever Of merit
they possess, or for whatetsf. good they may
be valuable offers themes a mite 10 swell
the volume of truth which tits hoped shall
in the future be presented for the benefit Of
posterity by an abler mind and areadieE pen.
With all their imperfeetions they are ten
dered for the public pleasure. In the Ian
guage Of Lord Byron, what writ is writ
Rould It were WoFthieF5 id
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