The Vicksburg weekly herald. [volume] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1864-1867, 1866-07-21
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inc New York Ddily News, Of
July 4th, has Gccn furnished with
several advance sheets Of the w0rk,
knowuas Mr.. i. A. Pollard's Bis
tory OF de War, entitled The Lost
Cause" The News publishes sew.
cral extracts from some Of the Last
Days Of the Conledcncy, and
among other, the following:
In For Greg thero was q small
aud mixcl rurisun. Captain Chew
ot The Fogrth Maryland battery Of
artillery, was in command OF the
WORK. There Wa, added to his bat
terry Of Two three inch rifles and
thirty men, q body of meA knoEp,
iuvuiear parlaUcc Of s0ldiers, Gs
"WGlker's Aiut!s,' dismouuted
drivers 10 whom were given mus.
ket-. TAcso mon We're Nirginians
ami LUuhiau.aus WHO belonged TO
! Walkers artillery brigade, and
arnoun cd, IA rUahd numbers, 10
about no hundred. The Tsmain-
der OF the gqrrison, about one hum
decd sud Lweu@g. were some meh
from Harris Mississippi brigade,
and some North Carolinians. Both
Of these commands, the Mississip-
pians and North Carolinjans, had
been driven back from the picket
lines, and had fed into fort Gregg
for shelter.
Having run over Fort Alexander
The enemy moved on Fort Gregg
with cArggs, Confidently. health
ful linz, and in nll the majesty OF
oycrpowcring numbers. did Tie
Fedora troops advance upon the
devoted work. Thoy had gor within
.II,y yrda Of .iL and ual the lAsll
Of. single riii, had Yet dri.rd them.
lac PHnil'lho,jpa passed through
,Gc ran..s OF licir comrades who
watched in the distance that the
garrison Was about 10 surrender
But instead Of a white flag, there
was n white pufi of smoke and az
tillery and infantry simultaneously
opened on the confident assailants,
who staggering aud recling under
tho death dealing volley, 1t last
gave wGv, md rctreatcd in masses
under cover A loud and wild
cheer rang out from the Conleder-
ate line, and was answered in cx-
ultcnt tones by the heroic little gar
rison in For: Gregg. But reinforce
ments notwithstanding from the lines
Of the enemy There were none
sent TO the sucCOr Of tic garrison,
every Confederate soldier wGs need
ed al hi pua,, rvdno reserves were
athand. Az he enemy again came
up in battle array, tine troops
moved forward in ocrricd ranks.
and soon the fort was canopicd
In smoke. 1t seemed By mutual
consent that The conflict ceased
on other parts Of the line, while
both sides stood silent and anxious
spectator, Of the struggle at the
fort ~ the smoke lifts 1t is seen
that the FydurIis have reached the
ditch. Those in ti" distance could
dcScry line Cr blue uniforms
swarmiugup tie SINGS oftho works :
and rs the foremost reached the
l9p. gAgy rlg.GA .apd ,5flJppon their
thrice they reacl "a tic top, only TO
be rcpuIsrd and yet they pcrscry-
cd while the guns in the cmbra-
Surcs continued 10 fire IN rapid sue
ccssiUn. Presently the sound OF
artillery ceased and the Fodorals
mOanlod the work and poured a
fire Oh the defenders within. Many
Of tie garrison, unwilling to sur
rcndc, usedtheIr hayonets aud club
bed their guns in un unequal strug-
glc. But surh resistance could be
ot short duration; aud soon loud
huzzVs Of tho enemy told lhat the
fort bad been taken, and with it the
Confederate army Cut in Two. But
the event lad been marked by an
heroic s,l,.,Hmo!at on; Of the two
hundred ana illy men who defend
al the .grt ,Hvre was not more
than t..irty survivor; and to the
ftt,.'t, d SOC. az ammo. vF y ,V-