The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-06-12


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Gen Sherman II M doubt q ve'y,
ucit general. 10 BIZ Osn estimation,
bot be attempts 10 impose, terribly
upon lbo crcdulity Of tee pullic " he
links they will believe that be dis.
posed Of obstacles In his path in that
sort Of Lonehalant, Oh hand style.
Add we have good reasons to doubt
that tie battery was fred ct the tine
by order of Gen. Sherman. although
such "a doubt. tub.iantmtcd, would de
stfOy a striking similarity drawn he
tween William Tccumseh and Nupi.
l%eon;-the latter having given the
pecial order 10 a bgttery TO fire
which killed Moreau; how great
names will get mixed upl
W. also much dislike to interfere
with the very romantic account given
by the writer in the New York
Herald, "contradicting 6ltIy General
>hcrman's story'-in which Captain
5imonson was ordered to give The
Bishop a morning saIutation,' and
after pointing the gun, and firing, and
lifting his eyes that glared fearfully'
dropped his head upon the event" and
then raising again those "glaring"
eyes exclaimed-"Thank God! Yes.
tcldly they killed my dear brother; |
nave killed a Licutenant-G General and
am now avenged
Now the truth of the matter is,
General FOX was killed by q chance
shot.
Pine mountain was a hill of con-
siderable elevation in front of our
general line Of works, and on it were
posted several batteries of Artillery
belonging TO our (Hardee's) corps.
The batteries were placed in front Of
towards the enemy the top of the
hill, on a shelf that had been formed
Tor them, and all shot that passed eyer
the hill passed well over the batteries.
| visited, officially, this command,
as corps chief Of artillery, certainly
not more than an hour previous to
Gen. Folks death, if so long, and
while standing on the summit OF the
hill, from which a magnificent view OF
the country, a part of tile enemy's
lines, and their camps in rear. could be
obtained, tie Mai. commanding(a gal.
liant Kentuckian whose name this mo
ment escapes,mc)re marked, that, before
proceeding TO business we had better
retire from The summit, as tie enemy
had perfect range of the hill and in.
vari dly opened fire as soon as persons
appeared upon its summit, and that
he was annoyed by groups appearing
upon the hill. drawn hither by the
fine view obtained, and had constant
ly TO warn them of their danger. We
had scarcely taken a seat upon a leg
q few PAGES in the rear OF, aud below,
the summit, and engaged in business,
when the she'll came, just Swimming
the top, and a few feet above it, cx-
ploded-the most OF them-just over
it. We remarked upon the perfect
accuracy obtained in aim aud range
and the caution that should be observ
ed in keeping parties of of the bill,
particularly, Of general officers and
their stats. IL can readily be under