The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-08
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the rontvdrrar} i:1tHrt. There Stcr-
ling Price cull,;! rr"i Reynolds :thc
pretended t,uvrinnr nf Missouri"
and DR.. Kay;NarY! called Reynolds
q 'cowardly dra,! Arad,' and ney-
nold< called l'l;ro ." to"dy- slipping
hlustcr.' Kirby smith was accused
OF cottoniny the enemy, both in the
staple and the Surrender, and gave
over the command of the troops to
Simon Bolivar Buckncr. Buckncr
and Green Quietly went off to New
Orleans to surrender IL" department
for Smith. and Gen. Heron, APP
pointed by Canhy TO receive that
surrender, brought them both back
on his steamboat, and also Ma or
General Bent, now of Maryland.
Ilerron'S steamer was in advance
twenty steamers in al-aud as the
Others were deeply laden with pro
visions for the starving rebels, he
rode ahead over the low water and
approached Shreveport on an after,
noon in May, lcG5. Tia" scene on the
lcvee was so tumnltu"uS that even
the rebel commander Shrank back un-
willing to leave the steamer They
knew that Shelby and others had re.
voltcd against a surrender, and might
attack this unarmeu boat, and their
own status was uncertain. Shelby
was even then drawn up on the pIal-
lie west of Shreveport earnestly dc.
batting an assault on Heron. Price,
Buckner and Brent were we'll cduca.
ted, polite men; all of some atlilia-
tons they did not 60 ashore until
next day. IIerron's nearest steamer
which contained troops, was nearly q
day behind him. In this uncertainty
he ordered the band to play and
drove up to the wllalf in the view o
full 2O,O0y armed men looking il
wonder at those lonely stars ant
stripes, and all jabberiuy in the Wild
est confusion.
"I'll be derned,' cried one fellow
"if that amt Gen. Heron up there"
Heron went ashore, and this mar
clbowed through the crowd to him
general, WHAT does this mean
Have we surrendered ~
"Yes,' said Heron, "you have
surrendered. l have come up to pa
role you and give you something tt
eat. My transports will be her
pretty soOn.'
The man jumped upon a bale Q
cotton aud made speech: ''Boy
this is Gen. Heron. You've al
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