The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
PICKE AND CAMP.

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 one si he severes; , ows Gtant te- eeiye5 in aay e fis campaigns W.s The capture of Fi0ny spgIn4s fasi Il hc ,s..s prepared to make :, the base ior ei4ad movement asainss the Re-scfa ssn:eee# die army. toi weeks tsa oeee> he aaa been co.iec.4as forage p-rsfsiaa2 af4 munitions ai a.f | the s. anu iae garrison eeHsls;ed ot i93 meu GzzzT Colonel Mafpay Iais fatee w..s san= sldeged al pos ettal. a fr afsfs-nes.fs conlo te aurIicd n .' ,. II.1I,leai ; no..fc. ana the only fear ssas from snail b1di,s of confederate t3sasry.
 Naa De.n weat qlie, 70 work abaat the middle oi DelcGa5 5e' I. ~ts n is8e to consolidate Al de's.6 he,i commands. ard on tic .5.h he haG , Ice af cavalry numbering a; least .st2 tils move menis wee closely ~ ! hel n iedeFai spies, and when G.ran' se ne sa;Isle1- that HoIi5 Springs was t5e p8tnt aimed al he nouned Murphy ;o ae ua hls guard agains, Il alta k. It's not lsar whether this iedeFl colonel was .s .td of n idiot lie had |; leaai sfNc-a hours n which 10 prepsfe for ia- attack. bg. he made no movement beyon3 telesfa; aing Grant to hurry ap refnfafe ements. Nai street WAS barrlead.s. 20. ! defense thrown up no official efaet transmitted to the men.
 Soon after dayligh; eu the morning of the e,nd the confederate advance dashed into the town and b.oasht gp II the rail- road depo,. Here was s guard of los federals. ard although seeins ,ha, thcy were overpo ~sred ten 10 one they made Lx1tf f.ttf t-s-lx. ,E. l l had twenty men killed before they sur rendered Had all the federal infantry been stationed here ;he depot and the trains would al least have been saved. There was one long tam, loaded with bales of cotton. and these would have made ar excellent breastwoGk for T, least 500 men.
 As soon as the confedera;es had pos session of the depo; the.r regiments came charging in by every highway. The re- mainder Of the federal infantry was oi no use, because broken up la.o detaehme IS. Most of the c,vaary III the toNn was Illinois troops. The men were anxious to barriCade the streets anu ngh,. but haa orders from Murphy not to 60 so. When \ an Dorn's men sWarmed m these iia- nolsans stood ho.rlng their horses untii entirely surrounded. Then when called upon 10 surrender, ana Si;a no regi- mental o.9cess 70 lead them. seven or eight com panies drew saoefs and U; their way clean oat and get safety away.
 As soon as the captured iedera.s were paroled Van born began to look toF greenbacks There were scores of cotton buyers IT the town. together w.,h many settlers and spectators. These nfer were gobbled up one after another and taken to Headquarters, where Ca h enc vas ordered 10 shell out. About tlfy gold watches. dozen diamond pms. and about sie5 ooa in greenbaeSs were gathered Tn from priyaie individuals. Over forty carS a; ihe cepo. were loaded with cotton belonging ,o federal soeeu- iators. and every 0ale was consumed. along with the ;fa.as anG depots In ad- ditlcn ooo oaies were piled up In tie town, ana II made q grand Donire. The idea was U cripple Giant $ intended movement by destroying his stores and the work.was done Tn d thorough manner. What the coaie3era;es dtd not wish to carry away they gave to the flames, and al TO other time curng the w4T did the torch md such a rich harvest E.very locomotive and car every bale ai cotton every store-hogse every forage pile every pubic building made bonfire Grant had taken possession of scores of buildings and flied them with medical and quaT.eEmasier stores. On the vacant lets he had piled ap sugar, meat, coffee. rice. moiasses, beans ard bales of hay and sacks Of oa.s. Not a hundredIh par; could be taken away ard ,he rest mus, be destroyed.
 Buildings nlled ~i;h ordnance stores were set or Ire. and there were several explosions which wrecked hoases txe squares distant. One hundred and twen,y-;wo barrels Q. powder were stored in one building. and saea this explosion took place men halt a ynIe aNay were knocked down by the concEsstoa. Tue destruction included DO ooo a4r;ric ses. 6ooo ;aaskets. o9o saoers, : 5s1 res98- vers, 95 900 uniforms | coo barrels ol four. Si.ooc o5c ~ouh oi medical stores. $500 900 wor.h of sutler' $ stores, Ssoo oe- worth of ordnance stores, .zos9 worth of qu quar,ermasieF and Couaaissary stores no, included in the a6oge .5o horses. eighty-fog- army wa sors. iscnty-t~e ambulanees. a ba.ery of held pieces. and enough 10 brIng the total loss of the federal government up 70 over S-. 600 900.
 Grant knew that Van Dom world z;- tack. but he felt confident that Murphy could beat him of. He, however. for warded endorsements. but the troops