New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-02
GRANT ON vICKsBURG.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE SIEGE.

.+ranS against the enemy IA nis Was ni;csted nv our
very sreaa I'm, ~ near that OF the enemy as possoo
We had but four engneer na was the chief and the
Prime OF t hse,nning was mainly directed Ny nit
His health however soon gaSe oso of the Engineer
ceeaea ~ rrpyide assistants on such long me- Wst
directed that officers Who wero TO study military
ine should ADDITION to their other a rs Chief
In the work The eheI Ths Chief commssary now
che ao,npissary General OF the Army that
ever saying that there was no, an9 da for foer
a. soiiers require rations while WORKING In sbcnld
as we'll when marching ana ngI's' "n roller let
he sure to lose him If he was used as Rs two hun
bi,, oil The Gene ral is a large naI.I"eish' w"
dred and twenty penas nes more than 600 yards from
the enemy. II was necessary. @ ;Inary psrapet.
en ,ys sSdtionai projection, sand-bags poy9h
we've paead alont the tops OF tbe paiap1 n If these
spar ~ mt XIV these rneaps the men were "a %
20 walk about erect when Cd dgy smy used in their
sncs eXpIoye balls. thinking no aon, d
bursting over men IN tle usmce SINGLE case where
sone w. ,nIured by piece OF one OF these sneis
When they hit ana te pan an, "a ha would have hit
was use is barbarous, because they Pr1aee
Increased suffering without any Correspondence ""
age 20 oso could not resort to method to project
their men because bad an ineSnas rsay speps
san,rIion 10 draw upon, and used III Ireey -
from the timber would have made havoc "in'"s '"''
men h ere no mortars with the besegers except
those that the navy had in front OF te c5 wood
ones were made by taking loss " t FOR S or twelve
nonnder shells, aud binding them VIVA hoI2s aare
bands These answered as coehorns, anu hes Of the
thrown from them into tue uencneS Va '
enemy .t bu,ldipg the batteries and of influencing
Ing anJ Sone NV the poneers assisted by negroes
w Inc within our lines and who were pad ior tneir
work details from the line naa 9Se az Dossbe and
when advanced position was rias we're advanced
of JuOe
mostly Liz hit eld pieces, besides oatteis ~
belonging TO- and anu against the garrison
NJ vicksburg as they against us: put khem &
Johnston was ~ fr u Inc East lie had this time
larger force than had had at any hino PiiVA " Wv
patie OF ne news OF the arrival Of the Union army
behind Vicksburg reached the North Hoods OF nisos
peaa 70 or brothers who had passed through the ter
rble orse roembers of the Chlsllan anu an k AMI
came TO minister to the Wants Of the sicA an
ms wonnIed Often those coming to see son or ofote
would bring dozen or two o. poultry ocaSsd The
soldiers had lived much on chickens dnchs au M q,
eys without bread during the narcn tnte te sun IN ar
poultry II they could get bacon almost loon away '
appetite H.. ..,.a,. ,v,s tho Governor of MI
nos with most OF the late ohicers naluIaiS ai
20 Sow ben.what there was of most interest In Sher
mans front the ground was most proken anu I'o'
xynoied and more was to be seen without exposure
therefore took them to Shermans headqnite au po
scented Before s!aTtlns OUT 10 iooS a.
possibly while Shernans horse was Dehg
were many questions asked abont the late campaign
about which the North had been 50 I'M erleot' ln
Tanned There vas a little knot around sheriuan anu
another around me, ana l heard sherman rel eating III
tie most animated manner: Graut Is ehttis' ~ 49,
him letter opposing it, But for this speech 1t Is not
likely that sberinans opposition wouu nan enSv Snr
inc the campaign entitled hun t. full share OF all ire
credit due Tor It's success. He could not have done more
F se t6s I'D Of May the work of terrifying and push
ing forward our position nearer 10 tg tee c S road
in front OF RansOms brigade sap was run up 70 tho
enemys paIapet, and by the 2oth OF June we an IL h
dermiued and the mine charged. The enemy lad
eonnerined but did not succeed in reaching our mlne
At this particular point the hill on wlen stood te
WORK rises abruptly Our sap san close u 70 the osue
of the enenys paTapet in fact THIS parapet was also
our protection the soldiers OF the two slides occasion
ALLY pleasantly across tails barrier: sometimes
they would exchange the hard bread OF Tue Union
soldiers for the tobacco OF the an1 az oer
times they threw over handgFeuaoes the ,epo's
Tug them first and our men often eachlhg them III thei
inds and returning them $780,. ,,, s,
the hi; consequently when II had extended as far as
the paraps 1t many feet below It, rms caused the
failure OF the enemy in his search 10 hnd ana destroy
1t. On the 25th VI June, al O'CLOCK al oeing reauS,
the mine %1 es oTdered TO Omen with the explosion
Tile TO blow the top OF the MI on anu nihke
10 enable us 10 pass attack through In fact
the enemy, having failed 10 reach our he hau
thai poiut were placed. There were feE men, however
left in the advance line and others we're w0ine lu inc
All tna we're there were thrown into the air some o!
them coming down our side, siiil alive reihemoer
when the explosion took place. LIOwn 10 our side
lie was not much hurt, but terribly heightened some
massa but tnk bout Ine" his reply. General
Logan commanded at this point aud took tnis coofed
10 his quarters where he did service TO the end OF
During the siege there had been good deal OF friendly
sparring between the soldiers OF the t~0 armies on
picket and where the lines were close together. All
rebels known as "Johnnes" oil UniSn troops ~
@ OFTEN Johnny " would call: well, 1dnk,
when ire you coming iuto town T. The reply was some
times: We propose to celebrate the Fourth OF July
there" Sometimes 1t would be; We always treat our
prisoners with Kindness and do not want TO hurt them
We are holding you as prisoners OF war while You
commanding General down, undoubtedly expected an
assault on the Fourth ey Kne% I be %e adp anS
that would be greater humiliation than TO surrender
Besides il would be attended with them
through of the rebel pckets said PRIOR 10
the Fourth in speaking Yankee boast thai they
wond take dinner in Vicksburg that day best
receipt fol cooking a rabbit was First ketch your
rabbit" The paper this time. and for some time
prior was printed the plain side OF wall paper The
fast edition issued on the Fourth, aud announced
% the Fourth at the appointed hour the garrison OF
vicksburg marched ont OF their work formed line In
front stacked arms ana marched back In good order
Oar whole army present witnessed this without
cheering. aud without single offensive REMARK mat
ever heard OF I0gans division which had apr reached
nearest the rebel WORKS was the first to march n and
the flag OF one o. the regiments OF his division was SOON
floating the court house. Our men were no sooner
inside tue lines than the began ffaiernze.
We had mad full rdOns from tine time the Siege began 10
Toward The last | myself saw our men taking bread
from their haversacks and giving TO those whom they
had recently been engaged IN storptng out 1t was
accepted with ayility am with thanks.
into ycksOurg with the troors and went TO the
river exchange congratulations with the navy upon
our joint victory At that time found that many of the
had been living underground The ridges upon
which vicksburg is built. aud those back TO the Big
Black, composed of deep yellow clay, OF great ten
aciy. When roads and streets are cnt through per
pen1lcular banks left, and stand well II com
posed OF stone TIE magazines Of the enemy were made
by mining passagcways into this clay, at places where
there deep cuts Many citizens secured places Of
safety for their families by carving out rooms In these
einbankinents doorway. In these cases, would he
high bank starting from the level Of the road
street, and after rdnng II Ia few feet, room OF
The required would he carved out of the clay the
dirt being removed by the doorway. In some Instances
where two rooms cut Olt for single family,
with doorway IN the clay wall separating them. SoDe
OF these eareted and furnished with considerable
elaboration. In these the occupants fully
from shells OF their enemy. which drODped into