The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

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Frightening its surface.
Gen. Grant at Belmont-A Good Story.
We were steaming down the Mississippi
river. Opposite us was low, yellow, muddy
bank. Back upon the fat field was log
cabin or two, the dreariest, muddiest, most
mosquito haunted spot in Christendom, it
looked to u.s.
There" said the captain, ''that's Bel
mont. That's where Gen. Grant came 50
near being captured at the beginning of the
war;
How was 1T I've forgotten" said one
and ALL
''Well," said the captain, sit was early in
the war, Nov. 7, 1861. Grant was only a
brigadier general of volunteers then. He
had a few thousand troops with him. They
were very green. They had only played SOL
dier so far. Knew no more about real fight
than the boys who fire off shooting crackers
in a barrel on the Fourth of July.
''The Confederate forces had their camp at
Belmont 1t was on the river bank then,
the town was, but the Mississippi river has
gone away and left it now and cut into the
opposite bank and made bed for itself
there. The old river does that kind of thing
frequently-seems to take a dislike to a
certain spot and leaves it,
"a battle took place soon after Grant and
| his boys reached Belmont. 1t was their first
brush of war, and they fought furiously and
| captured the Confederate camp. The enemy
were routed. Grant always did every thing
he undertook, you notice.
"But his new soldiers thought the work
was all DONE and, after the fight was over,
officers and men began to behave like lot
of foolish boys all together. The soldiers
| began plundering the deserted camp, and
the officers made patriotic stump speeches to
| them
"Gen- Grant was disguised with his new
| soldiers and ordered the enemy's camp to be
| set on fire to stop the plundering.
But in the midst of this fun some re-en-
! forcements came up and joined the routed
| Confederates They turned about formed
in order again and attacked the soldiers who
had just whipped them. An officer rode up
hurriedly to the general and told him the
| Confederates were after them. Then the
| general said a very good thing, which
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| ''sWell, if that is so we must cut our way
out as we cut our way in
/ They set about in a hurry, for there was
| no time to lose just then. He gathered his
forces and charged the enemy, routing them
| for the moment. But he knew his men must
| get aboard the steamboats, in the river with
| all haste. He ordered them to the landing
as fast as they could go. Some had been
wounded, for it was a hot fight He sent
one band of soldiers out to gather these uI
and bring them in while the rest were going
aboard the transports. He had set guard
in the rear to look out in case of a rene wed
| attack. These soldiers were so green then
that they did not even know enough to wait
for orders to withdraw. When they saw
that the main body of troors had nearly ali
embarked they just started to the river them
selves. like free and independent citizens
| who knew it would be good plan to get out
| of those quarters.
.Gen. Grant had everything to attend tc
himself. He was the only one of them all
| who had ever seen real battle He rode
over the ground as fast as he could, giving
orders here, there and everywhere. 1t was
just like him, doing everything for himself
| without calling on other people. He tries
to do that now, even when he is i'll and al
most dying. The rear guard that he had
set to watch things retreated to the boats.
| They actually went on board the steamers
| and left their general outside of his own
| troops on the battle field. 1t was a pretty
trick for soldiers to serve their commanding
officer, but they did not know any better
1.-THE Confederates had rallied and were
advancing rapidly. Gen. Grant saw be
| must be getting out of that in hurry Il
the enemy knew he was the general they
would capture him in spite of all he could
do. But they did not recognize him as an
officer because he wore a private soldier:
overcoat. He wore just that same kind 81
overcoat all through the war. After Rich
| mond was taken, and at the surrender OF
Lee, his common soldiers overcoat had be
come very shabby and dingy. but he wore il
still Here at Belmont Grant rode slowly
| over the fields down toward the steamboats,
He did not wish to appear to be in such q
| mortal hurry, you know. 1t wasn't digni-
fed. But presently the ensmy pressed him
| SO hotly that he had to throw his dignity t.
the winds and ride to the steamers as tight
as his horse could gallop. The Confederate
came very near capturing him as it was.