New-York tribune., 1885-01-19
GRANT AND TIE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
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admiral pSTrs s,tnsorTg XII ,go,k Ia A"''d'' and
In the history of the worlds siegcs nothing
viii be found where patience was developed more
endurance under pIvatons OF more COURAGE thnn
the part the bescged was marked by their great fer
% Sr for tbe oc months Of suffering and hardshpa
they underwent IL belongs OF right TO General Grant 70
did he so clearly show his e to be called great
eral, did he elsewhere so fuly exhibit all the
II General Grant had performed any other mill
tary during the war; the capture OF gicksburg alone
have entitled him TO the highest renown. He had
enemy to deal WITH OF twice his force and protected by
s sS at Of the MaaRS
town and the Redan the day after they were taken by
which have become famous In ballads and story,
in any way compared with the defences OF vcksourg.
St w,'" to work TO make these heights unassaabe
told that there were nfty-sx miles OF intrench.
ments thrown up within the other The hills above
with their granite rocks standing In defiance. were
to deter Zoe T.n" M h reos
in the Confederacy After was all over and General
could well afford 70 laugh at his vie iraducers who
doing all they could to hamper him by sending teegrams
to ss s% of Sos %o a
such things could be followed throngh the war.
them where you would. nor did they achieve any good
has ws own az vcsbaS and the stars and stripes
went up in s place while Meades force at Gettysburg
That day. so glorious IN the annals OF our history
lost nothing by the two brilliant events which were added
to our fame, and made 1t still more dear TO the heart OF
every true American. When the Union nag was
hoisted on the ramparts of Vicksburg, my
flagship and every vessel OF the feet seamedup or down
TO the before the city Wediscerned adjust the dis
tance. and In few moments General Grant At the head
of nearly all his generals with their sas rode 10 the
ganeway. and dismounting. came on board That was
happy meeting. great Misunderstanding and general con
gratIilatiOn opened all my wine lockers, which con-
tained only Caawba this occasion, II disappeared
down the parched throats which had tasted nothing
| for some time but bad water. Yet e1hila-
| rated that crowd weak wine never did before
There was one man in party who preserved the same
] quiet demeanor that he always bore. whether In
adyersity or In victory and that General Grant No
one to see him sitting there with that calm exterior
amidst ALI the oliity and without any STAN would ever
have taken him for the great general who had accomp
lished one OF the most stupend0us mhtaIy Iea's on
record There quiet Satisfaction In MS race TIA,
could not be concealed but he behaved on that occasion
as II nothing Of Importance had occurred Cenera CRAM
the only one In that assembage who dd mol toaci
the simple wine offered him he oontentcd himself WIZ
cigar and letms ssy here that this was ms habit dur
ing all the time he commanded before VicksDufg, anc
Also while he commanded before Richmond though fhs
same detractors who nado false representations OF HIN
before vcksburg msrepressnted hn also III tne matte
| above alluded TO-