Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-02

o. Wanfal o. take Columbus, an lmpOr~
faut point on the river twenty miles l.low
Cairo. but uot until the Cth q November vAs
d. orirr,sl o. move down tho river lie hal
4. ipu men "a Transports, conveyed BY two
.lnl.ais A -sti0n n artillery, two
-lualraus q cavalry ant I've REGIMENTS
constituted lis flrur n ne q bis men hal
oniy l-.n In I.s.s--ion q their Arms fev
Iags. AMI were a. raw ~ chlilr,n and A. an.
disciplined ~ o0vhoys McClcrrAnd vas
ths only general olioer Ia his Command, AMI
d. had neyor hoari the Ping ~ an unfriendly
isiiirt iagan. NV ID well known. "a
with him ~ COLONEL ca th. IN be lAn.iei
~ Hunters Point "a tho Mi@ouu stie. AMI
marrh~i on himont. near shlch tho Con
f.,lerai.a hal plichcd their camp by v
I'cio.k hs entire oummani, eTorpt ons
taiiaiion guarding the transports, wAs IA a
warm cngagrmrut. tho lrunt.ats Icing "a.
.as,sl with the batteries a, Columbus Tlss
arht asi..i fur hour. Grant with
,hot unlsr him. McClerusni LIST thrcs
hor--, ami every colonel. A. wsil a. The raw
-uruits. fought furousy withnut hincllng
They drove The Confssdera.>. b the river
aux. took several hundrri pnsucrS CAP
ursi all tie artillery AMI broke Up the
ramp Victory. however, wAa - much fr
10 Feleral tro.fs Tlcy t-name disor~
guniu,i, ani instead u fsilo-ins up The
emmy a. D. covered a tho rvsr hank. tie
-lilIrrs - ainlt gsunder.ng, Wills their o.
Gnori. unfaught ia the profrs,ies ~ military
NE, made Iafr.0tic stump specchf-. 10
s'ap uhe yllnieung Grant ordered his stan
oflrrs D. ~, the camp On frc. Tho men r.
mrn.i % ths ranks AMI the march % The
transrartt h.ran MsanwLile Coafe'israie
r,.enf nv menfs arrived. anl. cutnb.nlns y "a
the defeated. Cut Grant ~ from hs uAns
por;A We are surrounded. al an o.
Ger % ~ s'af. ril.ng up, I'm vhAt AZ
fnfsi 'Ncn AL Grant, III That Il -, We
must cut ogr way cut a. 80 cue olr ~ay IN
one ~ 10 oanieus,i spscchls u vision
All Determination for wh.ch he Htsr~Art
grow famogs n, ohArgsi All disgsr-si
tho encmy, meatng With but slight ~
l.farof
Tho danger o. this his IN, agh', v>s nos
Vt OVER, however. Tie rust 4 "a 10 ths
landing. gut INST q his flrcs abnari, seeing
tooFcryihing In T.rsn n. his ofioefs icing t"o
inerr.renooi o. execute his orters ~lthou'
sf.,.ial q ro.t.0us A force q men had ben
s.nt 81 gaiher up the wouniei, anf ~h'n The
main body sas noas'y embarked he rods
box g. withlaw the roar guard, Which
we're % have covered the men bringing N
tho wounicl Thcy, b..ny unsoph.stoatei
In military ohs.ryanco-, bad thought ~ 70
ru'irr. ami hAl returned b tho transpor'1-
Grant f1uni hiulslf OUTSIDE n bs own
tfu,ps With tho enemy advancing upon him
an nrng On rs transports. ie saw that
tho fnen In -iarch q the wound 4 could not
d. saysl AMI RIDE slowly back b tho trans
p1rtA A ~ wore a pdvaio's oycrcoat b
vas nj rccognlb,l ~ an offioer. Getting
mar the transports b. Eallopsi swiftly 10 ne
river, his hor-s Skiing down the bank On is
hAunches plank was put out for him. over
which b. tru,tcl bis h0nss aboard through
ruln u musks,ry. His convoy u ganboats
then opened "a the Confeisrstes with great
destruction, ami small los themselves, AMI
b. o'closk tbs transports were cot 81 ransr
This hattie coufrmei Grant In his policy o.
no DELAY, = On which be Always Afterwards
ac,oi This cngagement strengthened The
confidence u his soldiers and mA,is them
courageous Or the future. Long Afterwards
the "lelmont mcnT were among the sigrdiot
soldiers IN tie army q Tia Tenne~sc.