Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-26

retreat bnck lothH
po,owac. II rainod a flood that dag NJ
Gett,.burg, or no doubt the boys In blue
would have burned some powder either la
Inn or earnest to honor the occasion. IA
IL was, the men In gray got OF without
rariing salute. AZ Nickshurg, however,
On that wimc day, the skies there being
brighter there was some characteristics
iollldcation over the surrender of pcmbor-
IONS Confoduratcs the evacuation Of the
f.ty aud the occupation by Grants troops,
general Pcmbcrton began hls negotiations
for terms ON the ID, but the parley did not
terminate until the wee small hours Of Tho
lth, and the contamination was set down
for the convenient hour Of 10 H. m. Gen
srnl Grant wrote OF the event In very
familiar strain IN his memoirs.
"During the slegcn hn said, there had
been good deal u friendly sparriug DO
tween the soldiers Of tho two nrmic. on
picket AMI where the lines were close TO.
gethcr. Al Confcdcratcs were known as
Johnnics,' all Union troops as 'Yanks.'
After Johnny would call. well, Yank.
when aro you coming into town. tho 10
MS was sometimes, We propose to cello
iratcthc Fourth Of July there Sometimes
It would be-, We always treat our prisoner
with Kindness and don't want to hurt
them! or. We pro holding you az prisoners
Of war while you are feeding youuolvps!
The garrison, from tho commander down,
undoubtedly expected m assault on the
Fourth. They knew from the temper u
their men Il would he successful whom
made, and that would bo greater hu.
initiation than to surrender Besides, IL
would DO attended with severe loss %
them.
THE Vicksburg paper which we receive
regularly through the courtesy " tho enc.
mys plel.cts said, prior TO the Fourth. IN
speaking u the Yankee boast, that they
would take dinner In Niokshurg that day,
thnt the best receipt Tor cooking rabbit
was, First kttch your rabbit Tho paper
NJ this time, aud for some time prcvioualy,
WAS printed on the plain side Of wall paper
The last issue was printed on the Fourth
mud announced that we had caught tho
rabbit
II have no doubt that Pcmbcrlon com.
mcnecd his correspondence on the 81 for
twofolc purpose; first, to avoid an
assault which he knew would be- Fucces,i-
ial and second, to prevent the capturctll.
ing place OF the great national holiday
anniversary OF the declaration Of Amuii.
can independence. Holding Out for better
terms, as he dh, he defeated his aim IN
"on the 1th, at IN appointed hour. tho
garrison Of Vicksburg marched out oftheir
works aud formed IN line In front, stack i
arms md marched hazel. In good order. Our
whole army witnessed this scene without
cheering"
Tho Confederate general IN his report OF
the surrender, gave mother reason Tor So.
lccting July I. nit should be asked. % hn
wrote, why the Fourth of July was So
lectcd rs the day for surrender, the answer
g. obvious, ! believed that upon that day 1
could obtain better terms. Well aware "
the vanity Of our foe know they would
attach vast Importance 10 tho entrance on
the Fourth Of July into the stronghold Of
the great river, aid that, to crafty their
national vanity they would yield then what
could not he cxtortcd from them at any
other time"
The days drama was not closed. how.
ever with the retreat uf the Confederate.
a. Gottyshur; nor with their surrender at
Nichsburg. They got the worst II il in a
plucky but III sturrcd assault on the fortl.
fed position At Helena, Ark, on tho Mis-.
tissippi, between Nicksburg and Memphis.
il wasa CALLING sight for the southcrnurs
all through the months Of Mny aud June
TO witness the unbrokcn tramp, trump,
tramp Of Grants lcglons, closing around
their last great stronghold Of the west. 10
throw help into the doomed post by direct
method was out of the question, aud tho
next best thing was 10 assail some outlying
point and draw purt Of the bcslcging army
OIL from their hunt for the larger game TO
the rescue Of the smaller Hclona In tho
control Of the Couicderatcs would have
been another Nlcksburg, another ohstruc.
ton To the free use Of the Mississippi.
The Confederate In Arhanaas, The only
western army loose from the tolls 40 Vlcl,s.
burg were assembled nt Little Rock. 100
miles inland irom Helena, aud In the clos
Ing days OF June Gen Sterling pricp's