The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-17

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ter is badly cut in the thigh. At
$3.50 we saw lady on horseback
looking for her husband. At 9:l5
we passed Tiptonville. Our lady
had cut across the bend and made
her appearance here. An attempt
was made to throw her letter wrap
ped around stone, but it fell short.
An old man who had large pile of
wood on the bank hallooed for the
Union men-the first we've seen
since we left Columbus.
Just below TiptOnville was placed
the last battery of the Island 10 de-
fenses. At 12 o'clock we met the
La Crosse going up. At this point
was large island. The bank is
continually caving in on one side or
the other, forming sand bars on the
opposite side. We made about ten
miles an hour. At Up. m. we passed
the mouth of Obion river about forty
miles from Ft. Pillow. Just below
here one of the stern wheel boats
ran into the bank; that boat kept |
me cringing. Passed the Memphis !
at 3:l5 and reached The Shoals.
Ore of the boats ran aground here,
but got under way again at 8 o'clock,
At o'clock we passed two boats
aground, one of them ram manned
with contrabauds. Just below Os-
ceola, Ark, two of our boats came
near running into each other In a
short turn in the current.
Half way between Osceola and Ft.
: Pillow is where jeff Thompson at
: tackled the Federal fleet and sank
two of their boats. At 1880, seventy
five miles from Memphis, we passed
; Ft. Pillow, which is situated on
: three points OF the mills which line
: the bank. At $3.50 the channel
> brought us right against the bank,
which was lined with cotton WOOD
!, trees. Some of us on the pilot house
o were almost certain we heard cap
:. burst. Our first thought was "Guer-
e rillas!" Some spoke out, 1--WE are
% Rebels" Nearly all the banks are
q covered with thick woods. The
p moon was shining bright and our
~ fleet presented beautiful picture
{ sailing down the Father of Waters.
1 remained up until ten o'clock en-
# joying the scene.
. Sept. 10. Anchored last night
70 about twenty miles above Memphis
at the mouth of stream. Started
! this morning at six o'clock. Al
-, =, seven we saw the first growing cot
- ~ ton and the levee on the ArkansaW
Z, side. Some twenty negroes were
u ~ collected on the bank to hurrah fol
o. jeff Davis. Arrived at Memphis a
E 1915. Here an iron-clad gun-boa
- and four mortar boats were anch
- ored opposite the city, which ap
~. peared like city of the dead from
. the auietness of the place. But few
d persons were out and there were M
40 signs of business. The citizen
'n made no demonstrations, excep
:. that handkerchiefs were waved b.
~ few ladies who ventured down Il
20 spite of Yankee bayonets. The Re
~ bells would halloo for jeff Davis
odd "a Some ladies came up while the boat
~ were coaling and kept the Rebel
ey hallooing all day. A Yankee wa
eeiyr accidentally shot here.
9II The news is: Stanton has re
aet signed; Halleck succeeds him; tigh
sVtC at Poolesville. Mo Bragg marcf
1ts ing on Nashville; Athens, Ala
oSS' burned; bombardment of Vicksbur
~, resumed. There are many stree
an rumors. It is very difficult to g
ser ANYTHING from our friends, as tn
ui- Federals are very strict here. o.
go money and clothing has been stole
Id and we cannot get necessarles sci
ttLLu us. A lady told us when we g
Yh rht ready to take Memphis to let I'll
1it gunboats shell away; that the
ant n,v would rather be dead than live tt
onS .ed way they were living. Capt: May
~ ~, wife gets his ring here. He w
fo1f killed at Ft. Donelson.
,U. oro Sept. IL. Took on coal all nigt
9oo 9o Some of the boys ran the blocka'
iifo and stayed in the city; several we
lIlT luI left. Saw eight Lincoln soldiers
79ei rest two ladies while waving han
kerchlefs. Left Memphis at
o.? a.. O'Clock. Just around the bend
@lo,e @ passed the wreck of the Confedera
un- ii gunboat, Gen. Beduegdrd; a hi
lIe 1e mile further the JET Thompson, r
5 uo ashore and blown up. While we
'9eI ,eI at Memphis we suffered very mu
:. wi from heat. Some ladies came oN
~ in skiff to see the Rebels.
@ i9o- At three O'Clock there came up
unl 5 shower and wet the hurricane de
anu inhabitants. About nine o'clock
lPo- the night we ran over a snag or Il
tces Some of tho boys came near jun
lTl 4n ing overheard. feel very unea
tne as I cannot swim. Anchored j
lT1O nv above Helena at ten or ele'
,oon O'Clock.
oeen cen Sept. 12. Heard some one
own morning before day begging piteo
ohe' ly for something to ease him.
AZ party from the hospital boat was
DID 40. burying two corpses. l am out
sque clean clothes and have no way
:; ateu 1l wash. Joe Walker had heavy ski
sues ishing with a Yankee skiff ro
tne here: From the camps on the ri
were in sight l estimate the number
re- re- troops at 10000. There are five
al Al six gunboats and several mo
col boats. See a good many con
Ior bands of both sexes in the Line
Dove !, ov,s camp. They call us by all kinds
,i5 oi95t epithets.
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