Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-04-18

raj charger, | was soon with my
regiment CHASING the routed enc
my. Pistols in the hands Of Mis-
sissipplans had proved superior
to sIbres welded by the hardy
sons ot Illinois. Many thrilling
deeds d1ae By Fe.ierlls and Con.
federa;es inust remain forever IN
known. Eut il may be said thai
the First Mississippi me: IN the
Second Illinois iOcmea worthy of
their steel: for nerve was required
to make as well as To receive that
impetuOus charge. Though few
OF our men were killed. yet many
were wounded, most of them bu;
slightly. As yici0rs. We arranc-
ed 10 have the wounded cared for
and To send our disabled South
by way of the east
Here this valuable paper gives
May interesting details of the en-
try of the other Confederate com
mlnds. Of the surrender of the
Federal Infantry. of the destruc-
ton of the vast stores OF every
kind accumulated for Grants
great army, and OF the excitement
and confusion necessarily incl
dent 10 taS occasion. The scene
was described as -Eild and exert
ing FederAis running. CSnf-de-
rates pursuing and yelling. ne
grOe> and ab0iIti1ulsis begging
ioT mercy. ieEts aa9 houses bura-
ing. torches nsmins. guns pop
ping, s-ibrrs clashing. women IL
d'eGmfay RIBS elaPpiEg iheir
daRds sab JOY and shouting eE-
enlargement 10 tie ra.ters. a
mass Of iTaa.ic human be.nes. pr
seniins III the early morning hour
a picture which words would not
pretend TO portray
After reeitIns the capture Of
Mrs Gsan', the paroling OF the
prisoners. and the continuation Of
tle rliias far as NIddlebusg along
the Nie-'ssippj Central. and tell
LOW Van Dorm always kept
his pnrsGcrs at a respectful dis
lance aud beat OF all Who at
tempted TO intercept him. and
hnAi!y returned To Grenada. the
paper concludes as follows:
We had accomplished one Of
Tue most daring and successful
raids OF the war. in consequence.
OF losing 50 important pus, a.
Holly Springs. Col. Nurphy Was
dismissed from the service. in a
singing order by General Grant.
TO take effect on Dec. 21th. tie
day OF his capture. The desrru .
ton OF the stores in Holy Springs
was an Irreparrabie loss TO Grant
HIS army Was thus suddenly de-
prIVei OF susienance. The Mis-
si>slppi Central terminated AZ
Jackson. Tenn aai Forrest from
this point had destroyed the ".
ana o. T. x. TO Columbus. Nv.
NIth the fear Inspired BIZ vae
daShlns Van Dorm and the REX
less Forrest Grant saw that he
could not MAINTAIN a Railroad in
WORKING order. Hence dreminr
his position nntenable. he fell
back 10 reopen Communication
WIKI Memphis He wisely defer.
mined 10 abandon this line alto.
=eshsr ~ - a-ass.s. IA, army goHu
the Nissf>sippi river from Mem.
phis 10 Xicksburs.
SHERMAN II tie meantime 5oro
rlut Of what had happened At
Holy Springs aai OF Grant. p.
treat lad proceeded to carr On,
AIS part Of the program and hal
l9nded his forces On the bank NJ
the Aszoo. attacking :. D.I.ea,
thiekassiE Bayou. II i claimed
ihat She nan might not have fail.
ed - completely. II Grant e0uld
a'Ve pushed on aad held all Of
Femovrioa's forces in us font
thus preventing timely re-eufo-ee-
meat Of Lee.
IN conclusion I may JON with
COmrssde Barron Of the Th;-5
Texas IN the statement. that frop,
The beginning Of this raid into
HOLY Springs | xas under The
e"mnand of Van Dorm till his
aniImely death at Spring Hill
Tenn Speaking from memory
anu after al experience of four
years IN ihe Confederate cavalry
under various leaders includIrg
tne intrepid Armstrong. the game
CoeS Chalmers. the caufious
Hef Jackson. the indomitabia
Forrest, aud that all around sue.
eeSsiai soldier stephen ID. Lee
must express the deliberate
opinion that a more ehivaIrors
oiheer did not draw battle blade
IN either army than Earl Van
dorm; and as cavalry cOmmau-
der, L do not believe he had a
superior on the continent of
America
Many so called ssbitters', are M.
medicine, but simply liquids disguised