The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-26
AT VICKSBURG.
THE POSITIONS OF LOUISIANA
TROOPS
During the Siege-Remnants of the
Long Ago-A Remarkable In
dent-Veterans Visiting

knowledge of Vicksburg, Miss, in the
historical struggle between the Nort}
and the South, which has challenged
the admiration of the world. 1t va:
forty years ago when grey headed nor
now where beardless boys then. with
stood the siege of the army four to on,
under Grant supported by a powerful
fleet of gunboats, starved into s..ba1is-
sion as gallant a body of men as ever
faced the enemy in defense of princi-
pies and their country. 1t was not ant
this band of men, a hopeless minority
against the Federal hordes eGuipp |
with the best arms of the day. strrel-
dered when almost starved and reduced
IN lighting numbers in sense to a cor
porals guard, that Grant became the
master of Vicksburg. In this histor;c
struggle, as in every conflict through
out the campaigns conducted unLcr
Lee and Jackson in Virginia, in Mary
land and IN Pennsylvania, and u1.dcr
Albert Sidney Johnston and Beaure-
gard, Bragg, Joe Johnson and Hood in
the thrilling campaigns in kcn.uck;
Tennessee and Georgia, the I.ouisiaoa
troops bore their part conspicuous1v.
The Louisiana brigades in Virginia
were talismen of victory Or desperate
resistance. and the Louisiana brioa>es
IN the army of Tennessee has a record
for persistent and untiring sold;erv ard
heroic fighting never surpassed in the
history of warfare.
One afternoon when Hood was en-
route to Nashville, Tenn, af.er th.
Louisiana brigade, supported by more
than one hundred pieces of artillery
belchlng destruction and carnage in
every direction. had crossed the Tn
nessee river, General Stephen L. L.
and few of his staff rode to the bank
of the river and inquired anxious:y of
the captain in the last pontoon bo,t
who were these troops crossing, ard
the captain replied that it was tie
Louisiana brigade. General Stephen u.
Lee smiled approvingly and remarked
We are safe and rode away And ne
sooner were they on the other side
than they were in action and drove, the
enemy away and sustained their posi-
tion until reinforced and the porto3n
bridges had been laid over the river On
which the army of Tennessee crossed
before the next day
During the siege of Vicksburg tie
Louisiana troops were conspicuous ior
their gallantry under the most trying
ordeals, and it is gratifying to note that
among the number selected by Gev-
ernor Heard to locate the positions &c,
cupied by the Louisiana regiments were
included on the board Captain ). B.
McCutchen and F. A. Hi1ley OF Stcevc-
port, who have returned home after
spending several days in the historic
city most pleasantly.
The following is list of the vet
Grams who met in Vicksburg: William
C. Ellis. First Louisiana heavy artil-
lery, New Orleans; A. L. Slack, First
Louisiana heavy artillery, Tallulah;
Toby Hart, Eighth Louisiana battalion,
New Orleans; L. B. Claiborne, Com
pany A, Pointe Coupee artillery, New
Roads; A. B. Booth, Third regiment
infantry, New Orleans; A. Pine, Third
regiment infantry, Baton Rouge; ]. D.
Hamilton, Seventeenth regiment in
fantry, Shiloh; F. A. Hilly, Seven
teenth regiment infantry, Shreveport;
Charles Green, Twenty-frst regiment
infantry, New Orleans; T. R. Roach,
twenty first regiment infantry, Marks
vile; Victor Latour, Twenty
regiment infantry, New Orleans; T. J.
Royster, Twenty-seeond regiment in
fantry, New Orleans; John V. Norton,
twenty regiment infantry, New
Orleans; Lewis Guion, Twenty sixth
regiment infantry, New Orleans; John
Shaffer, Twenty-sixth regiment infan-
try, Minerva postofice; c. R. Collins,
regiment infantry,
Honore Dugas, Twenty
eighth regiment infantry, Lake Charles
S. B. MeCutchen, twenty seventh regi-
nent infantry. Shreveport; George E.
Elms, twenty-eighth regiment infantry,
Lake Charles; A. Myatt, thirty-frst in
fantry, Myatt; John A. Newman, |
regiment infantry, Monroe |
Alfred Morgan, Pointe Coupee artil-
Iery, New Roads; Ernest Legendre, |
Pointe eoupee artillery, New Orleans. |
One of the remarkable incidents
was the recovery by. Captain McCutch- |
N Q ia piece of shell and mimic bull
ct which he had buried in a spot which |
ne described before reaching it and |
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