The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITAL8 OF CAMP AND 0AT.
TILE INCIDENTS.
Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Inci.
dents Of Marches, Camp Life, Forag'
laR Rxperieuces and Battle Scenes.

DcpFlnk no trace tO-uhy VI us tcTIibi'
experiences during the siege, but ther,
nre new men ut the helm. Following
the surrender there was an interludt
In ITS publication, and at this late dat,
1t Is interesting to glance through tn,
last issue preceding the capture. ],
was this issue which A. Il. Cramptor
Of Delphi, member OF the Indiana
commission, really put TO press, afte,
lifting ont sufficient matter to make
.o0m for the announcement that Vicks
burg had fallen, or, as Mr.. Champion
put t.: Grant had caught the rab'
bit" Thousands OF copies were cir
culated MS souvenirs by Mr.. Crnmp
ton and his associates. In the light OF
after developments. 1t Is Interesting
to SEQ how the Citizens columns
teemed with rot" calculated to fire
the Southern heart and keep up this
courage of the soldiers guarding the
doomed city.
Among the excerpts: I'VE arc In
debtcd to Major Gillespie for steal,
Of Confederate beef, alias meat. We
have tried Il, and we can assure our
friends that II II Is rendered necessary
they need have no scruples at eating
the meat 1t n sayory, sweet and ten
der, and as long ~ we have mule
left we are satisfied our soldiers will
be content TO subsist on It,
Another paragraph speaks OF the
death Of Mrs, Cisco. presumably killed
by a Union shell, In the Jackson road,
and of the passing away VI Jesse As
kew, young merchant, detailed for
duty In the trenches and member OF
Cowsn's artillery, II also says
"Grants forces did little firing Tues,
day afternoon, but the balance of tha
day was comparatively quiet, Yester-
day morning they were very slill, and
continued hi until early IN the after
noon, when they sprung u move on
The left 0fs0ur center, ana opened fire
Rll along the line for some distance,
We have not been able ~ ascertain
anything definite ~ 10 onr loss, but
as our officers were Oh the outlook for
This in0Ve ~ tho enemy, the eSpeeln'
tions of the Yankees were not realised
by n greAi deal"
The Citizen compliments y, kiser,
Z gener0Nsrhearted man, who, with
business forelhoUght, had fortified his
family Win M abundance NJ pro-
Visions, and who apportioned hls sur
plus ma contributed ~ Tho need "
distressed families says the Gilisenl
MAY he live long and prosper, ana
Ray his name be handed d0wn ~ pes
terllY when ihe sieee 10 vlekshuFg N
written, as 0ne IN whose breast Tho
Dlik 0f human Kindness had moi drled
NJ"
Admiral Porter, win his gunboals
ana mortar ileei, evidently WAS n great
annoyance AMI his siiAipshooiers also
made things lively 0n The river Front,
Judging from lhe wall ~ The citizen,
''i'oor fooll" snts The citizen, referring
IN Porter, "hp might ~ we'll Give no
lle vain aspiration he enlertaiBs of
capturing our city, of es!erinlnhtlng
our people, ana return 10 his master,
to receive The reward sueh n gaseonads
Ing dolt VIII meet M the hands Of the
,innppreclnllhs government nj Wash.
lhHt0iii" reference II had 10 the death
Of Lieutenaht.Colonel arlilln. n val.
liant officer ATTACHED 10 General
Smiths lmpetuous division" ANA com.
hiandlng The Thirty first Louisiana IN.
f0ntry, the Citizen addlngi "Mny the
soft south winds m,irmur sweet re.
puemH 0'er his names. nnd the twi.
light dews fall gentle like mn ANGELS
tenrlrop nnd molsten his turfy bed"
A significant warning appears IN
one of the coltipns, In effect that resi-.
dents are secretlng supplies, and TINT
but for their hogglsh disposition there
would be sufficient for all. ana there
ls n gentle intlmeilon thnt II this Ii
verified there viii M something doing
along tho line Of connscatlon. Ssys
the Citizen; LET n brand not only 10
plnced on thclr brow. but let Il be
scared into their very brain. that hu.
mnnlty may scorn nnd shun thom us
they would the portals Of hell itself"
A month old Memphis Bulletin had
wandered through tho lines ana from
II tho Citizen extracts II fcw crumbs
OF comfort IN reported rcvcrscs of
Union arms, Tho Citizen compliments
tho former editors Of tho Bulletin, who
were pro southern. and were SUP.
pressed by tho provost marshal. "Thc
bulletin IN now edited" snya the CHI.
ten, "by n pin'noscd, slnb'sldcd, toad.
eating Yankee, who IN n llncal dos.
ccndnnt of judas lscariot, and n
brother gcrmnln of The greatest pur,.
Mnlcnl. sycophnntic. howling scoun.
drcl unhung, pnrson Drownlcc. Yot
with auch n fnct, this paper cannot
cloak tho fact that Gen. Robert u. Loo
has given Hooker, Milroy II Co. ono
0: tho best and soundcst whippings on
record. aud That tho 'glorioua Union'
h now exceedingly weak IN tho
knees"
Tho lack Of discipline among tho
Confederate soldiers is u 's0urcs Of
extreme annoyance" 10 the Citizen,
and company officers are censured for
permitting their men 10 ronm about
hy dny aud by night purlolnlng fruit,
vegetables, chickens, etc These
prowlers IN daylight had seized cattle
aud other things, and "delled tho own
ers 10 their teeth" Then follows'
I'VE Nre palned To learn that M as,
teemed citizen of Vloksburg, william
fo'teFIield, Was, under tho necessity
Of pr0ieciing his property, compelled
~ wound one or iva soldiers and 40,
prlye an0llN of his lifs, We fully
appreciate the fatigue, hardshlps and
priyatlons ~ which our mon ara sub,
ieelad, hN', Npon INJURY, " may hn
asrOrialnNh That MNr city ls second ~
none iN ronlrihWllng 70 ihn welfare Of
lnsp gallaNi spirlis who risk lhplr
llfp AWh ilmh l0r The achievement, NJ
Nh Nnl Whlph VIII mako no one NJ tho
most huuorpl uDuuln ol lhp purih unl