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WHILE la every rod of the Fed
eral and Confederate lines,
from the extreme right to the
left, there Is a spot of historical Inter
est on the battlefield of Vicksburg,
where the chiefest of the nation’s mili
tary parks Is located, only a few can
be given special mention Just now.
"Take a good look at the upright
siege gun,” said Captain Rigby, presi
dent of the national commission hav
ing in chnrge the making of the Vicks
burg Military park, who was our guide
during the two days along the two
lines of battle—the Federal and Con
federate—and a better could not have
been given us, for he lives In Vicks
burg and has been on duty there from
the beginning of the park. "There, on
the ground occupied by the foundation
for that cannon monument. Generals
Grant and Pemberton stood July 3,
1863, when they talked over the terms
of surrender offered by the Union com
mander.”
At that time a considerable tree
stood near the spot. Very soon after
ward the tree, its limbs, bark and
roots were cut Into small pieces and
on their way North, some by letter,
some by express, and some by wound
ed men sent North. Bits of that tree
can be found in thousands of homes—
souvenirs of high value. Soon after
the war the government erected a
plain monument to mark the place of
surrender. It was In a fair way to
go as the old tree had gone when It
was transferred to a sightly point in
the Nntional cemetery. When it was
at the place of surrender hundreds of
visitors chipped ofT chunks of marble
to carry home. Men and women,
strange as it may seem, armed them
selves with small hammers for use in
battering off souvenirs. But it is safe
in the cemetery, where the superin
tendent keeps it in mind and view
when the crowds come. Its four white
corners resemble a big-toothed saw In
an oiu-uine uimuei imu.
General Grant said but few words
that faraway day, but there was deep
meaning in them, and he wouldn’t take
them haek, much as General Pember
ton desired that he do so, and that is
why, on that never to be forgotten
Fourth of July, 29.672 Confederate sol
diers, a lieutenant general, several ma
jor generals, and many brigaditas.
500 stands of arms, over 200 cannon,
numerous transports, a great quantity
of ammunition, and much other mate
rial were surrendered.
As our party fixed their eyes upon
the brown cannon we thought of the
excitement resulting from the victory j
—a victory for the civilized world, and i
an especial and a precious victory for
the South, for from that day all pos- j
sihle chance of her setting up a sepa- j
rate government of even a small de- !
gree of permanency vanished forever.
Some of the younger editors, You
mans and Glennon among them, re
membered, as boys, the wild rejoicing
of the North. I remembered the cheers
of tli^ Army of the Potomac, right af- ,
ter Gettysburg, when the news of the
great Vicksburg surrender was read
to the men.
Not far from this cannon monu
ment the two lines of works were so
close together that a loud whisper
could be heard from one side to the
other.
It was a dust-covered, hungry, rag
ged Confederate who, when the white
flag of surrender was displayed,
sprang to the top of the breastwork
and called out, “Why, dung me if you
uns and we tins didn’t e’n a most git
right on top of each other.”
And the brave young Johnny was
right nbout it. strange as it seemed
When the battle lines get .so close
together that both sides can stab sol
diers with bayonets the warfare be
comes awfully strenuous. That was
the condition of things at Vicksburg at
a number of places.
“That is Grant avenue, and yonder
is where his headquarters were
throughout the siege.” The location
was within easy range of several Con
federate batteries, and it often oc
curred that the commander In chief’s
staff got a good shaking up from shefi
•ad shot
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Corporal's Day of Triumph.
At the battle of Opequon Creek,
where General Sheridan had formed
his line along the north bank of the
creek In front of a Vermont regiment,
there was quite a deep gully. The
banks were thick with blackberry
bushes and the men had a hard time
getting over through the bushes. As
they came out they found a long line
of breastworks in front of them.
They were ordered to lie down. Soon
as the boys had got through a big Irish
corporal, that had been called a cow
ard in his company, jumped up and
hollered at the top of his voice: "You
cowards, get up and fight like men;
follow' me.”
He started on the run up the hill
with the whole regiment after him and
over the breastworks they went, with
the Irish corporal at the head.
This was the beginning of the vic
tory of General Sheridan over General
Early. No one ever called the Irish
corporal a coward after that.
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