Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 4

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!t»,the gallantry |Dd1>raveify of theliorbes Off,the llth and |2»th, who. with us, have
jrepresMita^ the Badger ^talte in this oam- PMgfei I^l^other witnesses speak of .thW
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'        inoN Stonb Fobo, Mississippi,) May 6ih, 1868.    { Wc embarked on tbe 26th ot April, at Smith's Plantation, on tlie Empire City, one of tho boats that had rdn tbe bluck-
.ade already, and started about one o'clock P. M., to commence  navigation on the
I narrow, winding bayoa which was to lead 08 into the broad Miesissippi. Tbis was une ot the most singolar voyages I ever participated in. The bayoa is so narrow that the toilage of the trues on-eitber side would toaob tbe boat, and the horses on
! the lower dtck broastd as we sailed, and 80 crooked that in order to torn the our- ueri* we were obliged tu back op and poll the buat around with ropes. Here we toiled tbe rebels. They supposed we oould never g t onr transports past the batte¬ ries ul Yieksburg, and it   we did, they
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barked; on the* ttaai^oi^ta.aad the n^aU mdrning our regiment, with the 4S>d Oiiio, j embarked oa the steamer .AnpJa SatBOtLfl "Diis-boat hkdv'beOn badly diMblM ^< mnning-tbe Uookade; wa weeatowe^ bj the rapi Tplar^'BflF iV^ afibpa^tbfl
the Ai-kansas_rivet.
Wea^drdown.tp within 6rai(d Bd4 i Tldfiiijte is li out-boldly wto the^nVer, it^ perpendicular, a atrpng hold^by bai reudertd stHl i^dtftjirr ' '' mantfekili and'ing^af^^di strong breastworks^ heavy ordtnaaees, ligWt'&ld ^e<;ja Miit^Nift^ hiJls. The attusk^as bbrdbSlwSio^ltOL day, except throwing two .^1, pound sbota by oor gunboat PmS. AtSo'oUiok tbe^ next morning, the gucboata iormad in a iip<9)MiB'';%^e w^t^meu oflheai^ the La Jfayette^BenUm., Oafvndout, 7m» eumbia^lauimUe^'PUuilJmrif, and * CUyl Jt'f))it^a'J^^lMM1d«^hlt»i grim warrioci fiJ^net^B^estioally to $be. oooilict. ~ As'soon as they were in raJB||«^. the rebels filed on Ahem,, hot tbj|^^. shot'fell short. From where we were ^t--^ uated we cotitd »ee^e greater part of ierrible ariillery dttel.
We could see the .wreaths of.pq from the guns on either sidof obrndJ their deateniog roar, .and see the shotfif
tbe rebels strike7--ia<^etiines-inshe vnifieB» sibhdiDg up 1oubl!^oB ef^8|i^. Mid eb^ limes striking,'the))k>ats, put witt^.vr|iat eileot we iduatd net^disbirm.   Wei aobld also see oar own shells  bgreting ia the J^ woods where their ^<;ld pieoes...w^Btfaad f sometimes see oaf solid stot Btrikhing xo<GAr'j breaatwt.rks.     During   this  time,.. Cisa. s Clraut Was..steamiiliig -baokwardtf'^iME^Icr* ^ wards in his little steam tug,^sometimes'-
thuoght we coold never use (hem in the :^ii^slif rai^ ^'i^»^«p^^jg9ml&Pa bayous. We arrived at Perkin'a Plants ai-xieiy to see how the fight was progress i tion, Mississippi, about sunset. Here wa siug. fle looked as cool and ano^ooeraed'^ found considerable excitement and enthu as tboagh nothing was going on thtttj sisbm. Qov. Yates, ot lUinois, and Gens, cuuld interest bim, yettbenuiok eyeoonidj Grant and McOlernand had been making discern thai it waa'^mt tiA. tnt^4^. bti speeches to the soldiers, stating among   anconoeru, but bf co^fideneei [    ]
oilier things, that Grand Gulf was thej' Rieifttiag-bbirttoB*! iiUaWoai 1 b*oWd|j key to -Viytsbnrg, and it mast be taken i p. m., when the gauboats withdrew, hat-j imniediately. Suun after we landed, it I ing silenced all tbe^ghlA¦%[c)M»pt^€'l*^aT] began tb rtiin'in torrents, bat very fortn J the heaviest nnes on the point of Ibe < iiate for oar men, tbe 114th Illinois was blu£^-wbiob weee ^so ettr<nwQa^|i^aoytt^ abseiit on picket duty, and we-bad ther that they ^ooold iroi «^ili%'ttjira^ privilege ut occupying their tents. The" ibem. We expeetsdisMvy'miaiQia'Vef next day ((.he 27i.ti) piUiieA withtpnt any oeive orders to land and atontf >lhteiiel incident of impu'rtanoe exheptthilt a rktt; works, but no such: order dhUni i^ ine Ol hay parted in gotugdowmberiVer,and   reaaon that those gana oommanded ev(
bhe poor fellvw n>ood hitoseh isulated un a wle of hay and going down screa(n't6 ^^^l^^d^diAf 'kll alone as fast 'as; the
ptaoe that oould be of adyadtsg4 (b oe; the attack, being so arranged- tfaat coaU heuimed iOialmuec ant diNMi^o, Bu the attack.wM-poskpoaed&r "
In the eveuiug, a laige number of oar j and we debarked at tiie'saese ptaae fteas. troops, iaolodioK tballih WiBooiasiii; ^m-] wbioh we siartedliifd marobed aoiCM'flie
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