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, IN THE "" VEST.
Tho work of drawing closer the lines about New lVladrid
moved steadily onward \ vhfle the bombardment , of Istan~ lN o. io,
twelve miles a" Tay, by our gunboats could be plainly heard, and
on dark nights the course of the fuse shells could be traced, as
the siege mortars sent their ponderous shells arching through the
I
sky to their work of . dcstruction.
Here Gordon Granger, novv a brigadier, gave us an exhib-ition
of his skill , as an officer in charge of siege works. The
perfect composure with which he went along the line of heavy
, guns, touching a gun now and then to raise or lower the range,
~ hile shot and shell from' the ' enerny's forts plowcdfho ground
all abo~ t him, often covering' him with clouqs of dirt, without
so much as drawing from him an indication that he saw 01" heard
. unything but his own work, drew from all his men deep though
\
silent admiration.; and all the harsh things seen in him or felt in
ourselves were buried forever.
\ With an occasional sortie and repulse, a' skirmish on the right
, and another on the left, thework of reducing the fort went stead-ilY'th?
ugh slowly forward until one evening it began to bewhis-pored
about that a general assault was to be made at daylight,
By a probably accidental coincidence, the, elleluy were busy all
' night in moving their forces across the river, and in the morning
. when our guns suddenly opened on one par~, our infantry made ,
. a dash, scaling the works and rushing in,' only to find the rear
" guard of a demoralized army, with all the indications of a hur-ries
· d departure- half cooked breakfasts, . u\ npacked knapsacks,
burdensome trinkets" Texas " cheese. knives~;" useless arms, accou-trements,
etc. ~ hey had been busy crossing the river, were fol-lowed
and captured.
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Object Description
| Title | A hundred battles in the West, St. Louis at Atlanta, 1861-1865. |
| Author | Thatcher, Marshall P. |
| Description | History of the second Michigan Cavalry, with the armies of the Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky and Cumberland. Also mentioned a few of the famous regiments and brigades of the West |
| Subject.LCSH | United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Michigan Cavalry Regiment -- 2nd. |
| Source | Detroit : M.P. Thatcher, 1884. |
| Language | eng |
| Date | 1884 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Identifier | 973.7474 T36h |
| Relation | Northwest Missouri State University Library Tom Hooper's Civil War Collection |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in public domain |
| Contributing Institution | Northwest Missouri State University B. D. Owens Library |
| Copy Request | Contact Owens Library Archives /Special Collections at (660)562-1974. |
| Collection Name | Northwest Missouri State University Collection |
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| Title | PAGE 37 |
| Description | '~ \ , IN THE "" VEST. Tho work of drawing closer the lines about New lVladrid moved steadily onward \ vhfle the bombardment , of Istan~ lN o. io, twelve miles a" Tay, by our gunboats could be plainly heard, and on dark nights the course of the fuse shells could be traced, as the siege mortars sent their ponderous shells arching through the I sky to their work of . dcstruction. Here Gordon Granger, novv a brigadier, gave us an exhib-ition of his skill , as an officer in charge of siege works. The perfect composure with which he went along the line of heavy , guns, touching a gun now and then to raise or lower the range, ~ hile shot and shell from' the ' enerny's forts plowcdfho ground all abo~ t him, often covering' him with clouqs of dirt, without so much as drawing from him an indication that he saw 01" heard . unything but his own work, drew from all his men deep though \ silent admiration.; and all the harsh things seen in him or felt in ourselves were buried forever. \ With an occasional sortie and repulse, a' skirmish on the right , and another on the left, thework of reducing the fort went stead-ilY'th? ugh slowly forward until one evening it began to bewhis-pored about that a general assault was to be made at daylight, By a probably accidental coincidence, the, elleluy were busy all ' night in moving their forces across the river, and in the morning . when our guns suddenly opened on one par~, our infantry made , . a dash, scaling the works and rushing in,' only to find the rear " guard of a demoralized army, with all the indications of a hur-ries · d departure- half cooked breakfasts, . u\ npacked knapsacks, burdensome trinkets" Texas " cheese. knives~;" useless arms, accou-trements, etc. ~ hey had been busy crossing the river, were fol-lowed and captured. ! i7 ", I,; '" |
