. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . the liist Hug uponthe mniparls seemsdue to LieutenantihiJip Jenkins, ofCompany C, Scvcnty-poventh Illinois Itegi-luent, though it uusstrongly denied hyR. P Wftllaoo, ofthe One mindredand Twentieth OhioRegiment, which wiusthe first to make theattempt upon theeiistcru bastions, andalso led tho udvuuneof Burbridgos bri
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . the liist Hug uponthe mniparls seemsdue to LieutenantihiJip Jenkins, ofCompany C, Scvcnty-poventh Illinois Itegi-luent, though it uusstrongly denied hyR. P Wftllaoo, ofthe One mindredand Twentieth OhioRegiment, which wiusthe first to make theattempt upon theeiistcru bastions, andalso led tho udvuuneof Burbridgos brigadtwhen the latter enteredthe works. Tho suiTcnder wascomplete. It embraced5,000 prisoners, includ-ing Concral T. J. Church-ill, the commander of thepost. Colonels Deshlc*,Duuning on nnd GarI lud as weW as niai votler oflicers also 1pieces of cannon and \\eri largo ij lantity ofsmall irntB and auininml 1 Tbo total k==C3 inliitlcd and Momidcd »c ero] orted at 0^7 on tliLrederal side and aboi t650 on tho p i t of tl eLoi fc lowt Tho prisoners Me eBtnl to St louis ai ibort II idmuu wan thenentt>-Blv dustrojed iitlall Its eontentd prejarator\ to KS abanlonmet On tho 13th of Januorj an o pcdition ofhght draft steamersnndcr Qcueral Qonuanand Li 1 It commiuidtng WaikLr, pru-. 6l eecileil up the WhiteRiv,r, and, after de-stroying thotowcjoiDos Arc and Dav-T,aBluff, joined McCIei^nands force, then atNapoleon, whence alldeparted on tlio 17thfor Millikens Bend,in accordance withorders received Grant. Alter encounter-ing Eoveio iieatheion the way. the iloeireached YoungsPoint on tbs 21stof January, and thetroops were hindedthere the followingday. Cleneral Granthimself reached thePoint on the iiX ofFohruiiry, havingbeen preccdeil thereby all the divisionsof the Army ol thoTennessee, with thofVLcption of ihsinder Genunil Logan, and ol^ii^b as were detailed;it diiloront posts inTcunessec. In order to aii&cc?sfully accompli (.apturo ofVicks-hiirg, Q rant set ahou-csta
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