. The history of the Civil War in the United States : its cause, origin, progress and conclusion ; containing full, impartial and graphic descriptions of the various military and naval engagements, with the heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals, touching scenes and incidents in the camp, the cabin, the field and the hospital ; and biographical sketches of its heroes . much reason to believe that they were all murdered after their capture bythe Eebei forces. None of them have since been heard from, and the avowalin a semi-official way, of the intention of the Eebel Government to deal
. The history of the Civil War in the United States : its cause, origin, progress and conclusion ; containing full, impartial and graphic descriptions of the various military and naval engagements, with the heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals, touching scenes and incidents in the camp, the cabin, the field and the hospital ; and biographical sketches of its heroes . much reason to believe that they were all murdered after their capture bythe Eebei forces. None of them have since been heard from, and the avowalin a semi-official way, of the intention of the Eebel Government to deal inthis manner witli any freedmen who became soldiers in the Union armies,coupled with the persistent refusal of the Eebel authorities to give anyaccount of them, justifies the painful presumption that they were thusslaughtered. Their bravery in this, their fii-st battle-field, completelyrefuted the insinuations which had been so often made, of their want ofthe courage necessary for the profession of arms. On the lOth of June a Eebel force attacked the Union garrison at LakeProvidence ; but there, as at Millikens Bend, they were repulsed and attack on Helena, Arkansas, on the 4th of July, of which we shallgive some account in anothtir chapter, does not seem to have been madeby any portion of Johnstons troops, but by a detachment from the Trana-Misai-ssippi THE INVESfMENT OF POET HUDSON. 583 CHAPTEE XLIX. THE INVESTJtENT OF PORT HUDSON BATTLE FOUGHT BY GENERAL AUGUR THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL FORCES THE ASSAULT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF MAY THE BRILLIANT ATTACK OF GENERAL WEITZELs DIVISION—PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE ASSAULT THE ASSAULT OF THE FOURTEENTH OF JUNE ITS FAILURE—THE CLOSENESS OF THE SIEGE SUFFERINGS OF THE GARRISON—THEIR SURRENDER THE REBEL ATTACKS ON BRASHEAR CITY AND TERREBONNE—INHUMAN MASSACRE OF INFIRM CONTRABANDS AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE MURDER OF NEGROES AT ST. MARTINSVILLE THE ATTACK OF THE REBELS ON HELENA, ARKANSAS THEIR SIGNAL DEFEAT—REV
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