Under Siege! (24 page)

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  4 “Although
I
was only”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 65.

11 “a place of education”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 65.

14 “Vicksburg is the key”: Winschel,
Vicksburg: Fall,
p. 14.

14-15 “Mississippians don’t know”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 19.

17 “One bright afternoon”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 65.

23 “Great God, Phil”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 63.

24 “The party is at an end”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 63.

25 “He mounts a breastwork”: Wheeler,
The Siege of Vicksburg,
p. 91.

26 “I reached Vicksburg at the time”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 4.

27 “Whenever she could”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.

27 “I, being the eldest”: Frederick Grant, “Reminiscences,” p. 4.

27 “I considered it”: Julia Grant,
The Personal Memoirs,
p. 92.

28 “We may have some fighting”: Julia Grant,
The Personal Memoirs,
p. 92.

32 “I cannot spare this man”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 31.

32 “Somehow he was more partner”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 134.

34-35 “the General was greatly amused”: Julia Grant,
The Personal Memoirs,
p. 111.

37 “the river was lighted up”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 2.

37 “Indeed, it was a grand sight”: Julia Grant,
The Personal Memoirs,
p. 112.

37 “was quietly smoking”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 2.

37 “magnificent, but terrible”: U. S. Grant,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant,
p. 241.

37 “It was as if hell”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 85.

37-38 “The batteries were passed”: Julia Grant,
The Personal Memoirs,
p. 112.

40 “With the deep but muffled boom”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 21.

41 “How is it possible you live here?”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 12.

42 “I looked over this beautiful landscape”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 12.

42 “Resting in Vicksburg”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 12.

42 “I sprang from my bed”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 15.

42-43 “While I hesitated”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 16.

43 “We remained on the veranda”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 18.

43 “the glad sound of the whistle”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 23.

44 “our entire household”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 21.

44 “a planter’s cordial welcome”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 22.

45 “I was to remain”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.

46 “I asked General Thomas to let me”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.

46 “my guilty conscience”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.

47 “the horrors of a battlefield”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 3.

47 “Night came on and”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.

47 “I followed four soldiers”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.

47 “Surgeons were tossing”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.

47-48 “I picked my way among”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.

48 “Why, hello, is that”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.

48 “About fifty yards off”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.

49 “where some officers were”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.

49 “Father, who was ever kind”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.

49 “we conceived the idea”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

50 “I, for one, did not propose”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

50 “without a tent, in the midst”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 109.

51 “and here again I saw”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

51-52 “the enemy’s sharpshooters”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

52 “Confederate troops passed”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

52 “a mounted officer with”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.

53 “I saw the match put”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 6.

54 “We were in far more danger”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 27.

54 “May I not be in danger”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 27.

55 “Very hurriedly we made our”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 27.

55 “was crowded with crushing”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 28.

55 “With our sewing”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 35.

56 “their arms were filled”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 39.

58 “My mother was so constituted”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets, p.
22.

58 “reluctantly gave his consent”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 22.

58 “On our return journey”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 22.

59 “My mother, so comfortably”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 66.

59 “I remember so well how”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 66.

60 “When we drove into”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 66.

60 “there were no pickets”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 67.

61 “This I thought of all”: Wheeler,
The Siege of Vicksburg,
p. 27.

63-64 “Our line broke”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.

65 “While a battle is raging”: U. S. Grant,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant,
p. 272.

65 “We killed each other”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 119.

65-66 “I became enthused”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.

66 “Following the retreating”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.

66 “came dashing up”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.

67 “After dark, the whole scene”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 101.

68 “Until this moment I never”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 8.

69 “passed groups of anxious”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 41.

70 “Where on earth”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 43.

70 “Afterward we were told”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 45.

71 “From twelve o’clock”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 3.

71-72 “I had everything that”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 3.

72 “the ladies waved”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 47.

72 “What a sad evening”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 47.

73 “I still conceive [Vicksburg] to be”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 103.

73 “I have decided to hold”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 103.

74 “A long line of high”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 105.

75 “At every point”: Sherman,
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman,
p. 326.

75 “This is a death struggle”: Korn,
War on the Mississippi,
p. 127.

75 “The excitement was intense”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 50.

76-77 “We ran to the small cave”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 56.

77 “The boys were”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 36.

77-78 “We fixed bayonets”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 38.

78 “had a narrow escape”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.

78 “with blood streaming”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.

79-80 “All the soldiers came out”: Wheeler,
The Siege of Vicksburg,
p. 176.

82 “a bombshell burst into”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 126.

83 “any one of them should collapse”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 22.

83 “children played while”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 23.

84 “It was living like plant roots”: Hankinson,
Vicksburg 1863,
p. 77.

84 “the Arabian Nights made real”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 23.

84-85 “a Minie ball passed through”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 71.

85 “all bandaged and propped”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 68.

85 “suddenly a shell came down”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 68.

85 “succeeded in getting my”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 68.

85-86 “frightened, rushing into”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 68.

86-87 “Mother instantly decided to leave”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 69.

87 “Father was horrified when”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 69.

87 “My father’s powerful voice”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 24.

87 “here, under the shadow”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 23.

87 “Don’t cry, my darling”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 27.

88 “In this cave we sleep”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 127.

88 “bear themselves like”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 127.

88 “rang the bell, robed”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 29.

88 “The church has been”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 15.

89 “We are again victorious”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 11.

89 “There were loud cheers”: Hoehling,
Vicksburg: 47 Days,
p. 65.

89 “I can’t pity the rebels”: Werner,
Reluctant Witnesses,
p. 84.

89 “I suppose [the women] are determined”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 150.

89 “The general impression”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 14.

90 “After passing a bad night”: Balfour,
Vicksburg: A City,
p. 12.

90 “rocking the earth”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 90.

91 “How very sad this life”: Loughborough,
My Cave Life,
p. 81.

91 “the shot fell thick and fast”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 69.

92 “when the shell exploded”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 29.

92 “The victim … stood holding”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 31.

92 “so near the top of my head”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 27.

92 “Get in the cave!”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 69.

93 “So up came the tent”: Cotton,
Yankee Bullets,
p. 70.

95 “When shall I expect you?”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 111.

95 “I am waiting most anxiously”: Schultz,
The Most Glorious Fourth,
p. 111.

96 “The wound I had received”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.

96-97 “I saw a great deal of”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.

97 “Almost every day as I drove”: Wheeler,
The Siege of Vicksburg,
pp. 186-87.

97-98 “He said casually, ‘I guess’”: Flood,
Grant and Sherman,
pp. 179-80.

98 “I then asked about her husband”: Kennett,
Sherman: A Soldier’s Life,
p. 355.