Southern history of the war Author:Edward Alfred Pollard Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER HI. The Defences of Vicksbnrg. -- Pemberton's Force. -- His Troops Reinspirited. -- A Memorable Appeal. -- Grant's Assault on the Works. -- Confid... more »ence of the Yankees. -- Their Repulse and Losses. -- Commencement of Siege Operations. -- Confidence in Richmond. -- Johnston's Secret Anticipation of the Fall of Vickaburg. -- His Alleged Inability to Avert it. -- Critical Condition of the Confederate Annies in Numbers. -- Secret Correspondence of Richmond Officials. -- Mr. Seddon's Bait of Flatter)'. -- Sufferings of the Garrison of Vicksburg. -- Johnston's Attempt to Extricate them. -- Proposed Diversion in the Trans-Mississippi. -- Its Failure. -- A Message from Pemberton. A Gleam of Hope. -- An Important Dispatch Miscarries. -- The Garrison Unable to Fight Their Way Out. -- But Their Condition not Extreme. -- Pembcrton's Surrender on the Fourth of July. -- Surprise in Richmond -- Mendacity of the Telegraph. -- The Story of the Rats and Mules. -- Pembcrton's Statement as to his Supplies. -- His Explanation as to the Day of Surrender. -- The last Incident of Humiliation. -- Behavior of the Vicksburg Population. -- A Rival of "The Beast." -- Appearance and Manners of the City nnder Yankee Rule. -- Consequences of the Fall of Vicksburg. -- The YanKee Reoccupation or Jaceson. -- Johnston's Second Evacuation. -- The Enemy's Ravages in Mississippi. -- How they Compared with Lee's Civilities in Pennsylvania. -- The Fall Of Poet Hudson,« less