...conquering temperament. Perhaps the climax of this expression is found when Grant says incidentally, " While a battle is raging one can see his enemy mowed down by the thousand, or even the ten thousand, with great composure ; but after the battle these scenes are distressing, and...

...and missing — more than one-third of his division. Had McClernand come up with reasonable prompt' ness, or had I known the ground as I did afterwards,...XXXVI. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACK — INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG ASSAULTING THE WORKS. WE were now assured of our position between...

...had fought so bravely and bled so freely. Much war material abandoned by the enemy was picked up on the battlefield, among it thirty pieces of artillery....to alleviate the suffering of an enemy as a friend. We were now assured of our position between Johnston and Pemberton, without a possibility of a junction...

...Grant somewhere in his Memoirs expresses the idea (only in milder language than mine) when he says: "While a battle is raging one can see his enemy mowed...thousand, or the ten thousand, with great composure." The regiment bivouacked for the night on the bluff, not far from the historic "log house." Rain set...

...had fought so bravely and bled so freely. Much war material abandoned by the enemy was picked up on the battle-field, among it thirty pieces of artillery....XXXVI. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACK — INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG — ASSAULTING THE WORKS. WE WERE now assured of our position...

...an enemy within their ranks to give aid and comfort to the armies of the opposing section or nation. While a battle is raging one can see his enemy mowed...to alleviate the suffering of an enemy as a friend. Part 4 On the Siege of Vicksburg During the siege there had been a good deal of friendly sparring between...

...had fought so bravely and bled so freely. Much war material abandoned by the enemy was picked up on the battle-field, among it thirty pieces of artillery....XXXVI. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACKINVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG — ASSAULTING THE WORKS, WE were now assured of our position between...