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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1863, by Harper & Brothers, in
the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
devote pages 497 and 500 this week to illustrations
the FALL OF PORT HUDSON,
from sketches by our special artist,
it. Hamilton. The following account from the
will ex-plain the pictures:
At the earliest dawn of the—now ever
memorable—9th of July, the whole camp was necessarily in the highest
state of glee and commotion, and the "Star-Spangled Banner," "Yankee Doodle,"
and "Dixie" came borne upon the morning air—never sounding sweeter.
At 7 o'clock General Andrews,
Chief of the Staff of General Banks, made his grand entrance into the rebel
fortifications, with Colonel Birge leading his brave storming column, whose
noble service have thus been, happily for their friends, dispensed with, but to
whom the country is no less indebted—taking the will for the deed. These
were followed by two picked regiments from each division, with Holcomb's
and Rawle's battery of light
artillery, and the gunners of the naval battery.
The rebels were drawn up in line, and an immense line
they made, their officers in front of them in one side of the road, their
backs to the river. Gen. Gardner then advanced toward Gen. Andrews, and, in a
few accompanying words, offered to surrender his sword with Fort Hudson; but
General Andrews told him, in appreciation
of his bravery—how-
ever misdirected—he was at liberty to retain his sword. Our men were then drawn
up in two lines on the other side of the road, opposite to the rebels, and our
officers placed themselves in front of their men. Gen. Gardner then said to Gen.
Andrews: "General, I will now formally surrender my command to you, and for that
purpose will give the orders to ground arms."—The order was given and the arms
After that Gen. Andrews sent fur the enemy's general officers, staff and
field-officers. The line-officers were left with their companies and guard,
composed of the Twenty-second Louisiana,
and Seventy-fifth New York, placed over them. These formalities over, the
glorious old flag of the union was unfolded to the breeze
from one of the highest bluffs facing the river, by the men
Richmond-a battery thundered forth its salute, which rolled majestic-ally up and down the
broad surface of the Mississippi—and Port Hudson was ours! It was with no little de-light that I found myself riding at last over every portion
of this long-forbidden ground, noting the havoc which our cannon made not only
iii the ramparts but over the whole internal surface. Not a square rood but bore
'some indisputable proof of the iron deluge that had fallen upon it, in
earth plowed up, trees with the bark almost completely torn
off by rifle-shot, and some—twice the bulk of a man's body--fairly
snapped in two by some solid ball, as easily as a walking-cane.
As to what they called the town of Port Hudson - miserable little conglom-
SALUTING THE OLD
FLAG AT PORT HUDSON,
MR. J. R. HAMILTON.
THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF PORT HUDSON.---DRAWN
BY MR. J. R. HAMILTON.
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