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literally ran over by the men in their eagerness to enter
claimed that the white flag was raised without
his knowledge or concent ^and^ that he had
not and would never surrender, not not
withstanding his ^expostulations^ he and 5000 of his men
were put aboard transports and sent
to Memphis, with ^the addition of^ two full regiments
that came in the darkness of the following
night ^within the confines of the earthworks^ and were marched from their
stacked arms to be informed that they
were prisoners of war.

It is needless to say that this victory had
the desired effect upon the men: and we
were again headed for the Mississippi to
inaguerate the ^second and more^ earnest work^ of takeing to take
of taking Vicksburg. The river was very high, The
levees had been neglected and the country
was in^un^dated, ^for miles^ with only now and then
a dry spot suitable for camps

Vicksburg is directly opposite the
peninsula formed by an immense bend
30 miles around and but two miles
accross. We landed at Young's Point
a few miles above for the purpose of
cutting a canal accross histhe peninsula
which would leave the city several
miles inland. The work was prosicuted
with vigor ^and^ with the hope that when a
certain depth was reached the current