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The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], The siege and fall of Vicksburg. (search)
Before the capitulation the miners and sappers of the enemy and those of our own army had got within ten paces of each other, and whilst they were working under ground the picks of each could be heard by the other, each striving to get his mine in readiness before the other's. The Colonel says that when the enemy sprung his mine, which produced such disaster, in two hours more ours would have been in readiness, which would have been sprung to the great detriment of the enemy. On the 3d of July Gen. Pemberton determined to hold out no longer. The food was nearly exhausted, and the soldiers had become worn out from excessive fatigue. To cut their way out was impossible. No help was at hand. He therefore resolved to obtain the best terms in a capitulation, and accordingly sent a flag of truce for that purpose. It is not necessary to publish the honorable terms which Gen. Pemberton obtained from the enemy. They form one of the relieving features of this otherwise wholly lament