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The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Journal of the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
g us constantly from their mortar boats, which are placed across the peninsula in front of town and their gunboats below town, but with little effect. Five o'clock P. M.--An armistices of five hours has been agreed on, to allow the Federal to bury their dead. Tuesday, May 26.--During the armistices our boys went out and had a social time with the Feds, and got some late Northern papers. They say that they are not going to charge our works any more, but starve us out. Sunday, May 31.--Another week has passed. We have not had much fighting with small arms, but the enemy's cannon has been firing pretty constantly; a put of the time the cannonade has been terrific. The Feds attempted, on last Tuesday evening, to go down with the gunboat Cincinnati, an iron clad of 16 guns. --As soon as it came in range of our batteries, they commented thing, and by the time it had rounded the point above town it was so badly crippled that it was in a sinking conditions; they then turned