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ss Story of an Emigrant. 102
bee a use Yicksburg was not vet taken, upon which the
general expressed himself in the following words: 441 could make
another assault and hasten the capture a few days, but will
not do it because I know positively that within ten days the
garrison must surrender anyhow, for I have got them, and
will take them all. Let them howl. I don’t care. I have
got Pcmberton tight as wax." Saying which, he closed his
right hand and laid it on the little camp table with such
force that I noticed the veins filling and turning blue on the
back of his hand. These two little incidents give a key to
Gen. Grant’s whole character, and the secret of his
unparalleled success, not only in winning battles, but in bagging
the entire opposing force.
A week later Yicksburg fell into our hands. \Ye took
thirty-two thousand prisoners, fifteen generals, two
thousand other officers, and nearly two hundred cannon.
gkn’erals grant and pemrerton.
About a week after the surrender of Yicksburg’ the Third
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