stern patriot needs to feed his troops
150 years ago today a Richmond newspaper published information that the Yankee siege of Vicksburg was progressing but that Confederate General Johnston’s army was getting nearer. There was more information that things were going well for the rebels trapped in the city. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 29, 1863:
Latest from Vicksburg direct.
–The following dispatch was received in Knoxville Friday by a citizen:
Vicksburg,June 17, via Jackson 21st. –Everything is working well. Our troops in fine sprits. Plenty to eat.
David E. Norris.
Maybe not plenty to eat, or a lot had changed in eleven days.
From Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. ; Series I – Volume 25 (pages 118-119):
![THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG—VIEW UPON THE EXTREME RIGHT, SHOWING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOVE AND BELOW VICKSBURG.—SKETCHED BY MR. THEODORE R. DAVIS.—[SEE PAGE 478.] (Harper's Weekly July 25, 1863)](https://www.bluegrayreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vicksburg-siege.jpg)
Yankee besiegers better fed
The siege image was published in the July 25, 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly at Son of the South
