A Woman’s Diary of the Siege of Vicksburg under Fire from the Gunboats

 

Entry for July 4, 1863: 

About eleven o’clock a man in blue came sauntering along, looking about curiously. Then two followed him, then another.

“H-------, do you think these can be the Federal soldiers?”

“Why, yes; here come more up the street.”

Soon a group appeared on the court-house hill, and the flag began slowly to rise to the top of the staff. As the breeze caught it, and it sprang out like a live thing exultant, H------- drew a long breath of contentment.

“Now I feel once more at home in mine own country.”

Extract from ‘A Woman’s Diary of the Siege of Vicksburg under Fire from the Gunboats,’ 8 (new series) The Century Magazine (1885), 767, 774.

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘A Woman’s Diary of the Siege of Vicksburg under Fire from the Gunboats,’ New Reform Club (Oct. 2, 2026, 1:26 PM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg.html>;