CHAPTER XXII.
First sharp-shooting at Vicksburg--Silences two guns--The rifle- pit--Shoots a Carolinian--The Carolinian's comrade--Outshoots a squad of sixteen--The defiant rebel--Shoots for Gens. McPherson and Logan--Beats the Parrot rifles--Joke on the Adjutant-General --Visit to Admiral Porter--The French spy--The disclosures-- Capture of a rebel dispatch--The fate of the spy 259