Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-07-11
The Bloodiest yet Fought.
CITY POINT BURNED
FIRE Mt JV'I.rOA:d, JNI.s.s.
Gen. Grant orders Reprisal for
DepredatiOMs of Gueriilas.
IMPORTANT FROM MOBILE.

Vlckspurg Is ours NO particulars yet.
CAIRO, July 5-5 P NJ.
The ram Monarch has arrived, with inn
portant news from Vicksburg
On Thursday morning, the 26th, Com Por-
| ter's mortar fleet commenced to shell the up
per fort, below the town. This was contin-
ued all day, without result. Friday morning
the bombardment was RECOMMENDED and in
| the afternoon directed on the town itself. The
| shells could be seen to burst over the town.
This was continued till about 4 o'clock, when
the fleet was signalled to cease firing
The batteries on shore replied very light and
| at long intervals, firing very inaccurately
| About half an hour after the cessation of this
bombardment the water battery opened on
the mortars, which replied till the batteries
ceased firing, when the firing ceased. At 4
| p. NJ. the captains of divisions were signalled
to report on flag ship, where an order was is
sued to open fire with the entire fleet upon the
town at o'clock that night. At the ap-
pointed time the action was commenced and
continued an hour. An order then came
| from Commander Farragut, whose fleet was
then five miles below the town, to again shell
the town next morning at o'clock, when a
portion of his fleet would run the blockade.
| This was done, and eight vessels passed the
| batteries without serious damage
| The damage to the city must have been
great, topping houses, falling chimnies, crush
ing roofs and slight conhagrations being seen
in numerous places We are also informed
on indisputable authority that 5000 negroes
have been ordered by Gen. Butler to work on
canal across the bend on which Vicksburg,
or its remains, are now situated. The belief
&c, +ho4% %ho Miccics,;v,,,. I'd
Vicksburg becomes an inland city forever
New Orleans, with which to reduce the re-
mains of Vlcksburg to ashes, and the canal is
fast progressing to completion.
New YORK, July 5.
The Fort Monroe correspondent of the
Tribune, dated June Sd, says Gen. McClellan's
position cannot be fanked by any force, how
ever great. Supplies of all kinds are in
abundance and the army is in the best possi-
BILE spirits.
Two gun-boats went up the Apomatox
river towards Petersburg, Sunday night
The Island Belle got aground and was burned
City Point was burned this morning by the
gun-hoats, thus destroying the shelter for
rebel sharp-shooters.
| The James river is filled with transport
vessels and steamers, and over 20 gun-boats
in the vicinity of Harrisons Landing
The rebel prisoners state their loss at
thirty thousand. Ours will not exceed TO-
OOO The rebels had over 100000 engaged.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAc,)
TURKEY ISLAND, July g.
| The following is an account of the battles
| fought in front of Richmond on Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday, being the 9Th, 9th and 7th
days of the engagement:
On Sunday morning the corps of Gems.
Sumner and Franklin were left in the works
at Fair Oaks, with instructions to evacuate
and protect the baggage and supply trains on
their way to James river. They had hardly
left their position and were falling back on the
railroad and Williamsburg railroad when the
rebels discovered the movement and started
in pursuit with their whole force. So rapidlv
did the rebels approach that our officers had
barely time to place their men in position to
receive them before they were upon them.
The enemy advanced to the attack about 2
o'clock, which was promptly met by our men
The battle lasted until dark, during which
the enemy suffered terribly, advancing in a
solid mass to within short distance of ou1
artillery The effect of our guns upon thei1
ranks was fearful, killing and wounding them
by hundreds At dark the enemy was re
pulsed and forced to abandon their position
This battle took place about mile and a hal
above Savagc's station.
i While this battle was in progress other i'm
portant events were transpiring.
The railroad bridge across the Chickahomi
ny was burned and a train of - cars, under
a full head Of steam, was run overheard. AL
the commissary and quartermaster's stores
unable to be moved, were committed to tn
flames, together with large amount of ord
nance stores.
| The large house at the station, and the ad
joining grounds, which were filed with on
sick and wounded, whom it was impossible
to get away, were left under the care of ou
, surgeons, with all the necessaries at hand 70
their comfort. They numbered about zoe
and are now in the enemy's hands. Tn
= troops which had fought the battle Sunda
;, retreated under cover of the night to Whit
Oak Swamp bridge, about IL miles, there I
s await the approach of the enemy.
The disposition of the troops on Monda,
c the sixth day of the battle, was as follows
d Gen. Smiths division, supported by Gel
'e Nagley's brigade, occupied the right Of IL
IF bridge, while Gen. Summers and Gen. Franl
Inns corps occupied the left. Gen. Heintzl
sr mans corps, with McCal's division, was o
ID on the road to meet the enemy, who was a
re preaching from Richmond. The enen
came up boldly early in the forenoon, havi1
s. been heavily reinforced by the troops vi
Of had fought the battle of Friday on the OPP
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