The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-29


REAR OF VIcKsBuRo, May 90.
The Army of Tonneescu landed at
Buullinsburg on the both Of April. On
the LIST Of May We fought the battle oi
Port Gibson aud defeated the bels un-
der Gen. Bowen, whose loss IN killed
and wounded aud pr 'soncra was ut least
90. aud loss in pri illcry FIVE pieces.
On the l2th OF May, at the battle Of
Rnymonj, the rebels were defeated with
loss of 800.
On tho lA'b Of May we defeated Cen.
Joseph y. Johnston and captured Jack
son, with loss 10 the enemy Of 1000,
beside immense stores and manulactorips
aud n pieces Of artillery.
On the 10 of May we fought the bloody
aud decisive battles at Bakcr's Creek, in
which the entire force OF Vicksburg un-
der Gen. pcmbcrton was doicutcd with
the loss OF 40 pieces Of artillery aud
1000 mon
On tho 18th Of May we defeated the
same force at the Zig Black river bridge,
with the loss Of . 600 men and II pieces
OF artillery.
On the 18th Of Moy We invested Vicks-
Jury tlNhVlys lN'uny NVn' b'''l' N"li -
I'd the rilc.pits on the North Of the city.
The right OF the army reefs on the Mis-.
sissippi above VicksburP.
(Signed)
JNo. A. RAWLINGS, A. A. G.
y. ST. lcnrn further that there nrc
from lb,01n TO 10000 mcn in Vicksburg,
md that Pembcrton has lost nearly nll
hs field nrtilcry, and that the cnnnona-
ding at Vicksl urg closed about 3 u NJ.
on the goth Of May. Gen. Grant has
captured nearly all.
FoRrnEss MONROE, May 81.
The Richmond Dispatch of May 23d
contains the following;
AloniLE, May 81.
In Saturdays fight we lost 80 pieces Of
artillery, which we spiked aud abandoned.
On Sunday the Ftdcrals advanced to
take the Big Black bridge, hut wcrn re-
pulsed They crossed higher up and
took, US in the rear, when the bridge was
burned aud the works abandoned. Our
loss is heavy. Vicksburg is closely be-
Slcgcd, the enemy closing in on all
sides.
New YoRH, May %.
The lIrrnld's special Washington dis
patch says; Adyiocs from Gen. Grant,
received by the President tonight, de-
tail his proceedings to the goth. He had
fought five bnttlcs, captured "a guns and
taken . 400 prisoners.
The Montgomery Advertiser of the
18th says in relation to the fight at Jack
son, that our troops were commanded by
Johnston. We were finally driven back
~ Jackson and fought them through the
streets ill ovorpuw by greatly supo
Iior rumbcrs aud were compelled to ov0c
unto the city. Tho cncmy's forces
amount 10 about 10000 or 100000, and
our own to only 5000 Gen. Johnston
then rctrcutcd 10 Canton. The cncmy's
cavalry was yesterday al Brandon, on the
Southern road 30 odd miles this side of
jackson, near which point we had a force
10 protect the road.
The Richmond Enquirer oC the Goth
has the following in relation to VickS-
burg IL some happy combination be
not made between the torccs under Penn
bertun und Johnston, the heroic city may
possibly fall.
The Times army correspondent OF the
23d, states that news received from the
enemy lines says that Ptmberion has
been defeated between jackson and
Vcksburg, with heavy LOSS in killed
aud wounded, aud 300Oiprisoners, Us well
Us one division OF his forces cut OF und
rctrcuting In n southcrly direction. -
Johnston attacked the Fed, raj force in
Jackson, which rctrcated on the main
body. pembcrlon also attacked Grant
hut was whipped aud letrcNtcd upon
Vicksbnrg, This Is said to be the con-
tents Of dispatch from Pcmbcrton 10
Lev.
WAsuSGrVS, May ~.
The following official details of the
ba,l!o of Black River have been r,ceiv.
cd;
REAR OF VIoKsnuRa, May 600 A. NJ.
To z. NJ. Stanton Seeretdry Of War.
Gen. Grant won Il great and momcu.
tous victor, oyer the rebels under Penn
berton, ON the Jackson and Vicksburg
ronj at Bakers Geek, on the 10th list.
pemberton had most formidable posi-
tion on the crest of wooded hill over
which the road passes longitutinaly.-
lie had about $4,000 men.
The battle began about 4 A. nj. and
was gained at 7, M. The brunt was
born by Hovy's division of McClornand's
corps, Hoyey attacked the Hill aud held
the greater part of il till . O'Clock p.
NJ, when having lost 500 mon, he was
succeeded By Boomers and Holiness
brigades OF Crookcr's division, by which
the conflict was ended in that part of the
field, Boomer lost 500 men. Logan
operated on the right aud cut Of thu en-
Cmy's direct retreat, so that ho was COM
PEELED TO escape by his right flank
through the woods. Logan lost 400 kill
cd and wounded. Wo took aoont 1000
prisoners.
On ihe 9th, advancing TO the Big
Black, We fought Pemberton again al
the bridge there and captured 5000 more
prisoners, lie fought in rife pits pro-
tcctcd by difficult bayou full of abattis
lawlcr's brigade of cClernand's corp,
charged the rife pits mognificently auC
took more prisoners than their numbers
pemberlon bnTned his bridge and return
ed to vicksburg, with ohly three can
mons out Of 90 that he had taken out,
They are building for bridges ovel
the Big Black, Gen, Grant arrived be-
fore the town on the evening ofthe 1871
aud holds ii closely invested.
lie had opened line Of snpplies via
ChickosAw bayou, having cut the toNp
oflrom haines Bluff. which is abandon,
ed BY the enemy and which Gen. Grant