Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-05-28
Gen. Grants Operations I'm missIg-
sippt-Ehe SIego OF VicksbuTH.


CHICAGO, May GA special from Cairo to
the Journal says: A paroled prisoner who left
SheFm in's Landing on the 2Si says just before
leaving he converscd with bearer Of dispatch
ca from Pemberton to Johnston, who had been
captured. The dispatch bearer says the num-
ber of rebels ut Vicksburg was between twenty
fye and thirty Thousand.
Friday morning Pemberion sent flag of truce
tO Grant offering to surrender Vioksburg if
Grant would allow the rebels to lay down their
arms and march out. The offer was refused
Thursday the rebel batteries on the hill north OF
the town were taken and turned or the enemy.
The evening oi the same day the water batter
les Ut The foot of the hill were captured The
same evening the water batteries below Vcks-
burg were taken by Porter's gupboals
Friday, after the refusal to accept Pomber.
toms terms OF surrender, Grant moved on his
work and the rebels we're driven TO their fortifi.
cations
Logan sua:ds Black river bridge.
Grant ieels certain he will be able 10 take
care Of Johnston. The latter has only abo ut
ten thousand men, exclusive OF what he may
have by reiniOrcemenis Grants army ID larg-
er th,n is generally supposed-qui.e numerous
enough for the work in hand. It stretches
round tN doomed city, each wing resting on
the river.
VcksbuTg ia full of women and children, not
only original Inhabitants there, bus many who
came in from the surrounding county for
safety. e.
A special t. the Times, dated three miles east
of VIcksburg, May 20th, says Our wounded
in tho battle of Champion Hill numbers over
one thousand seven hundred. The enemy's
lCsG is acknowledged not over half that. We
had about twenty thousand troops engaged, aud
the rebels Rbcnt ten thousand, according to &C.
counts Of tbeir wounded. We took three
thousand prisoners, ehG three thousand at the
battle At tue bridge.
Gen. Sherman crossed on a pontoou bridge.
McPhera0n's and McClefnsnd's corps built
three bridges Sunday night, and crossed their
commands BY Monday noon. By four o'clock
the advance Of Shermsn's corps, under Steele,
reached the enemy's works back OF the CITY and
took position on the right, on the blaff. above
1t, and commenced the bomhardmeut. Gen.
McPherson planted hs command In front, or in
our CENTER Gen. MoClernand took the extreme
lett, reaching almost to the river below.
Ali possibility Of escape is cut off Every
living man, woman and child mus! fall into our
hands.
All the forenoon yesterday, different brigades
were taking position, forming lines Of battlei
etc. At o'clock the battle began in earnent
alter skirmishiug all the forenoon. General
Steele drove the enemy from several forts and
took oRe complete line of Notifications fronted
by rife pits. Hia extreme right rested on the
river bank under the bluff at sundowu. His
division fought gallantly all day, though hungry,
dirty, foot core and sleepy. Shernan's left and
McPhereon's right are in supporting distance.
Both advanced their lines OF skirmishers to
within fifteen yards of the breAstWoFks and
their artillery to within Ave hundred yards, aud
are ia position az these distances this mgrning.
McClernand ia not progressing 30 fast, but is
doing well.
We lost about fifteen hundred killed and
wounded yesterday. ~ tTl
This morning simultaneous assault will be
ordered on the enemy's works, understand,
from oil points.