Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-05-20

hsis positions and ID Ii said thai Lea hsa L
,ianted cannon - Kallsys, Banks and u
United States Ford.
She damage done the iron eiads at shs
bssnbasaaeas o. O Aasassson, hAs bseagss
pairsd and shs yasssls aEs saadg tor As-
ion.
The guns eE che federal gan boat Kso-
kak, whl0h was sunk In OAaslsstou bar
Dor, havs been recovered BIZ the Confed-
crates and wili soen be mounsed to de-
iend the city, that they cams 10 attack
bus few weeks ago.
Gen. stahi WITH amall Federal force
whils on scouting expedition fell 10
wish small rebel Forcs near Lseshurg,
Va, aad q skiFRish snsusd, whieh Ee-
sailed In killing one citizen and wound
ing several rebels. Stahps loss was
three wounded. s. ,.
All the wounded left BY Gen. Hooker
at Fredericksburg, have been brought over
the Rappahanacck. Good care vas Ia
ken Of shem while they remained within
The confederate lines. The dead OF both
armies have been buried.
Eleven of Gen. Grautas cavalry enter
ed and burned Crystal Springs, Miss, on
the lIth inst. .-..a
A barge loaded with coal ran the
blockade at Vieksburg on the night Of
the 10Th inst. ~.
The steamer Britain raa the blockade
at Charleston, GA the 18th inst, and she
Steamer Basbaw ran the blockade al
WILMINGTON on the 18th inst. Both
steamers we're heavily laden with Salua-
BILE steres. Gen. Bragg reviewed the
northern Alabama troops on the 18th
inst, and expressed an ardent desire 10
meet and attack the fedsrals.
Joan Morgan With 1906 confederate
troops ID on the South side Of Cunber-
land River, as is supposed With the intent
of making raid into Kentucky. Il is
reported thai the Steamer Cherokee, d
blockade runner, has been captured By
The federal squadron on Charleston.
AuEfreesboro, May lA--Ths position
Of The rebel army il thus described by
the correspondent Of the Atlanta Con-
| fedcFate. ..-a -:..s.r.
Oar right rests at McMinEiville, and
the line extends thence westward via
Manchester and Shelbyville to Columbia.
Is ferns the arc Of circle, earving
slightly towards the South, while the
rear extends as far South as Essell
Springs. Our right aank ID protested
by Elk Greek Craney Fork with its Ba-
merous tributaries, the abrupt peaks Of
the Cambeland mountains, and several
thousand cavaliers under the impesuous
John Morgan. Our left 10 sheltered by
Daek River and the vigiiant diVision for
merly under Van Dorm. .....
/ The Richmond Sentinel Of tbs 18th
says James North Carolina brigade lost
| T87 killed and wounded and las missing
in the battle at ChanesllorviIle or total
loss Of over 30 per eeas Of shsir sntirs
/ number. ....... r..
Il is reported thai considerable mum
6er Of confederate cavalry, have crossed
the Cumberland river, with the evideu'
design Of advancing into Kentucky.
Ii Is also reported that the Confede-
rate Gen. Joe johnson, has gone into
East Tennessee with the view Of lava
ding Kentucky By say OF the Cumberland
Gap. t..-.. .r.. .-s-.
Ii Is aiso reported that Gen. Bueknez
with q. go men from Mobile has rein.
foaeed Gen. BrAggs army. Gen. Curtia
has besn removed from his command si
Sc. Louis, and Gea. Sshoaeld succeeds
bin in command.
| The Richmond Sentinel Of the l2tk
says the Matches Coassier Processes to
have information that Kirby Smith, with
1000 troops, whipped Banks and drove
him ogs Of Washington La.
ssAn ot6cial dispatch from Padueah,
Ky., to-day says that on the night OF tbs
l2th, So men vi she lst Tenn. cavalry,
who we're taken up the Tennessee river Oh
gunboass, landed al BseCkinridge, dash.
ed across the country to Linden, suEpFis.
ed rebel force Of twice their number,
killed three, captured Lieut.. Colonel,
6 other officers, 80 priEatas, l0 coascripts
so horses, arms &C., aud burned tht
court house, which vas q rebel depat-
with quantity Of army supplies. We
loaf M ma au - ..... g..
Isis reported that federal troops oceu'
ply West Point, Va, andars throwing ~
entertainments across the point from
Mattapony to Pamuakay river. w
ssThursday's New York Tribune crisi.
cises very severely She operations Of Gen,
Stsneman, saying the damage indicted
on the enssay Was 50 slighs as to have
caused the rebels bus asgie Inconvenience,
In conclusion it says In Is idle b de,
| NJ that the campaign of Gen. Hook
or which began 30 suspicious, has become
/ pgematarsly Intellectual und his Losses con.
i siderably heavier than published esti.
matea, which wons ameaat 10 less than
/ i6 900 killed, wounded and missing. The
actual preaent returns exceed III ,0O0, but
this may DO little reduced. Lee IL said
to admit lsss Of Ii, 900, which IL far
greater than ours In proportion to the
strength Of bis army. Rockers army
still largely ousnumbers the rebel army
and Ia Ia good spirits and condition.
The steamer Pinkney, Is fitting out a.
a confederate privateer, at Braaos, Tsx-
as.
| 81 Washiagton lstter to the N. Y. com
EaarriaI says; ls 10 certain that the army
| OF the Potomac lost heavily In prisoners
and missiug. les dead and woansied ex-
coed In number any reports hsrtofoss
pabii.hed. Hooker lafs on the south
bank Of The Rappahansoek ~ pieces eE
| artillery and largo qaamtity af arms