, 1863-06-01

Col Gradlebauel. Hath Ohio. n,ortal!y.
fst Ma,1I o,n finla & e9th 1no woInd%ed ..s%
Lieut. Wh!tcomb, 40th Ind, wounded.
Lieut. Crook, d0th Ind. do.
eat cha. Hentg u aai5 oao Ene
Lieut. Henry st.stton, Goth ind. dangerous1y.
tap a stS 1lSi Ba1Ss4 a oh5 S. 1S ;Ss1ss @sls
In THE FIELD. REAR OF ''isS?sai msy e 1s5s a''''
The following is complete list of killed
md wounded Of the 18th regiment illinois
volunteers in the battles In the rear Of Vicks-
bnrg-fvc companies present-A, b, E, G,
and Il:
In the charge Of May 1sth-col. Geo. B. Hoge.
Wounded in head slightly.
Co B-EiNtd-Priyutc Francis Routon. Co G.
Ptisates James Bulne, Ferdinand etafk' Frederick
CoNrAsr -worspEp--LIeut Baird, back, Sc
yerey; Private Patrick Battles. arm and shoulder,
mostally: Co1po1a! Henry Kemp arm, severely;
Corpc1ai Levi James. arm, slightly; Corporal John
MeGillick, finger shot of; private John Ludwig,
CosrAsr B-wousDEp.-Eoat Duck. private,
ly Levi Walters, private, wrist, slightly; Frank
Maiden, head, slightly: Enos Shelter, private,
eye. seriously.
COMPANY A-WouxpED.-Chas Rogers, leg, &C.
vcrely.
CosrAk1 G-Wousnzn.-A ] Joslyn, Orderly
Iead and bacI, alshi'y; Nm Anderson, Corporal,
right shoulder. seriously; John Doyle, arm do
Nm Henning, LEFT shoulder. do; Paul Barrett foot,
slightly: ~ ~~' 0 ''' 'A'~'
gcsnt, finger, slightly.
Col. 1iogc writes as follows:
We had . fearful battle yesterday, and it is
still in progress. The regiment is very badly
cut up. Tie national colofs were actually
shot 10 pieces, flag staff and all. The rcgi-
mental co1ors are sate, what there is Of them.
Both Color Sergeants were shot. / was car
ried off the field about S o'clock. I was
struck on the side Of the head near the
temple with Il small piece Of shell. It went
through nJ hat, and is now safely lodged in
my cheek. Major Clark is safe. You can
form no idea Of what 4 terrible place Vicks-
burg is to take. AMI writing this resting on
Iiiy side, and must stop and liz down. I am
In my own tent and well attended to. AS
soon as possibly can will send you LIST Of
all casualties.
EXTRACTS FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
Mts. Hoge, also, this morning received q
LITTER from CAPT. Holmes Hoge, Assistant
Quartermaster Of Grants army, dated "1o
miles up the Yazoo river, May alst.n Hc
says:
'Onr troops have had nothing but a series
OF brllll:n Victories, but they have had hard
er march th;th any army during this war There
gre about four thousand prisoners within
went up 10 Huincs' Bluff, which Was eyacuatcd
by the rebels. 1t vas tremendous strong
place; Several magazines blew up aficr We
left the place.
Gen. Sherman has shown himself one of the
gfca'est Generals III the army, to the satisfac-
tIcn Of Ill the men and officers here.''
Provost Marshal James, Of this city, re.
cciTcd the suhjoined letter, this morning from
his son, who is in Bou1ton's Battery, It is
tic latest news re hare direct from ourfoEccs
before Yicksburg, By mail;
LINES BEFORE V1cKsBrRo, May "a, 1868.
DEAR FATHER AS hare 4 few moments
10 spare, Will seen you II few lines to let
,ou know how we are getting on.
We commenced the attack on Vicksburg
on the 18th. Su far, we hare met with severe
icsses and no permanent gain, with one cx-
ccption-we have uaines7 Bluff, taken with
outa fight. Our Battery (Bolson's Chicago
battery has fired about five hundred roune,s
Of she'll; others about the same, We {thc
Battery have lot lost single man, nor had
one Mounacd, rs yet. Company B, Chicago
Light ARTILLERY, has lost two nieu-con4pa pa4y
a Lone. l saw brother lin The I'D iiiinolsj last
hlGlif, and heard from him again this MORN
ing. That regiment has suffered severely
b:otler William is all right. Lieut.. Led; ard
- - "ouiueu III tAc alL!, pul JHuSSe mol severe
y, lis he las gone back of1ht lines. I think
Corporal Hoyt md Sergeant Barnes were kill
I'd; other names ! do not remember. They
losl some men in taking position, but their
heavy loss was in charging Qua forr, about
7. u. yesterday; they met with j severe fire.
a1'd we're not properly supported, and were
r.Iulstd- Charges were made OH four points
ut the same time. All we're repulsed, with
lcayy }oss.
''ln conclusion, think we are certain Of
Eicktbnrg; but it may take us two weeks to
rc9lcc thtjr works. We arc both under tire
every Gay. GAVIN james,
ANOTHER LETTER FROM YOUNG ILLINOIS
OFFICER
NEAR V1cKsRuno, May "a, 1863.
we have the rebels completely surrounded
III their own "GibEaliar." There is no chance
Tor their cscal e, and as soon as everything
t:'n be got in readiness Gen. Grant will more
rl0n Msir WorkS.' For tho last three days We
have had the mos. beautiful artillery practice
ever Eaw-in fact the best practice our army
Ii more lilly s1,an that around Allentown, Pa,
(HheIe the South Mountain comes down to
the Lehigh Riyer). Our batteries hare posi-
tions on one chain Of hills; the enemy are on
another. But our sharpshootcrs have succeeded
III getting directly under the guns Of the enc
MY, SO that tcr gunner 10 attempt load his
piece Is certain death Consequently on yes.
tcrt!;y, our guhners fired OIL them ths whole
d1}, whilst the rebels cOrld not return shot.
We have good many wounded, but not
man, Killed"
TIE 1a1TH ILLINOIS,
The following is an extract from i letter
from Qnartcrmaster Hale, Of the 127th dated
May ed:
:" We have taken nl1 the outer works, and
are now within i mile Of tile Court House.
have the rebels penned in, and sure to take
had severe charge yesterday. we lost fortv.
seven killed and wounded. Only one from
Company 4, Lieut.. McCl1ntock was killed;
Sergeant Cur1an, was a1*o kills d; Capt. Riddle
lcs1 his lett arm; Lieut. Srwcll is badly
wounded; Capt. Chandler is wounded; Scr
geant Harrington il also dead, and many 9TH
.rs will die. Col. Eldridgc is n :'brick,F' and
leads his men up to the c;nnon's mouth. He
f.ss f,,sd to his his regiment, Come on, boys; 4
willing to follow him. We are all in good
spirits, and expect to take Vicksburg in 4 day
or two. HAtFn
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