Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-06-05
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| Our forces have undsputed possession of
everything botweenthe Big Black Bridge, to
within sixty feet OF the hills in the rear of
the rebel army. ~ No fears are felt that Grant
NAV be attacked inchs rear be- Grant having
Occupation of the Bluffs and other points,
that must prevent such 2, movement on3the
part Of, the rebels. "a gssasg ezs,a. add ngoasf
!: Persopsl he, have been to ,DeSoto Point,
say that With glass they cannot see single
Human being. in Nicksburg, save, soldiers. +,
/ Our. men capture horses daily, belonging
|. to rebel, troops. Several of our men have
been captured by the rebels, but they have
been paroled Immediately, from a scarcity Of
| food. ,af ,,agy Sim s7go1.4 ga ragE ,5ItE
/ During the fight on Friday, a number Of
| soldiers, from an Iowa regiment scaled the
walls of the fort northwest of the city, and
held it for six hours, when reinforcements
mot coming up y they were captured by the
l COnfederates but We're soon paroled, That
4 day,, during the, bombardment she'll fell
upon the Jail in Yicksburg, demolishing the
buildinga aay issys.}w gr4yro1A. uI.gf -..,id
| General Grant is now engaged in building
| works, with the vieT of taking the place by
4 regular approaches. He is also mining some
! ofthe rebels works. Our outer line is within
\ one hundred yards, at points, of the rebel
] works, and our sharpshooters prevent the
4 rabels, from using their heavy guns. He
! SAYS the rebel works in the rear of the city
are far more formidable than those on the
front. ush s,ft.i EaH Tg .s6oa 7au agloa au;.sar
| sOnthe morning of the 9th, the gunboat
| Cipcinnattiwas ordered to go down in front
Of the city and attack the water battery--it
having been represented by General Sher.
| man that all the upper batteries were silenced
none Of them having fred a gun for several
| days. She started to execute the order
about 8 A. NJ. a sq,.gs.,. ads yall!i tifr, .vf
Coming within range Of; the upper batter
but they did not reply. o. She, passed down,
until directly. opposite the city, when she
turned her prow,;up stream, preparatory to
opening onthe pain battery: Just attthis
juncture, some eight or ten, batteries, some
Of which sheihad passed, opened on. her,
| She was struck a number Iof, times. Several
balls penetrated her below the water line,
and plunging shot from the batteries ON the
hills went through her, upper deck and down
into her inner = works. y She, attempted to
come back up, the liver, a but succeeded in
getting but short distance above the upper
batteries when she sunk in twelve feet of
| water, hear the Mississippi shore, and now
lies on debatable ground, ....
Our loss is about twenty-five in killed,
wounded and drowned. Henry Attenbor-
ough Lof Cincinnati, pilot, was killed. All
the other officers are believed to have es-
, capped The boat is probably q total loss. ~
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Gen. Burnside's. troops are again on the
move, and his headquarters established south
Of Lexington, KY The small rebel force in
southeast kentucky is reported to be falling
back in the direction of Cumberland Gap,
with Burnside's old army corps close at their
heels. af,rhere is reason to anticipate. a Union
of Burnside's troops with those Of Rosecrans
ere long, and grand movement to attack
Bragg, whose forceis believed to have been
considerably weakened Of late, by sending
achievements to Johnston in Mississippi.
.5s&gatp 10 LII IL LIS .sJlH8 90 o
'IowyA soIpleRs. AT the meeting Of the,
Home Missionary Society in Boston, some
DAYS since. the statement was made that in
Iowa one-iifth Of the church members were.
in the army q ~, = -, a. =
The gallant regiments Of that State were
among the foremost in the battles and yicto
ries Of General Grant near ,Vicksburg. -
ttl;..,o.f1 L,,yp,,7s 8REts t@t@ VIZ Nv 1888