Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-28
VICKsBURG TAKEN .!
Grant fights Five Battles, ant
Whips the Rebels every time!
10000 Prisoners Captured Il!

Raymond was taken on the 18th.
Union loss, 81 killed and $50 wound.
ed Rebel loss, IS killed (buricd by
Gen. Grants mem, and lS6 prisoners,
beside an unknown number Of wound.
ed. Mcpherson was at Clinton, Sher-
man was on direct road toward Jack
son, and McClernand was bringing
up the rear. Gen. Grant says 81
will attack the State Capital to-day"
The next official dispatch is from Gen.
Hurlbut, who says: Seen. Grant
has taken Jackson the Capitol is
burned"
The Washington Republican of the
23d inst. announces, by permission of
the President, the following dispatch.
1t was received by the latter at half
past twelve: .,
~ DH MEMrHrs, May %.
Col. ANsoN SrAGER:--Officiai infor-
nation from below. to Wednesday,
says Gen. Grant has captured Haines
Bluff and the outer works Of Vicks.
burg, large number OF prisoners,
and IS pieces of artillery. The bat.
tie is Still raging with every pros
-pect Of capturing the entire force ia
vicksburg. We hold Jackson, Black
river bridge, and Haines' Bluff. A
report is making up for Washington
Signed, g. w. FULLER.
Asst Manager of the Telegraph
On the 23d, the War Department
received. the following official des.
patch r
~ Rear Of vicksburg, May %.
The army Of Tennessee started from
Burlinsburg on the. Both of April, and
on the LIST of May we fought the bat
tie of Port Gibson, and defeated tho
rebels under Gen. Bowen, whose loss
in killed, wounded and prisoners, was
at least $50, and loss in artillery,
five pieces. On the 18th of May, at
the battle of Raymond, they were de-
fcated with loss of 500, and on the
14th, Of May, we defeated Joe John
ston, and captured Jackson, with a
loss to the enemy of 400, besides i'm
mense stores and manufactures and
IL pieces of artillery.
On the 10Th Of May we fought a
bloody an decisive battle at Bakers
Creek, in which tho entire force at
Vicksburg under Gen. Pemberton,
was defeated with loss Of 20 pieces
of artillery and 1000 men, and on the
18th Of May we defeated the same
force at Big Black River Bridge, with
the loss Of 1900 men and II pieces
Of artillery.
On the 18th of May we invested
Vicksburg closely. ......
To-day Gen. Steel carried the rifle
pits on the North of the city. The
right Of the army rests on the Missis-
sippi above Vicksburg.
Signed, JOHN A. RAWLINS, A. A. G..
P.S. l learn further that there
are from $4,000 to 10000 men in
Vicksburg, and that Pemberton has
lost nearly all his field artillery, and
that the cannonading at Vicksburg
had closed at three z. NJ. on the Goth.
Major General Grant has captured
nearly all.
Another despatch from Mr.. Fuller,
the manager of the telegraph at Mem
phis, dated late in the night, says:
The stars and stripes float over
Vicksburg and the victory is complete.
! have held this message, hoping to
get the confirmation, but the line has
been interrupted, and ] now give it to
you. @
Washington dispatches of the gath
give the following details
Advices from Gen. Grant received
by the President to night, details his
proceedings up to the Goth. He had
fought five battles, captured Ga guns,
and taken $500 prisoners.
Gen. Grant has won a great and
victory over the rebels
under Pemberton on the yicksburg
and Jackson railroad, at Bakers Creek,
On the 10th inst. Pemberton had a
most formidable position on the crest of
! wooded hill, over which road pass
20 longitudinally. He had about 25,-
300 men. The battle began about III
A. NJ. and was gained about four p.
NJ. The brunt of the battle was borne
by Hovey's division of Netherlands
corps, and Logan's and Crocker's d.
visions of McPherson's corps.
Hovcy attacked the hill and held
the greater part of it till two p. M.
when, having lost 1000 men, he was
succeeded by Boomers and Holmes
brigades of Crocker's division, by
which the conflict was ended in that
part of the field. Boomer lost 500
men. 81!
Logan operated on the right, and
cut off the enemy's direct retreat, SO
that he was compelled to escape by
his right flank through the wood.
Logan lost 400 killed and wounded.
We took 1000 prisoners.
On the 18th, advancing to the Big
Black River, we fought Pemberton
again at the bridge there AND captured
5000 more prisoners. He fought in
rifle pits protected by a difficult bay
on full of abattis.
LAWYERS brigade of McClernand's
corps charged the rife pits magnifi.
Gently and took more prisoners than
their own number.
Pemberton burned this bridge and
rctreated to vicksburg with only three
cannon out Of sixty that he had taken
out. Building four bridges over Big
Black River, Gen. Grant arrived be-
fore the town on the evening Of the
18th and held it closely invested. He
had opened line Of supplies via
Chickasaw bayou, having cut the town
OIL from Haine's Bluff, which was
abandoned by the enemy and which
Gen. Grant occupied.
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