New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-30

our lo.s think il will be abou, 900 killed and
wounded II may Lrove less, bat cannot be much
more, think. BIT few officers Of dislinction are
injured. The 3iih Indiana Regiment losi 100 men,
ana L'ent''Col. swain, commanding 10 khen
MAJOR Joaes escaped uuhnrt, and subsequently cap.
tured au Alabama battery. No, general or siaii
orioer on our side was hurt.
Col. Bouck Of tie lilh Wisconsin informed me, at
the close Of the engagement, that bot two pnvaies
III bis re- ment were injured.
This has been the hottest aud most brilliant light
n tho Souih-We st for several months and may only
10 prelude "a others Of the same character IN store
for Us withiv three days. say three days, because
within thsi time Grant will have marched to the
suburbs Of Nicksburg II every mile OF road be not
! conte,ted The men are enthusiastic wherever Gen.
! Grant appears Gen. q. has been fairly ouldOing
himself Of late, and his reckless exposure OF himself
OIL the field begets unbounded admiration among the
pIivates.
Well authenticated cases Of Rebel barbarity to
wounded men can be enumerated. NO lees imam
three different men who were shot down to-day In
battle were subsequently sabered by Rebels when
they temporarily retook the ground The men lived
to narrato the atrocity but will scarcely recover.
have been slow to believe such stories, and know
that such instances are rare but they do OCCASION
ally occur, to the digace OF our common humanity
BATTLE AT BLACK RIVER BRIDGE.
OHlsr's HEADQuARTKRs. BLACK RIVER BaIDGE
IL MILES EAST or NcKsBUEG. May II, 1868
Gen. hcClernaDd's corps marched 10 THIS place
early this morning. Gen. Osterhaus was IN ad-
vance and found the Rebels strongly intrenched on
the left on the east bank OF the rivor. Batteries
were soon in position, playing on the enemy 8
works.
At 10 o'clock Gen. LAWYERS brigade, In Carr s
diyIsion charged across an open held 2OO yards IN
width wading bayou In front, and swarnlng over
into the ntrenchmsnts. la u moment, utterly aud
irresstibiy TO Rebeldom, IL cannon were taken IN
tho eide eartbworks and from J0Oto 1000 prisoners
captured.
No description can do justice TO the ntrepldlty Of
the regiments composing tina brigade; lhe Rebel
fire Of artillery and murkery was appalling but they
rushed on TO victory, regardless OF DEATH ana literal
ly swept everything before them. ooo
Gen. Mart. Green's Missouri Brigade, over NV
strong, was cut off by the 1lth Wisconsin regiment,
and surrendered TO a man. Gen. Naughns bngado
also principally captured: The Tors OF Tue lith
WISCONSIN, was slight The list sent is complete, w
far the Tors Of that regiment IS concerned. Ihe
LIST and I'D Iowa led in the charge, and sustained
the principal loss. The lirt is not complete III either
Of these. The 18th Wisconsin also captured stand
of colOs.
Furious cannonadng has continued all day from
tbe Rebel batteries ON the other side Of the river
They fired The bridge TO prevent our crossing, and
can prevent our reconstruction OF u NJ lhat point III
all probability. Our Engineer Corps' AIDED ny
whole buigades, are busy engaged preparing tiih
Der for bridge, and the delay VIII probably ropaoy 10.
exceed twelve or eighteen hours Pontoons have
been sent 10 Gen. Shermans corps, anu nc WIN pro
badly cross a few miles above here ana as'ack In
flank. -. ooo
The force opposite is thought to number % 600;
Our army is ia excellent fighting CONDITION, ana
think themselves inyinclble.
As Gen. Grant rode 10 the front to-day, he was
everywhere greeted with tremendous and uProariogs
shouting and cheering. The boy. appreciate hs
strategy. There Is something practical III IL. Iney
have marched over two hundred miles, ionght hVe
hard battles, been victorious IN ALL sKlfinisheu ue
v ,be enlire distance. taken over 5000 prisoners,
c,ntnred G5 field cannon and nine heavy siege guns,
taken an immense quantity of small arms, aud de-
stroyed an amount of enemy's properly that CAL
scarcely be computed. Victory bas pressed upon i's