The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-20

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May -, 1000 6
cvxr.1 have received your dis .
,otcb in regard to General Quimbys d. c
v;sion and General McArthurs division. I
As soon as they arrive will press the t
enemy with all possible speed, and doubt {
not will force my way through. have II
lost no ground. My men are in two OF
the enemy's forts, but they are com
mauded by rife pits in the rear. Sew
eral prisoners have been taken who m
innate that the rear is strong. At this
moment am hard pressed.
John A. McCLERNAND,
Major Gen. Commanding.
Major General U. S. GRANT,
Department Of the Tennessee
The assault of this day proved the
Without entire success, and with a heavy
loss, there was no murmuring or COM
planning, no falling back, nor other evil
dence of decentralization.
After the failure of the ODD, / deter
mined upon a regular siege. The troops
now being fully awake to the necessity
of this, worked diligently and cheerfully.
The work progressed rapidly and salts,
factorilv until the Sd of July, when all
was about ready for final assault.
There was a great scarcity of Engln-
eer officers in the beginning, but under
the skillful superintendent OF Captain
T. E Prime, of the Engineer corps,
Lieutenant Col. Wilson, of my staff, and
Captain C. B. Comstock, of the Engineer
corps, who Joined this command during
the siege, such practical experience was
gained as would enable any division or
this army hereafter to conduct siege
with considerable skill in the absence OF
regular Engineer officers.
On the afternoon of the Sd of July a
letter was received from Lieutenant
General Pemberton, commanding the
Confederate forces at Vicksburg, propos-
ing an armistce, and the appointment OF
Commissioners to arrange terms for the
capitulation of the place. The cores
pondence, copies of which are herewith
transmitted, resulted in the surrender Of
the city and garrison of Vicksburg, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, July 4, 1868, on the
following terms: The entire garrison,
officers and men, were to be paroled, not
to take up arms against the United States
until exchanged by the proper authorl-
ties; officers and men each to be furnish
ed with parole, signed by himself; OIL
GERS to be allowed their side-arms and
private baggage, and the field, staff and
cavalry officers one horse each the rank
and file 10 be allowed all their clothing,
but no other property; rations from their
own stores sufficient to last them beyond
our lines; the necessary cooking uteu
sils for preparing their food; and thirty
garded more favorable to the Govern
than unconditional IL,
1t saved ns-tha- tEanGRapta+iAn- Af .hAn
North, which at that time would have
been very difficult, owing to the limited
anu the expense OF subslstlDg them. |
left our army free to operate agains
Johnston, who was threatening us from
the direction of Jackson; and our rivel
transportation to be used for the move
ment of troops to any point the exigency
of the service might require.
l deem it proper to state here, in or
der that the correspondence may be fully
understood, that after my answer to Gen
Pemberton's letter of the morning of the
3rd, we had a personal interview on the
subject of the capitulation
The particulars and incidents of the
siege will be contained in the reports Of
division and corps commanders, which
will be forwarded as soon as received.
| brought forward, during the siege, il
addition to Humans division and four
regiments, previously ordered from Mem
phis, Smiths and Kimbalps divisions OF
the 10th army corps, and assigned Major
General c. c. Washburne to command
of the same. On the lth of June Major
General F. ]. Herron's division from til,
Department of the Missouri, arrived. and
fha i1fh r. Al
corps, Major General j. G. Parke, com
manding. arrived. This increase in my
force enabled me to make the investment
most complete, and at the same time left
me large reserve to watch the move
ments of Johnston. Herrons division
was put into position on the extreme left
south of the city, and Humans division
was placed between Heron and McCler
nand. Smith and Kimball's division.
and Parks corps were sent to Haines
Bluff. This place had fortified on the
land nd side and every preparation made tt
Big Black river with a portion of his
force, and everything indicated that he
would make an attack about the 18th Of
June Our position in front of Vicks
burg having been made as strong against
sortle from the enemy as his works
were against an assault, l placed Major
General Sherman in command of all the
troops designated to look after Johnston.
The forces intended to operate against
Johnston, in addition to that at Haines'
Bluff, was one division from each of the
thirteenth, fifteenth, and seventeenth
army corps, and Humans division.
Johnston, however, not attacking, l de.
termined to attack him the moment
Vicksburg was in our possession, and &C.
cordingly notified Sherman that should
again make an assault on Vicksburg at
daylight on the 9th, and for him to have
up supplies of all descriptions ready to
move upon receipt of orders, if the as
sault should prove success His pre-
parations were Immediately made, and
when the place surrendered on the 4th,
two days earlier than I had fixed for the
attack, Sherman was found ready, and
moved at once with force increased by
the remainder of both the 18th and 10th
army corps, and is at present investing
jackson, where Johnston has made q
stand 9-
Tn the march from Rrninsh,,r,, e.