Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
Federal victory In the soa,h.
west

Cairo, May "a. II
We have news from Memphis to 6 PM
-
Gen. Mcpherson isstill reported 90 be in
possession Of jackson.
The news from that point up to the 10th |
$ that the rebels after their defeat feiI
pack toward Canton. 1t is reported that
Sherman took Haines' and Chickssw
Bluffs. with 5000 prisoners and one hun. |
ired guns, one thousand arms, camps, am
and commissary stores. The |
prisoners were parUled and sent ACROSS the
Yazoo River. This seems improbable. but
We give it as it is.
The Memphis Bulletin has another re-
port, that these points were evacuated. and
that General Lauman took quiet POSSES
sion.
Grant attacked the upper batteries on
Sunday, while the gunboats attacked the
water batteries. On Tuesday the upper
batteries were captured and turned on the
water batteries.
The par0led prisoners. who were broupht
across from Vicksburg, say our forces have
possession OF the entire line of outer corti
fcations; and that the rebel officers had
told their men. since the capture of Haiues'
Bluff, that there was ne chance for them to
escape. The rebel force is variously esti-
mated at from 10000 to 5000, and the
widest confusion existed among them -
Officers were unable to kee5 soldiers in line
of battle. They assured their men that
Grant would be attacked in the rgar, but
the soldiers declared that they had been
sold by their Commanding General.
The EmurnSs tho last al
left Wednesday evening, reports that firing
bad ceased, and no doubt was entertained
but the rebels had surrendered.
Gen. Blair reached Chickasaw Bluff on
Thursday, and sent down tor rations -
Several boats went up the Yazoo. it is
thought to bring down wounded and priso.
ners. The Federal loss is reported heavy
have TO estimate. The 18th Missouri. il
is SAID, came out with only "a fighting
men.
Major Thomas McGrain and Capt. Seth
Daley, both of the SD Indiana, have beer
! dishonorably dismissed from the service
for rendering their designations on thu
ground of disappearing the policy Of arm
ing negroes. They arrived here this P. Nj
under guard.
New York, May "a.
The Tunes army correspondence of tbt
| 2od states that news received from the enc
! my's lines says that Pembertou has beer
| defeated between jackson and Vicksbure
! with heavy loss in killed and wounded AM
S,OOO prisoners. as we'll as one division O
bis forces cut of and retreating in a south
erly direction. Johnston attacked the Fed
eral force in Jackson, which retreated OF
the main body. Pemberton also attacket
Grant, but was whipped. and retreaIed UT
on Nicksbnrg. This is said to be the con
tents OF dispatch from Pemberton t
Lee.
Washington, May "a
The following official details of the battl
OF the Black River battle have been receiy
ed:
Rear of Yicksburg. May 90. A. NJ.
ITO L. NJ. Stanton Sec. of War:
Gen. Grant won q great and momentou
victory over the rebels under Pemberton. o
the jackson and Nicksburg road, at Ba
ker's Creek, on the 10th inst. Pembertol
had most formidable position on the cres
OF wooded hill, over which the road pas
sed ngitudironally. He had about %, OO
men, The battle hogan about ii A. NJ
and was gained ct 4 l.. VI The blunt wa
borne by ll1vey's division, of McClernapd'
corps, and l. .ghn's and Crueker's divisions
OF MePherson's corps. Hovey attacked
the hill. and held the greater part Of it I'll
O'Clock +. NJ, when, having lost LEO,
men, he was succeeded by Boone's ant
Holmes brigRdes, of Crocker's division b,
which the conflict vas ended in that par
| OF the field.
Boone lost 500 men. Logan operated Of
the right and cut of the euemy's direct re-
treat, so that he was compelled to escap,
by his right flank through the woods
Logan lost 100 killed and wounded. W.
took about 2 600 prisoners.
! On the 18th. advancing to the Big Black
we fought Pemberton again at the bridge
and captured 1900 more prisoners. II,
fought in rifle pits, protected by Difficult
| bayou, full of abatis.
| LAYERS brigade, of MaClernand's corps
charged the rifle pits msgnifcently, anC
took more prisoners than thir own mum
bers. PembertOn burUed his bridge, anC
returned to Nicksburg with only thre,
cannon out out of sixty that be had taker
! out.
Building four bridges over the Big Black
Gen. Grant arrived before the town on tn,
evening Of the 18th, and holds it CLOSELY
invested.
lie has opened line of supplies ri,
Calckasaw Bayou, having cut the town Of
from Haines' Bluff, which is abandoned b,
the enemy, and which Gen. Grant will oc
cupy.
There was sharp fighting through tn
day yesterday. Steele won and holds II
upper bluffs and the euemy's upper waite
batteries, and gets water from the Mississ
ippi.
,Sherman's corps list yesterday 500 kill
ed aud wounded. Mcpherson. holds tn
lett. The gunbolts kept the enem
alert during the night, and probably tn
town will be carried to day. There ar
from Is 900 to 90 600 in II