The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-10
WAR NEWS.

W tuC lSt iuouuI. hL thdI Lil1C tuC DOubuiu'
ment of Port Hudson was still going on, and ii
was believed that the position would soon be cap
tured. Steamers were running up the river reg
ularly with supplies for Gen. Banks.
On Sunday morning the Confederates four
thousand strong attacked the town of Lebanon,
KY, and captured four hundred Federal troops
stationed there. There were six or seven killed
on each side, besides number wounded. Two
skirmshes occurred in the vicinity in which the
Confederates were defeated. ...... ~.
From the latest advices from Tennessee it ap-
pears that General Braggs army has retreated
south of the Tennessee line. The Federal loss in
the fighting which took place during the advance
was eleven hundred. Richmond papers report a
raid in Eastern Tennessee, cutting off communi-
cation with the Confederate army. t5..
After sustaining a siege of forty-6ve days, the
Confederate garrison at Vicksburg, Miss, has
surrendered. The ,capituation took place on
Saturday last the 4th inst. 1t is stated that
General Pemberton, on the morning of that day,
sent flag of truce to Grant, proposing to surren-
der, provided that his troops be allowed to march
out-of the town. This proposition was refused,
and after consultation with his commanding
officers, the Confederate General agreed to sur
render Internationally. At the time of the in
vestment OF the place by General Grants forces,
Vicksburg was supposed to contain about FIVE
thousand inhabitants, besides some two thousand
refugees from the surrounding country, driven
in by the advance of the Federal army. The
garrison has been variously estimated at from
ten to fifteen thousand, which has probably not
received any reinforcements, reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding The fall of Vicksburg
leaves only one strongly fortified Confederate po-
sition on the Mississippi river-Port Hudson
This is now invested by General Banks, who
will probably soon be reinforced by Gen. Grants
land and Admiral Porters naval forces Gen.
John @. Pemberton, who becomes Federal priso-
ner by the surrender of Vicksburg is a native of
Pennsylvania, and was appointed cadet to the
West Point Military Academy in 1888. He
graduated on June 3Oth ls47. In the Mexican
war he was aid to General Worth from ls4e to
l84S, and was breveted captain for gallant con-
duet in the several conflicts at Monterey, Mexico,
and major for the battle of Molino del Rey. He
was distinguished and wounded in the capture
Of the city of Mexico On the 10th of April,
1861, he resigned his connection with the United
States army and joined the Confederates. He
was made colonel of the regular army of the
Confederate States, and for some time remained
with this rank, when he was raised to the rank
oflieutenant general, and placed in command of
the works around Vicksburg and the Department
of Mississippi and East Louisiana -l. --"|
The dispatches from Pennsylvania and West
ern Maryland are not calculatedto enlighten one
on the situation of military affairs. The tenor
OF the adviees is that the Confederate army is
retreatingp and that the Federal forces are pur-
suing and have succeeded in capturing large
numberso of prisoners, beside army aud ambulance
trains. 1t ia evident, however, that the Con-
federates had not all left Pennsylvania on Mon
day, as skirmishes are reported on that day at
Mercersburg, Waynesboro', Cashtown and other
places. One despatch states that in view Of the
rise in the Potomac, all hopes Of the escape of
the Confederate army is cut of, whilst another
admits that it may cross into Virginia ADORE
WilIiamsport on the trestle work bridge erected
when the army entered Maryland.
The latest dispatches report the continued re-
treat Of the Confederates towards Hagerstown
and Williamsport, with the Intention of cross.
ing.a Their wagon trains are III front and are
being ferried across the river The Federal forces
were following closely, and another great battle