Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-11
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/ The Unioa srmy under Gen. Grant, has Won
I another glorious victory A furious battle,
lasting nearly five hours, has resulted Ia the DE-.
\ fest Of he enemy at al points with loss OF
/ from 1000 20 5000 killed aud wounded Thres
/ complets batteries of heavy rihsd canaen. be-
l sides several single pieces, and from l0OO %
% 0 prisoners, teli int our hands, ana an m
menss quantity of small arms and camp equip
aga Our success is signal and comniete
Nothing mars the intense satisfaction OF ON 'ers
and men but the heavy sacrifice Of lie BY
which it was won.
Early thi7 morning Gen. McClenauds corps
was put in motion, Sen. Hovev's division on
Z the main road from jackson 20 Fcksburg, but
l the balance If fbe corps was few miles south
ward, on a parallel road Gen. Mcpherson.
I corps followed Hovey's division closely. Al
nine o'clock Cen HlveY discovered the enemy
in front or Champion hill. 10 the left OF the
/ road nesr Bakers creek, apparently in force
Z Skirmishers were thr0WR 0u-, and the division
advanced cautiously and slowly, to give Gen.
McPHerEOu7s afVance iigi sion. under Gen L0-
| gan, time Co come within supporting distance
/ Gen Hovay's division advanced across The
/ open field % lbe foot OF Champion hil IA iine
Of ba.ile. at eleven o'clock, and commenced the
battle
/ The hin ITSELF IS covered with timber and is
/ but the abrupt terminus Of the high ridge run
ming north and south, 1snked on both sides with
deep ravines and guliies in many places covered
/ with An almost fupsnetra5ie growth OF scrubbY
! white oak bushes The rabsls appeared 10 be
deficient n artlierY throughout the battle out
I opened with a rather heavy FIRE from a four gun
| battery Of rihsd SIX FOUNDERS. planted about
f,ur hundred yards back from the brow OF the
hU The woods on both sides of the road lead
ing un the bill and winding back on the ridge
mile or more, were filed with shsrp sho 1ters'
I supported By infantry. Here The battle began
/ ia earnest. as cur men entered the edge of the
timber, and it ragged terribly from II o'clock ull
between three and four.
Gen. Hovev's division carried the nights in
"a liant style. and making = dash on ths FIRST
/ battery. captured g. The rebels Jay thick in
the entity of the gins, and their horses were
more than bali killed. Guns, carrisgs and
esisqops broken aud overturned, with knsB
sacks, blankets. small arms snd other debris
: sttsstad tbs struggle for the ground. The col
ors of the 3lst Alabama regiment were cap
tured there Ar tia juncture MItcheI's . M
battery was opened, eighty yards from TN
brow Of the hill The rabsls made q dash for IT,
p and roibing bot the aestness Of the horses pre-
, / vented its capture
Can't Mitchell was wsnnded and is believed
l 70 have fallen into the 5n0mys hands. A! thi'
iuncturs 5he rebels appsared TO receive rein
forcements of fresh troops on the bill. Cen
, | Hove7 was slowly driven back, but brigade
from Gen Q1oby was ordered to his support
snd the gronul was speediIy re0ecupied by rs
and the rebel were finally rspuised
! At the commencement Of the engagement
q Cen. Loran's division marched past the bros
Of the hin, and forming in line of battle on th
right of Hovsy, advanced in gallant style
= sweeping everything before them to the edge {
the Eoo3s in 'front.' ol Cen Logan
g The battle was f the most desperate charaG
= Ter imaginable. The rattle Of musketry Was in
ls eessant from the s. moment OF the engags
! ment, and a c0ntnn0us and deadly r0ar' ]
~ which the reports were so blendad that singl
& discharge was rarely heard. Not man hInci
: Cd. or 4 single 6 e wsvered. Two bstseTi'
q were captured hy this division. and enough haT
6ghtiHF done to imm0rta.iEe it. Besides this
captured large portion Of the prisoners, sma
arms, etc
Between three and four o'clock Gems. Oste
hsus and McArthur's divisions, which we
he niles aVgay when the battle gan came uD aI
3, finished the wotk The enemy we're in full r
s. trest soon sfter and tbess divisions pursue
n them tia piao O'Clock, and are nov encsmped
Edwards station, I've miles beyond the bait
IN grouud We bad no cavalry, so that pursU
was out of the question. From prisoners '
learn that Pemfert1n commanded ia peTso
Great dissatisfaction ezisted.
= Tbs rebels charged Pemberl9n with selliy
its them out b G snt and planning military o
49, erstions during the past four weeks TO insu
- defest
oi The same paper has dispatch dated hea
he quarters Of General Logan, sixteen miles fra
% Jackson. Nav 10 d. which says Immed ate
Ale on entering Jsekson. on Thursday, Cen. Ora
) d dispatched oT5eFlies TO McC.emand's corr
're which we're coming mp in the rear, q count
"A march aad got nn tha man road 10 Ficksba
IN and Clinton Gen. McP aerson's corps was ?
be. IN motion and in tho same direction, with O.
Lngaus IN advauce and reached This point
L foHT O'Clock.
iu- Intercepted dispatches from Pemberton
dered thsrebsl fsreas 70 fall back % the
,,. trsBcbnents At V'cksburg, when hard presse
sc This win % doubt he done.
ate Thn battle at Jsckson vas sho-t but spirit
General Cr0cker's Division had the advsn
BIT two brigades Were urdsr FIRE. The 4s1
nois, 15th Wircousin, 18Th Ohia, 18Th Missol
4th Maine, "a Missouri and 5lh and
lows composed them No Illinois er Wise
sir commissioned officers were injured
Oar loss IN killed viii not be far from seven
the wounded may number two hundred, thou
II I csu'd ohisin but one hundred and ssFe
names. Gen. SheTmsns Corps wiz loose ab
a dozen men 81 told.
MT. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDES.
e. BLACK RWER BADGE. May 17.-MeC
naud's corps marched 10 this place early I
morning Osierhaus was in the advance,