Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-07
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II N tAe 1k ~ Dsaepahsz, Gen. Blount
saaAaksd shs Usafsdefase forces Al Van
Bursn, Ark, aud after q sharp oonfics
/ the Goat dsTssss ssassassds and the Fed
srala captured thsee steamboats, and >
ferry boat, hasvlly laden ~ssA sapplies
altar which the Fsdsrals retired and were
al last accounts this aide Of Boston Noun
! taias az 90 Esss
Al midnight on the aoth aIs., Cob Har-
Ian attacked Morgan 1t Rolling Fork
Alta sharp sagAgsmsas which lasted
three hours the Confederasss retrea1ad
towards Bardssown. Federal loss, $40
kiilsa aaa shses woangssds { q saEsderats
loss not asOsrsained, one captain and ak
pFisasss we're captured,
Stewards Ooafsasrase cavalry, HAIRS
sgaia srosssd laso Maryland, a. 10 sup
| posed, for the purpose Of destroying the
bridge at Moneeacy, and plundesing Fred
Gi6kaburg.
II 10 stated that the last train Of wagons
following Roseaaraas' army towards
Aarfrsesboro, was sapsared by The Con-
federasss anaer Morgan.
Col, Murphy, whe sanmaaded at Hol-
Fly Springs when ii was captured by the
oonfedsrasss has been placed under az
rest. ..r.. ~ .4.-E.s.
The gun-boat Heet accompanying Gen.
1 shsrman's expedition against Vieksburg,
went up the Yazoo river, and encountered
q battery at Drungools Bluff, when a
severe cannoaadiag snsued. The Benton
was struck sixteen times, thrss balls pan
esrAtlng her.
/ New Madrid and ial&nd No. 10 have
been evacuated By the Fedsrals. Sixty
nine cannon were spiked and sixteen thou
sand rounda of ammunition were thrown
into the river. The reasons for the evae-
natioa are not given.
! On the I'd inst, Col. Hopkins con-
manding the 18th Ky, regiment o. Fed
eral forces, attacked Morgan near Lehan-
on, killing and wouhding several, and
capturing sixty of his men. Morgan
then rssreaked la the dirsesiou of Oolum-
biz. ....
Gen. Granger, sent force of 200 men
to Elkford, Campbell Co., Tenn, which
succeeded in surprising q Confederate
camp Of 800. They killed 80, woundsd
II and took 81 prisoners. Another expe'
dision to Powell Co., surprised Confed,
crate camp capturing their leader sad II
privatss. Twenty-Five horses and a larg'
amount of clothing and camp equiPagt
! vas captured, which was being trans
a ported to Humphrey MaEshalls camp.
On the 3Oth als., the Federal forces an
der Gen. Rosen Grams attacked the Con
fcderates near MmrfreesboEo, Tenn. AT
ter SONS heavy skirmishing tbs Coated
: crates fell back. The Federais capture
100 prisoners and killst and wounded
large number of rebels. Our loss va
10 killed and wounded.
At dsybreak on the LIST the battle wa
renewed. Gen. MeCook's force was op
posed to Gen Hardse's. After desperat
fighting with heavy loss, Gen. AcCoo
: WAS forced TO fall back two miles. Il
. soon rallied his men, and was again driE
en- back. At night be was four miles tai
aide of the ground he occupied in Fh
II morning.
o Ameng the Killed are Gems. Sill, VII
6 Itch and shafFsr, and Coils. Keil, Farmt
! and Jones, and Lieut.. Coils. Gorseht
It Cotton and Jones. The total loss on OF
side in killed and wounded 10 estimate
- at four thousand, thai of the Confederate
II much larger.
- At three O'Clock on the morning Of Il
"a lst inst, the battle was renewed, and
=, 10 O'Clock the commands of Gen. Woo
and Van Cleave, drove the Confederat
60 back to Murfreeshoro. The Coufedera
4 Gen. Cheasham was wounded and capita
ed. The 2lst, 18th and 30th Illinois rs
BY iments lost two thirds Of THAR numbe
DC The telegraph reports our losses ain
T. the 3lst to be over four THOUSAND.
A dispatch from Fort Monroe of t
ma Bird inst, states that the U. S. Monit
ar foundered Of Cape HatteEas, with 10
4 of two officers and thirty eight men.
A dispatch from Cairo dated the 4
inst, states that furious battle has be
es' going on bef1rs Yieksburg for the Ia
~ FIVE days, and gives the following as t
49, result:
Sup to noon this morning Sherman b
~ cyptured three lines of the enemy's woFi
NJ and firing on the fourth and last line
~ defensea, ON the jackson and Vicksbu
10 road, had ceased. This line 10 two mi
~ from Vicksburg. There was nothing
an tween Sherman and the city but tFest
= work railroad. Before taking the forti
nat cation, Sherman sent brigade 70 cut
ho communication with the city By ShFie'
n port h. r, which vas successfully acco
ss plished. Nine thonsand reinforeamei
me cached Sherman on Sunday night, fr'
ore Grants command, by wAy Of the river
ar Our force now there amounts TO 40,
ING At latest accounts Sherman bad capsul
.- " H@s ls'@5
10 guns TOO prisoners. Nothing la
from the forces below"
Gen. Sullivan, with federal force
about 200 men attacked Forests u
'N fs5eYate force Of about the same aumE
-. arg On the End ist,, as Cross Roads, IL "a
=, from Lsxington, Tenn, when sss