The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-14
THE BATTLE At ViCKSBURo.
Our Memphis Correspondc nee.

Mxxrius Tenn, Jan. 4 1903
Additional Par.iculas " the Raht-capturs o. he Ess
my's Wsrks-Desperae Charges Of the Rtgata Missouri
ana Fourth Io,oa-Sherman withia One Nile aud Half
Of Vtcksorg-knsmy Reinforced, and he Fahs Blc.---
Won Appsoya,cc n Banks Paryagu.-aegimests
Watch Distsngui,aed 1hsmssice,-Woanfed cGce's-
Evacuation " Helena horenrnf Of Union Ay,aie' in
ArAansas-CaIiure u Government Steamboat pth
Fur Hundrd BcTe- u Guns and AnmuiIio.-
Nsio ReJe Gul1odt Lissie SipsnoHs- DsTBciloR " M
liSenv.H -Co'oII-7rade Beoo Hoeau-- General Gran
at Holly .Sprtags-Rdirora Communication o1eaai--
Rebel Force a, p.ck,tug- Foolish Praags ~ Coimei
Davis x CoI1r'tas and Along IL Rirer, &C., de.
The expedition OF General W I. sherman uI'on vcks.
burg has been watched FOR q week past with the yeast
interest by all people II known that, owing 10
unforeseen events General Grant Instead ~ advancing
upon Jackson tho capital Of Mississippi, ana ihas pro
dacing diversion in favor Of operations a vcksburg,
Ind boon compelled fan back to Holly Springs thus
enabling Price and pemberton TO concentrate al their
a, liable force, estimated at sixty Ave thousand men,
n.m the menace. point, aI'sh - considered almost
upresnaho in Itself II aso feared lest Banks and
Err gutsbo also TO ascend the river AID partic,
pt the grand enterprise subdung the rebel strong
ht,G-Wc ID fail to come otne Rut sen The greatest
.lradeno was felt y sh~man--.n his rlrq military
goienctts his lar experience and IN his prscmncnt
1rhting ,uailcs Ivory soldier and ever. officer his
AMY ei when they started on that expedition TO vicss.
trrg tnt everything 10 the power Of mortal would be
u max certain This spirit
more suisiugy exhibited than IN the aacrity with
shca rs troops bounded his Transports pou.
I, tho dry land on shrh rebel sAarpshoutars hnd
already eeen po7ted
- saturday morning, the 27th, the Benton aud othc.
toafs made attack il,lncs' aiun about twent,
~ Is from the mouth Of the Yaz2o river, Whe this
was PROCESS, the day General shcrtuln landed
i Il Il a.. rfsbt hau NJ ti, init
t.e iazoo Tho rebels only expected him, b.i they
me- him with ergheimng forces aud outside tDcr IN
! trelc hments Immediately line OF battle formed
&c erals Steele aud Morgan divisions Oh he lot tene
Morgan ,hith and Blair The centse, aud Gcneta
II. !. smith the right. lhe battle W,s most terrific
| 70 i've hours ard resulted In the enemy bang driven
tho bayou, which grit the rear 81 Nckspurs
III night tho opposing armies rested on their arl With
ba 90 Of twcnty-a yards width intervening, Pon
bridges constructed IA front u the divisions
u Morgan, Blair aud smith, aud q daylight on
Sunday concerted advance attempted 10y he aboc
amy. The fighting terrible up - ton a. VI sunday
when portion Of Morgan l.. Smiih's division
! the Eighth Missouri-stormod the first rcloubt
ard gained possession Of The hill which com
mn dsa the swamps mud bottoms below, Ihe enemy
'sfht stubbornly and contested every inch q
..- ground. rhcy were in overwhelming nuia
IT. and only retired they were pressed The
oAfe works carried confst.d 81 mn" n'asy guns We
slso about hundred prisoucis The loss on
sunda very heavy both siios tho tn,on troops
marc hing ~ 20 the onemy's n,gunchmcJts and there
fighting hand tho murIeroGs guns But the
heaviest aglinF dDpe Monday Our heroic
rsops, after Fighting from curry morning III tao o'clock
u tho afternoon succeeded ia capturing gprcgna.
be works u tho enemy within mile and hal 81 tue
city. The Fourth iowa, ctinanini by too q william.
tun, CHARGED the work., snpi orted W the Thirteenth
Illinois ihey were fuocc.siIl, but ~ heavy cost
The Fourth Iowa vent nlo the nght with seven hundred
aud hfty rnoii, and out WIN hundred AMI
twenty. These walnut H works consisted ~ hya guns
and di fearful execution. our iofc"s cpni only bpla
them forty minutes for NJ the end 81 tAat time the
enemy had been reinforced by the whole Of Price
army and they came down and re..o1 them by over.
wbcmins numbers AMI desperate nshtiug over
vhened With numbers, aud being driven out 81 works
carried At heavy cost. and, falling . receive any
support lr,m cthur Banks o. iarfasat, 1cn sherman
concluded 70 retire.
lhc three regiments which suffered most the
Eighth Missouri Colonel smith brother 81 zen Morgan
l.. smith who killed IN the charge upon The hrrt
works % the ensmy taken TIE loHth Iowa, colonel
williamson winch came out with only hundred aud
twenty men, and the Thirteenth Illinois, Colonel wyman
whD Killed The regiment VIZ badly cut up.
cene al Morgan ! smith, formerly o. u. kishlh hy
souri, shot In the thigh asi Ia the ielt breast and1
III feared b. mortaily wounded.
Zen. Joseph r.. Johnston In command ~ the rebels
MVicksburg The place Is nov understood, Is fortified
for sN mites around, and tbs prosrcss made. within
mil aud half, is significant Q. what could have
been dune General sherman had only lad the pro
misei cooperation. stil assured thai General
sherman Commodore Porter have ~ DOUBT Of thrr
"a
potraerd and despera'. .ue, AZ certainly vii he the
enemy reinforce AZ pleasure and General shernan
denied tho aid be Anticipated, and for which a.
waiting
Arkansss river u nov navgsble, and soon active
operations arc 90 commence up that stream. "iy
ueIsrai German. Ia Cofunaud At Hell has received
orders aud = preparing for evacuation oi that place
lie viii 10 Napoleon, aud then march ~ a.
rort Arksnsas on Arknnris ryes capturing winch be-
will meet with no lnpcdmsnt on hts way ~ Iis Rick,
y which Ipin ~ % armies are now marching IRON Van
Burcn aud fort smith.
ei,.fa pfgi he rlta
Napoleon and last ruesiay a. tne stcano lnue wing.
10 government service, passing she vas hsiel and
compelled 10 come ashofe whra abynt ionr hundred
lD.es guns aud ammunition. together " it lyrtvn "
rDce sam mail, robbed ~ Fortunately the mail
had preseuce "a n.Dd enough " sinh b. hck-ns
aac desaches leaving nythGg BIT newspaper mail To-
their de.ectstion.
~ . unde. stood that The rebss have converted III.
Ikze simmons into Iinboa, snd her appearance tir
Arkansas river y now rBofnentsfily .tpcctcd. fhs
CJnestga y Engaged seshr police boa, bctaeen waite
and Arkansas yefs, and specially watching Tor tbs new
rcb. craft.
last Monday Ito ressl- fred twice ., smmani,i
b0at Judge florence and shortly thereafter tn gsIost
Rather along ard them scscstyss rnandr Of
ann milton, destroy the principal part q The ton,
aud te ching them better msaners Va future
Heavy pesalties have been inIns-i cotton trailing
by steamboats, below Hssns, ana Tor the pfexaot tue
tade has been anyst entirely sb.ndonsd. u = greet
pity that federal officers aIuld bot IND Lofe prCAtahle
cnpoy mont tor the government thsh slcalsDg "a thu
reeey texture 1he c'rrufsng Influence q lbs co,tn
ira ~ has hsd ~ ofrct IN more thtn one lnstsncs.
ten. Grant i .tn ~ holly springs. lie has hnehsd
the Memphis aud Charleston Railroad r. lsgranzs ~heh
Iltf MN ia 9ifrl faif0Ad DIS SUI
I-cs II said that the railroad irum Jakson frun. -
columbus, Ky, viii DO AGAIN ~ running orcf a eiGhf
asss, anu then, NO. now be can move - the support
Vi sherman
The fcbeb had ths 2sih o. 90 . 10" be
tween Grsoaia and Nicsrbarg, all q ~hom.thay could
thrJy Int Ncsshlrg AZ SHIRT huiice The luEcf ter
tnu already three. Together with the otte a. Ftft
Hudson which hss doubtless belg, tbs bcen ~ a. aied
W may therefore expect hear that The febs arms a.
vi ,Darg nearly Cnr henGfrf unuAaHh ihsh
herman hiss nat mote tina. a. ~ men.
Col bayes IA chafg II Laf 80 ~ ~ s'fts
~ pf4nkn for a wCs. past. IT 49, an-eeaaeat aA1
Z gust a. every hyAi al sfns.be MAJ He
- 81 etNsteio from Hssnsu AID te4m.
49,. aud esntftbltsd the panic ~hfh pfvfallst
4 r several says snlab. the tnlps under hln r. ~
1ar I'M Bi0s ng * toe magazine add The defeitu
n ~ f1r8l itlass SsF Maffig ana nsAiy b. has
ordered IT, fepca H. nfGsfsi the eplkirg ~
seventy guns AMI ~ dsftspctlou q ihfe t0a y
lei 4 l.ani ~ ana wtrn the c0nsger ~ re-
cooDs MgNeii fsrasf T. ct~y sufh foolish order bs
cent down b. sdutsIf ase the order, snd -
$40 nd man aNf