The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-30
TIE BA-rIn NEAR y1cxszUH,e.

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ronghoid-V,ctsburs. Eui by the pa-
pers received We can hardly go 50 far yet.
Il is stated in the dispatches that The city
was being iuves'ed by cur forces aud The
battle wss still raging, SO tha. it is not in-
probable shat the place is in our possess
ion ere this.
| Z terrible battle or baitleswere fought
near Vic4 4Aprg On the 18th and 18th Inst.
aud NOS glorious victory crowned our
arms. TIE Fl sht vas at Champion Hill,
east Of Viek. burg, aaa exIeaded over the
/ ground othe city The rebels wers coos
manded by Gen Joe Johnson and Cur
forces by Gen Grant. Tho folIayiog G, Iho'I
/. oy DO means full il many impoftapt par
ticulars, iathe most inselilsaIe account
of the fgbe we have yet seeh
The hili Itself is coyerad with timber,
and is in fac. butsn brupt terminus of
thigh ridges running north and south, Hank
~d on both sides by deep ravines and
guleys in many places covered with an
almost impenerable growth of scrubby
waite oak bushes. 2't
The rebels appeared defcien. in artil-
lery throughou. the battle. but opened
with rather heavy fire from gun battery
rhed six pouo5ers. Planted abQnt four
hundred yards back from, the hili in tie
woods. Both sides of the roajs leading
up the face of the hiii and winding back
Oh the ridge mile o. more, flied with
sLarpshootsrs, supported by intantry.
Here the battle began iu earnest. AS
our meu entered the timber The battle
ragged terribly from IL o'clock till be-
tween three and four.
Hovey>s division carried the heights
in gallant style, making q dash on ire
first Of batteries and drove the gunners
from their Posts, capturing the guns.
/ Pierce's rebels Iay thick in the vicin-
| ity Of their guns. Their horses were
mowo and killed, while guns, carriages
and caissons were broken and over turu-
ed, and knapsacks, Blankets, snail arms,
aud other debris s:tesled the deadly strug-
&c for the ground The eologs Of lne
1 3lst Aiaiama were here CAPTURED.
Il his junctura the rebels appeared to
be reiuforced With fresh troops on that
wing. and redouhled their efforts to hold
the position and dlsodge or troops on
the bill Hovey was slowly driycn back
to the brow Of the hill, but a brigade
from Cuimhy vas ordered to lis support,
AID The ground was speedily reoccupied
b. Us. The rebels were finally rcpu,s
ed
At ;hc commencement of the engage
ment Cen. Logan's division masched
past the brow CT the hill. forming Iiue
of battle Oh The righ, Of Horey. ard ad-
rarcea in grand style, sweeping every
tsing before them.
At the edge Of the woods in front
OF Logan, TIE battle wasof mos. desper-
ate character Imaginable. ihe rattle Of
muske;Ty was in,essant from the frs,
moment OF the engagement, ana b.en, in
a contiauoas and deadly roar, ID, which
repors so blended that single dischar-
ges -were rarely heard
Aof a man ti.acaad or lire wayered in
this division. A.! behaved like veterans
! gndmoveJ to new positions wish conscious
'read II victory Two batteries were cap
turst by this Division aud enough hard
fighting done 10 imoraiize ii. Besides
has captured 2 large portion Of prison
+ ers. snail arms &c.
B tween three and four o'clock General
Os.erhaus and Gen McArtbur DIVISIONS
can into action onlhe extreme left, aud
Completed what bad been so auspiciously
carried forward They we're both miles
( away when the engagement began, but
brousht forward with ell the dispatch
possible. TIE enemy were in full retreat
soon after, ana their divisions pursued Ill
8 o'c'ock, aud are now encanp ped at Ed
ward's station, eight lniles beyond the ba.-
tile ground
We also learn hat great dissatisfaction
exhistS towards Gen mbr1ton. lie Is
accused by macy of selling OUT TO Gen.
Grant aud also Of planning military ope-
ratichS for the la>t three weeks 50 as 10 !
Insure the latter'S success. 1t is too early |
yei TO do more than approximate at our
loss. We think it viii be atout 1000 (
Killed aud wounded. bu, it may prove less,
cannot be much pore b., few officers os /
Distinction arr injured
The 9Th Indiana .e .egiment los, 100 men |
I-iut. Col. Swain, comm nding the reyl. !;
ment was kill d.
No fnarai or a., of;.ars uara - |