The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-08-14

we're too elevated and their fort too s,rops 10
S, o. hs, dc w:s ,nS.n 70 Ssa I'm inst r,ss
p, he,d. .hc field sftitsry could Be weved to any
.smp, "S'f. .aiS SSsd + S. f "a S
as.n the enemy. b.s,erir-. turn h. po.iiicn By st
.sa ss'fs Rp. Or nsr orders s
,, v,fe rnmedistev rven for the trcops 20 dehsrt N
% .ns ;nS Ss TtfeA az o s' VSo
ncsts aasin engaged the hstsries. and all the tram.
r... nun iy rec wing bat Two or three shot. In The
meviou.ly ordered sreconnoissance 10 . 20 nj oppo.
81 nrunsi prs to s'csrt.in u possbls from rsfron'
9s the land. bach of Isuinsturs. .purins the
,h nasht IL I..tnsd , ac,m hesro man hM there -S
tefmin.d me to land there.
n,y wn w. is Of Nay 81 ersAf.msnt took place 81
y. 9eied on hsh ridee- tu, after ,hsrp battle he
c;:uS % Sfysn cI, s,St nth heavy lc.. Finding ths,
vance vas i, m lie. on the road 60 Jsst.o% or Sess
bufs Gen. Grant deternued not to march them
.ns .na a pad P,sg'.0ps 10, shs1sine hi. base TO
:. sivi.ca 90 General B,ni:: A. ,si, tim. he
held position -ert Of the Nississippi. and that he
rcqld capture Port Hudson aud reach him about the
Gen. Grant heard that Besnr.sard vas eIpccted at
J.ct.on ,iih large army from Charleston. Gen.
Gen. banks, With Dssuresard's army cppssd 10 him.
.ould not lcave him relatively any stronger. 20 he
determined 70 push With what force h. had feint.
points we're held by strong d.tachments. 20 a.
tn amy, on the 18th Of NAY, the army .ss put In
S.:sys s ss r; S:::ss ,I: ,n Msps: ps:
Nth his b.; ,hGs tGIS. out = vielsa 70 .ss:.t ~
ihs result. ioi Which iTe.. credit !. sivsn 70 tss
BY On the i7tS the enemy % was iSund
:t,cn:,y sc.;ssa on rams, issc q sluG. on 10th
LAYERS brigade compelled the enemy TO burn the
sridss in & GeM y hurry, & thus su,tins on their o.
sho by tbis time had reached bridgeport, shove the
bridse crossed The river on the is,h and advancing
5. Within ,hts. .n& s: az mi.. ~ the S'% latte,
place when he 'udd:nl, turned to the rsht and oc
.as sSs ss: s:.s s:.: ~. The
on the ig;h Of Nc, the Investment Of Nieksbufs BE-
came complete.
rb ASSAULT on vIcEssppa.
d; ,s.. .Us 70 &
been determined on. Most Of the troop had been
.Ss .S ssss,ns S:.,:: e5 on -
mi..aY department rhersh they had not suffered
so S S s ~ q
much felt There .tts many reasons fos mstiss the
sssault. The inmedsts Possess,on Of vieksbuIs
aud save the soysrnmsns s..asaes@:ns that .si:
much needed sl:..hsIs, fia.i;; ,hs iIooIs them,
that they ser their failure TO carry the ensmy's
s' n: Hiss' 70
st 10 A. NJ, on the 92d. Promptly at the hour desis
mys .'.D .ops. os co coiunsnesd the ssssnit. ' " '
The asaut VA sallant In the eItrems on the part
strong both ns nrsy and srtheisiy. 70 Be- tsisn 10
thar w.y AZ svsiy po,ne sssautsd, and q eii o
=. The s s n sGs - r: :S: \: 's:r
sd, With much c.s on op aide 10 killed and Wounded;
bu, .ithoe .e.lcnns be eonaa:sse e the sIcG'p.
OF soldiers Increased % cent In
of q Dispatch r-c.4~-d By Gen. Grant from Gen. Nc.
ClernApd, the coss " the ASSAULT to the effect
that he hard preesed. Reniorcements vsrs sent.
and coon after another messase came stating that be
that Nc hsson aud Sherman should make diver.
sion . hls favor. Gen Grant could no. see that he
Isnsvsl Of the .,,.uii, ou, = 4 s.s Just po..ibls
hecleinsnd might havv sained the sseeess h:
McCi,fn,nd. repeated assurances. Accordingly tht
dvcr.ion vas made, resulting w useless sacrifice Of
o.to nsy Tor pubishins rather SsnSiosious report
Of the AFFAIR, without having previously submitted
ss: upan .aa 81 tnS
until the third Of July. when has Of truce va 70
ss: II: :. .s s.Sf'J.s'J y Sa:
ed The D. BLACK Ki,er, With ,ie., Z re- suppo:sd
ssetns Gen Grant! Ths Ho.iioss In front
s!..0s. % s.;:a. ysa,SF 'n n. 9th Il J1ly =,
La Grange, Tennessee, on the 1Ith Of April, and 81
rived In Baton kougs on tbs VI o. Nay, be vins sue
ce,sfy trayefsrd the entire OF hissssippi, and oh
tsned lnformston Of the utmost Importance TO botl
Gen. Grant and Gen. Banks.
YfsuLTs OF rtn CAMPAIGN.
The result Of this campaign has been the defeat o
the .nsmy In I've battles outaids Of ylcksburg; th
occupation Of J,cksn the capital Of the state " As
sisppi, and the capture Of Vitsburs and IL CARRIER
seven thousand tsT, ,OD6I pri.onsrA amons whom YER
fifteen general ofcers at least ten thousand killes
and woun ndsd, and among the killed Generals Tracy
1ilshinsn aud (rssn and hundIsds and psrhsps thou
sands u .rayser, Who can never DO collected and re
Organized. Arnrs and munitions Of var for an Arm,
sidds large Of other public property, consist
ing OF siIfosd. locomotives, eers steamboats, cotton
II.
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