Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-06-04

serg't J. NJ. Tullman, 18th, wounded seriously.
Fred. Kidder, co. H, 18th, leg broken.
benjamin s. Davis, B, 18th, killed.
Geo. Gray, 18th, killed.
P Lemson, G, slightly wounded:
Isaac Mallockson, 81, 18th, slightly wounded.
Mahlon Bussey, D, 18th, slightly wounded.
w. II. Christmsn, K, 18th, slightly wounded.
w. Hill, u, 18th, slightly wounded.
William Hines, 9th Wis. Battery, slightly wourded.
Butler Worthington, 9th Wis. Battery, slightly
81 There were no other casualties in this battery.
The correspondent of the same paper,
writing Wednesday evening, dating "26
east of Vicksburg," has the following:
The Federal army under Gen. Grant
has won another glorious victory. A fu-
rious battle, lasting nearly five hours, has
resulted in the defeat of the enemy at all
points, with the loss of from two to three
thousand killed and wounded, three COM
plete batteries of heavy rifed cannon, be-
sides several single pieces, and from 1000
to 1000 prisoners in our hands, and an
immense quantity of arms and camp equip
page. Our success is signal and complete.
Nothing mars the intense satisfaction of
officers and men but the heavy sacrifice of
life by which it was achieved.
Early this morning Gen. Netherlands
corps was put in motion. Gen. Hovey's
division was on the main road from Jack
son to Vicksburg but the balance of the
corps was few miles to the southwark.
On parallel road Gen McPherson's corps
followed Hovey's division closely.
At 9 o'clock, Gen. aovey discovered the
enemy in front on Champion Hill, to the
left of the road near Bakers Greek, appa.
rently in force. 6kirmishers were thrown
out, and the division advanced cautiously
and slowly to give Gen. McPherson's ad-
vance division, under Gen. Logan, time to
come within supporting distance. Gen.
Hovey's division advanced across an open
field at the foot of Champion Hill, in line
of battle, at IL o'clock, ard commenced
battle.
The hill itself is covered with timber,
and is, in fact, but an abrupt terminus of
q high ridge running north and south,
fanked on both sides with deep ravines
and gulleys, in many places covered with
an almost impenetrable growth of scrubby
white oak bushes. The rebels appeared
deficient in artillery throughout the battle,
but opened with rather heavy fire from a
four gun battery of ritied six Founders
planted about 400 yards back from the
brow of the hill.
The woods on both sides of the road
leading up the face of the hill, and wind
ing back on the ridge mile or more, were
filled with sharpshooters, supported by
infantry. Here the battle began in earnest
as our men entered the edge of the timber,
and ragged from IL o'clock till between
and 4.
Gen. A. P. Rovey's division carried the
heights in gallant style, and, making a
dash on the first battery, drove the suu-
ners from their posts and captured tt r
pieces.
At this juncture the rebels appeared
reinforced with fresh troops on that wing,
and redoubied their efforts to hold the po-
sition and dislodge our troops on the hill.
Gen. Hovey was slowly driven back to
the brow Of the hill, but brigade from
Gen. Quimby was ordered to his support,
and the ground was speedily reoccupied
by US, and the rebels finally repulsed.
At the commencement OF the engage
ment, Gen. Logan's division marched pas:
the brow of the hill, and, forming in line
of battle on the right of Hovey, advanced
in grand style, sweeping everything before
them.
At the edge of the woods, in front of
Gen. Logan, the battle was of the most
desperate character imaginable. The rat
tie of musketry was incessant, and blent
10 a continuous and deadly roar, in which
reports were so blended that single dis
charge was rarely heard. Not q man
t1inched or line wavered in this division.
All behaved like veterans, and moved to
new positions with the conscious tread of
victory. Two batteries were captured by
this division, and enough hard fighting
was done to immortalize it. Besides this
it captured large portion of prisoners
small arms, &c.
Between 8 and o'clock Gen. Oster-
haus' and Gen. McArthur's divisions came
into action on the extreme left, and COM
pleted what had been SO auspiciously car
ried forward. They were both miles
away when the engagement began, but
were brought forward with all the dispatch
possible.
The enemy we're in full retreat soon af-
ter, and these divisions pursued till
O'Clock, and are now encamped at Ed
wards Station, eight miles beyond the
battle ground.
Col. Bouck, of the 18th Wisconsin, in
formed me, at the close of the engagement,
that but two privates in his regiment were
injured.
Well authenticated cases of rebel bar
barity to wounded men can be enumer-
ated. No less than three different men
who were shot down to day in battle,
were subsequently sabred by rebels when
they temporarily retook the ground. The
mea lived long enough to narrate the
atrocity, but will scarcely recover.
have been slow to believe such stories.
and know that such instances are rare, but
they do occasionally occur, to the dis
grace of our common humanity.
The same correspondent writing from
IL miles east of Vicksburg, May 17th,''
says:
Gen. Netherlands corps marched to
this place early this. morning. Gen. o.
terhaus was in advance, and found the
rebels strongly entrenched, on the left, on
the east bank of the river. Batteries were
soon in position, playing on the enemy Is
works.
At ten o'clock, Gen. LAWYERS brigade,
IN Cars division, charged across an open
held 200 yards in width, wading bayou
IN front, and swarming over into the en-
trenchments. In q moment, seventeen
cannon were taken in the side earth
works, and from 1900 to 1000 prisoners
captured.
No description can do justice to the in
trepidity of the regiments composing this
hPln ~
musketry was appalling, but they rushed
ON to VICTORY and literally sWent every