The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-05

OF our uttb DallNIltb WtIo ulAfltA INV |
p0silon--amung them three Parrott gune,
manned and differed by the LIST Regulars
Between our sharpshooters and our a'tll-
lery we 81 need the guns in these forts,
but, as We afterwards learned, tnat
damaged the rebels only liuls' Opr
shells set Gre TO a number OF cotton
bales inside Of the forts. I'm
Before two o'clock on the morning o.
the 22d, fsirr Mtillery bad Hired and de.
stroyed three service magazines In rebel |
forts, one on the center and two on the |
len. They were small affairs, judging |
from the explosions which occurred.
Tue ASSAULT OK THE CENTER.
The assault was to have been made all
,long the lines At ten O'clock, a. NJ. The
order was MT obeyed, think, by sin.
gle division OF the army. Al the Rp.
pointed time, our lines occupied exactly
The position assigned them on the pre-
vious day, ana up to eleven o'c' ock the
skrmishers bad not advanced, save those
OF one or Two divisions. % the center,
The lst and 81 b igades Of General 10
gsn's division, commanded by Generals
Jobp L. Smith and John D Stevenson
advanced at about bolt past ,l-Ven
y CT Ghs L VIZ ~ blulfhNb VI p'tftu5uu r
brl lie were prov ded with scalirg lad
deis forty leetlOrg, bot bad no opporu
nifty b. uee them, being driven back be-
FIRE reaching be ille-pi g. Logan
men went forward bravely, but were
mtt by Uverwh, lining numbers OF the in.
trebChed toe. Hundreds of them Jumped
into ihe oilches, but the number who
reached the parapet vac small. Nearly
two companies rushed into the fort and
were captured. The flag OF the IN
missouri was planted on the parapet az
ter stVen color bearers had been shot
down Amid terrific storm Of bullets
aud grape-shot, the Sd Brigade held It's
ground until reca led by orders from the
proper source. They advanced, holdin
their fire to pour into the riflc-pits, after
their ascent of the parapet. Tue enemy
gave them yolley alter volley as they
approached, sending terrible devastation
among their ranks. Colonel Rollins. OF
tue 3lst Iilmois, was shot throulh the
head while gallan,ly Leading his regi-
met, lie expired IN NV moments.
while eXOring bis men to push forward
in The charge. The loss in Stevpnson's
brigade will reach nearly 800 The 32d
ONO, one of his reeiments, lost ten
wounded aad nine killed.
ITO the lett Of Logan in tho center
General QuinbJ's divis on joined in tue
assault. Like their brave comrades un
der ST. venson end Smith, their valor and
cVursgr was great, but could not accom-
Plush the work assigned them They
were driven back with heavy loss. Ccl
Boomer, of the 10Th Missouri, command
ing the ID brigade OF this divisiCl, was
killed on the field Bog
O.. f.u ON THE 21sT.
Very little was done on the 2lst Oar
Hrtl cry Kept uo heavy Gre on the re-
bel works, but elected replies only
fUm a few batteries. The rebels &C ed
as II intending 10 save their ammunition
and not eXpend IL except in Gaze of an
Acvaoce upon them When they saw q
column Of iufhtry within range Of
their guns, they opened on it with grape
and canister, or shtls, and on several
occasions did great ,xecution. Our ar.
tillery made breaches in the enemy's
earthwOrks in several places, but on the
morning OF the 22d we found these were
all repaired, aud the entire line of forti
hcshohs lioks as smooth and perfect As
btfjre any assault was made upon them
The RuDboAts AID mortars kept up a
brisk Gre Oh the night of the 2lst They
must have burned several buildings,
judging from the flres to bo seen in the
city from our camps.
.et PRo>PEcT1vH.
A second attempt TO take Vlcksburp
by assault will not be made, I think
The place can be reduced in q short
time and sta very small sacrifice Of lie
by regular approaches, and that plau
will probably be adopted by Gen Grant
To starve out the gar,i son would be a
long and tedious operation, and the at
tempt, Ct made, night not BE succe sful
in the end The rebels are reported 10
have six weeks iu1t supply in Vicks
burg BY quitting heir men on short al
lJwRnCes they can make this last them
twelve weeks or longer. There is moi
much dangero of an attack in their rear
a bearer DtTtb dispatches was caD,ur
turtd day or two siuce, on bis way 10
Jacks, n, with a met sage from PEN bertoD
TO ben p. 0t Lee, advising hai not to at
tack Grant III the r, arwIth a force OF less
than $4,000 mer. The rebels cannot
mustor any such free within three
weeks, in has department.. LoriDg has
10000 baol iris htened men at HALE
burst, aud other small bodies may he col >
leoied 10 make AN aggregate OF $4,000,
but no larger army than that can be
raised outside If Vlcksbuig, without
wittdraWlug tfoops IRON Virginia or
TeLnest,e. 200
tar ASSAULT ON rus LEFT.
On TIE left General McClernand COM
menced TIE assault earlier than anv
other commander. The frat advance
was made by McClernand's ceLt.r, Gen.
A. J.Smiths division, uf two bripades
commanded by Col. Landrum ana Gen.
Bu' bridge, AS early as o'clock, Ian
drums men took iort, aud we're in ao-
tual possession II il. Gen. O,terhaus.
on their LIFT, made a breach on the south
side Of tle work, with his artillery.
There were two companies Of rebel !, /,
diers In il at the tlme-one If them ran
away, aud the other actual, burrowed
their way through the earth to our m n
in trout. and surrendered as prisoners.
Landium, on obtaining possession # tue
fot put a pioneer force at work 10
tIrOw up earth works ia the rear, 90 as
~ brng tue guns If the ioIt 10 bear
upon tue reb,lt. la Constructing the
fJrufcs tiuns, tle rebels fl tas rear Of
all tae ITS open, TO give tAem an oppor-
tuulty t. asssil our men, in the event Of
our success ia driving them out The
flags OF tne 4sth Ohio, 77tn illinois aud
lBtn kpt fOcky ia a tr,p, a., ,,.,...r