Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-26

liant style. and making dash on the first bat
terry, drove the gunners from their posts and
CAPTURED the pieces. The rebels lay thick in
the vicinity of the guns. Their horses were
more than half killed. Gun carriages and
cnissons were broken. and knapsacks, blan-
kets. small arms, and other debris, attested
the deadly struggle. The c0lors of the 3lst
Alabama were captured there.
At this iuncture Mitchell's Ohio battery was
opened ut about so yards from the brow ofthe
hill The rebels made dash for it, but the
feetness of the horses prevented its capture.
At the same time the rebels appeared with
fresh troops on that wing and redoubled their
efforts to hold their position and dislodge our
troops on the hill. Hovey was slowly driven
back, but a brigade from Gen. Quimby was
ordered to his support, and the ground was
speedily recovered and the rebels finally
repulsed At the commencement of the
engagement. Gen. LOgan's division marched
past 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 road, in front of
Logan, the battle was most desperate. Not a
man tlinched or Il line wavered in
this division. All behaved like vet
Grams, and moved to new positions,
"Atb q SOhoNlOuo liSdu Vi NitlOTJ. 1WO DdL-
teries were captured by this division, and
enough hard fighting done to immortaze it.
They also captured large portion of the
prisoners, small arms, &c.
Between and o'clock Gen. Osterhaus'
and Cen McArthur's divisions came into ac.
ton on the extreme left and completed what
had been SO auSpiclousy carried forward.
They were both miles away when the engage
ment began, but were brought forward with
all possible despatch. The enemy were in
full retreat soon after, and these divisions
pursued them till 8 o'clock, and are now en-
camped at Wards station, eight miles beyond
the battle ground.
From rebel prisoners | learn that Pember-
ton commanded in person. Fitzhugh Lee
and Gregg, who commanded at the battle near
Raymond, and others of note, had subordinate
commands. l also learn that great dissatis-
faction exists towards Pemberton. He is &C
cused by many of selling out to Grant; also
of planning military operations for the last
four weeks, SO as to ensure the latteTs sue
cess.
1t is impossible yet to do more than approx
innate our loss. think it will be about 1000
killed and wounded. 1t may prove less, but
it cannot be much more. But few officers of
distinction are injured The oath Indiana
lost 100 men. Lieut.. Col. Swain, command
ing, was killed. Not general or staff Of
ficer on our side was hnrt.
This has been the hottest and most brilliant
fight in the southwest for several months.
The men are enthusiastic whenever Gen.
Grant appears. His reckless exposure Of
himself on the field begets unbounded admir-
alton among the privates.
Well authenticated cases of rebel barbarity
to our wounded men can be enumerated.
Three different men who were shot down in
the battle were subsequently sabred by the
rebels when they temporarily retook the
ground. The men lived to narrate the atroci-
ties, but will scarcely recover.
BLACK RIVER BRIDGE, II MILES EAST OF
VICKsDURG, May IL Netherlands corps
marchedto this place early this morning. OS-
terhaus was in the advance, and found the
rebels strongly entrenched on the east bank
of the river. Batteries were soon in position,
playing on the enemy's works. AT ten o'clock
Gen. LAWYERS brigade, in Cars division,
charged across the open fields, two hundred
yards in width, wadng the bayou in front and
swarming over into the entertainments. Sew
enteen cannon were taken inside the earth
works, and from five hundred to two thousand
prisoners captured. No description can do
justice to the intrepidity of. the regi-
ments comprising this brigade" The reb-
ell fire from artillery and musketry was
appalling, but they rushed on to victory, re-
CARELESS Of death, and literally swept every.
thing before them. Gen Martin Green's Mis-
souri, brigade of rebels, over 1900 strong, was
cut off by the 18th Wisconsin, and surren-
dered.s Gen. Vaughn's brigade was also
principally captured. The loss of the 18th
Wisconsin was slight The 2lst and 23d
Iowa led in the charge and sustained the
principal loss. The 18th Wisconsin also
captured stand of colors.
Furious canonading continued all day from
the rebel batteries on the other side of the
river. They fired the bridge to prevent our
crossing. Pontoon's have been sent to Sher-
mans corps. He will probably cross a few
miles above here and attack in flank. The
force opposite is thought to number 25 900.
Our army is in excellent fighting condition,
and think themselves invincible.
As Gen. Grant rode to the front to-day, he
was everywhere greeted with tremendous and
uproarious cheers.