Litchfield enquirer., 1863-05-28
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The Rebellion.

The Rebellion. The latest advices which have reached
 Washington from Vicksburgh are to clock of Friday night, the 22d inst. Although they do not fully confrm'the brief telegram of the capture of Vicksburg. they are of such char acter as to lead to the molnentary expectation of receiving the official announcement of the
 fall of the great rebel stronghold. Up to the time above specified, the central corps of Gen.
 Grants army had fought its way to within one
 mile of Vicksburgh Court House the right
 wing was about mile and half from the same point, and the left wing about the same
 distance on the loft. Six thousand prisoners
 had already been captured. A dispatch from
 Gen. Hurlbut, at Memphis, expresses the most
 perfect confidence in our complete success. Admiral Porter, in an official dispatch to the Navy Department, gives an account cf his cooperation with General Grant in his opera tions against Vicksburgh to the 30th inst, at which time he regaraaed the capture of the city as question of only a few hours. H. had but two of his iron clads in the Red River one at Grand Gulf one at Carthage, and three at Warrenton, which reduced his disposable- boats to small number, but still he disp sed of them te the best advantage. At noon of the 18th he heard firing in the neighborhood of Vicksburgh, and soon afterward discover d our troops driving the rebels before them to the left of Snyder's Bluff. He immediately open ed communication up the Yazoo with Gems. Grant and Sherman, and made arrangements to furnish them supplies. The evac, ation of
 Haines' Bluff being reported to him, he made arrangements to take possession, and succeed ed in capturing everything there--guns, am
 intuition, stores. etc. The works were fou nd to be very formidable. mounting 72, 8 and To- inch r;hed guns. A sufficient force was also sent up the Yazoo to destroy all the enemy s
 property in that direction-especially the Ma, vy-yard and storehou>es at Yazoo City. The Richmond Examiner again hints at a
 probable invasion of the North, as the great stroke of strategy by which the waning for tunes of the Confederacy will be retrieved. We have news from Alexandria, La., on the
 Red Riyer,to the 18th inst, Gen. Banks still had his headquarters there, but his troops were moving up the river toward the enemy. A correspondent makes the somewhat startling
 announcements that the Monitors and the bomb fleet were bombarding Port Hudson, and that
 four transports with troops from Gen. Hun-
 ter's Department were at New Orleans, and
 others coming.
 We learn from Fortress Monroe, that the rebels on Saturday placed battery on the York River below West Point. at the mouth of the Mattapony. and fired into the steamer Swan as she was coming down. The gunboat 5. c. Morse was sent up and dislodged the battery.
 Special dispatches from the army of Gene ral Grant contain full accounts of the battle. in Mississippi, representing them as a series of
 bloody and desperate engagements, in which our soldiers immortaiized themselves. The Commercials dispatch is as follows:
 BATTLE FIELD or BAKERS GREEK, May l6. -The federal army under General Grant has won anosher glorious victory. A furious bat tis has been fought, lasting nearly five hours aud resulting in the defeat of the enemy at uli points. with loss of 5000 killed and wound ed, and thres complete batteries of heavy ri- lied cannon, besides single pieces, 20O0 pri.- oners. large quantities of small arms and camp equIpage. Our saccess was signal and couI-
 pleie.
 Early on the morning of the 18th insf. Gen. McClernan's corps were put in motion, while Gen. Hoyey's division advanced across the open field to the foot of Champion Hill. At II clock, the battle was commenced. Cham pion Hill was covered with timber, Aanked on
 both sides with ravines and gullies, and i. :. ma ny places covered with an almost impenetrabIe growth of scrubby bushes. The rebels opened
 with heavy fire from their four-gun battery and from their sharpshooters in the wood. Tue battle ragged terribly from II A. II. to 4
 Gen. Hoyeys division carried the heights in gallant style, making dash on the first batte- ry and capturing t from the rebels. Living thick ID tue vicinity were guns men, carriages broken, cassions overturned, knapsacls. blank cts, small arms, and other debris, all attest;ne the terrific struggle for the ground. At this jnncture the rebels were reinforced, and Gen. Hovay was slowly driven back. Gen. Quimby l with brigade went to the support of Gen. Hovey, and the eround was speedily reoccu- pied, and the rebels finally repnlsed.
 Atgths commencemsnt of the engagement