The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-10
Wednesday Morning, June 10, 1863.
The siege Of vicksburg.
THE GRAND ASSAULT.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribune.


The siege of vicksburg.
THE GRAND ASSAULT.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribune.
M'CLERNAND's CoRPs
Of the three grand divisi ons of the army
this Is the largest, and best supplied with am
munitlon, and occupied the left A. j. Smith
occupied the extreme right, Carr the center.
Osterhans the left of the corps. Hovey had
remained behild since the battle of Champion
Hills to bury the dead, and although in the
neighborhood during the action, was held in
reserve.
Early in the morning of Friday, our lines
occupied the IRE gular ravine, or series of ra-
vines, which fianks the Vicksburg Notifications
at distance varying from two to five and six
hundred yards. The exposure was much less
than this statement of the distance from the
the enemy would indicate. The peril was in
reaching the ravine, and emerging from it.
While the troops occupied it they might cook
their "middings" and "hard tack" and BIZ
vouac at night in the utmost indifference to
the inferno of sharpshooters and whipping
Dombsheils around. Malonys 30pounders,
FOSTERS splendid batteries, and more than a
score OF smaller pieces, together with an i'm
mense force of skirmishers, were sufficient moi
only to keep the enemy from sorties but from
their cannon.
The appearance of hat or coat above the
~AASfAeS "aS uiS oiShai III q uOZen SlOtS. Our
sharpshooters would stand up boldly and in
full view OF the earthworks, ready, like Paddy
al the Donnybrook Fair, whenever they saw a
mead TO hit 1t. Alter careful examination of
the fortiiications to select some point If posi-
BILE weaker than the rest, it was determined
to make the assault in two places-first to at
Iach ae nneplts az the southern extremity
with the brigades of Lawler and Lam
drum; second to charge along the dirt
u;.h ,ho h,;a.das ~ Ran, ~ S .nd
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eau M icaei, io,,niS a.i uuo'oAon ho@hi"eo Vi
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Hoht, lne rue pi.s ilahe oeha TINS way, 50
as W SWEEP "ieh "'i e,hiauin5 ~ s'oi '',i,S
party. Nneh you look az yohder steep MI,
AT .nat coruoh ol oreas.woIks, con'riveu WIN
coIsuuhi,aVe Nlsehni.s anu iaooi, ene neaI'
SILKS wl'hin YOU: .ne i..., misi a i.s pioou-
req oars Jus. slslpie apose .hc Iiue-pils, now
napPihg ue.asuy iii i .ne p.eeae, , som uloopins
70 tne nags,an anu aiihos. ns ,os. non , VIEW, Is
,iig es'sism " icason. yohu .ne mes'eii ~
nnls, pointing ,s psce,uy ,, e,;,' nensehmalu, IN
strange contrast WIN WIS., W;s,. mailhe ppepa.a para
uons are tne spnss oi .ioNsouS Ah .i aiUns
.nc i,nvS ',.,c acose % anu oso" e'ei '"ins 10 sum
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al iengul, llleu ., waiS,ns, We seeh ,lie N
irienuly snauoms oi uen Carr .el. Jus. 3D.. De-
low, ana awai. .ne progress oi eVe.ls' ,r Dut,
hark; "a hl,'' 9'eeI l,ues oh .ne ar. dney