The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-07-10
MEADE WHIPS LEE!
$4,000 Prisoners Taken.
HIS Gums Captured.
VEKSBUiGH TAKEN .
An Unconditional Surrender [!
Glory Glory! Glory

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ties, resulting in brilliant victories
to the Union cause. Rosecrans, in
the West, has cllectually pushed the
rebels out ofTennessec. He has, al
most without resistance, taken and
occupied their fortified places.
But the grandest acts in the great
drama have transpircd in Pennsylvania
the closing scenes of which are even
yet to he pttsentcd. The '.tug ofwar'
fairly began on last Wednesday, the
lst, in the neighborhood of Gettvs-
burg. From the very first the lighting
was severe and the conduct of our men
most heroic. The contest of Wednes-
ny was confined to our advance, The
First, Eleventh Corps. the action be-
ing mainly fought by the First Corps
under Gen. Reynolds, who was killed
hy a sharpshootcr early in the fight.
We first attacked the enemy's advance
just beyond Gettysburg,'and repulsed
lit, when the whole corps became en-
gagged, and subsequently the Eleventh
Corps, which came up in support by
the Emmctsburg road. The opposing
forces swerc the Rebel corps of Hill
and Ewell. Our men calamity sus-
taincd the fight holding their own till
/ o'clock. when they retired to Il
strong position just to the eastward
and southward OF Gettysburg. This
was maintained until the arrival of re-
IintOrcements ut night
Gettysburg is Il beautiful place sur
rounded by a lovely open and rolling
country. 1t is situated in a valley
scooped out ofa ridge Of hills which
encircle it on three sides, and slope
down to n wood on the south and east
while the Rebels had possession of
that on the other side of the town,
the two positions being about a mile
apart.
An artillery fight might he carried
on over the town, so depressed is the
Hand Oh which it is built. The part
of the ridge held on Wednesday eve
ming hv the national forces is Il triilc
higher than that in rebel possession,
hut not sufficiently so to give our ar-
tillery decided advantage. The
ridge dccends at the Hagcrstown and
Emmcttshurg roads, so that the for
ccs of either side, which would attack
the other. must scale Il considerable
Iacclivity.
OfW ednesday's battle, Gen. Meade
says that the enemy greatly ontmum-
hcrcd us on the field, hut that our
men behaved admirably, and that the
battle was one of the hardest fought
actions of the war Our troops were
finally obliged TO relinquish the
ground which they conquered in the
earlier part of the day, and to take
position on the flights south and
west of Gettysburg, which the reb-
els had succeeded in occupying.
On "Wednesday about 1000 of our
troops were engaged against 10000
of the rebels. During Wednesday
might about $1,000 Of Meadc's troops
came up AID took favorable positions
for rcopcning the battle on Thursday
morning, while at that period some
I2j00O other Union troops belonging to
the army Of the Potomac were soon
near at hand rs to be Immediately
available for the conflict
The rebels also rapidly cOnccutra-
ted their forces near Gettysburg on
ednesday night so that on Thurs
Iday morning the two armies stood
about equally opposed a5 to numhcrs
and without much advantage, on eth
er side, as to position.
On Thursday morning, the 2d,
the rebels began the attack But af-
ter few guns, rs if feeling the po-
sition of our forces, they ceased firing
until 1 o'clock p. m, when they made
n desperate assault, which was as
desperately resisted, A dispatch
from Gen Meade. dated at | o'clock
of Thursday night, says: The enemy
attacked me about 4 p. III. this day
and after one of the severcst contests
of the war, was rcpulscd at all points.
All accounts agree in according To
our troops the most heroic bravery
ever witnessed on the battlefield,
The loss was terrible in both armies.
THE real advantage Of the conflict, at
Its close, was with us. We had adj,
Ivanced upon the field and taken large
number of prisoners.
On Friday morning, Gen. Meade
was the attacking party. He hao
now concentrated his army so as tC
have all his forces well in hand, anC
had taken measures to impede, if no
cut Off the avenue of retreat for thu
rebels, Thus prepared he fell upol
them with fury and heroism neve
- before exhibited. The rebel column
wavered, staggered, and finally, ,durin;
the night, started in retreat.
CAmo, July S.-By the arrival O
. the steamer Niagara, with Licutcnap
Dunn, of Gen. Sulliyan's staff, fgfl
lIVicksburg, who is the bearer of DIS
patches from Grant To the War Dc
partmcnt, we have confirmation Of tn
capitulation of Nicksburg.
Y From reliable sources | have bee
able to gather the following particr
lars OF the closing scenes Of tho sieg
= Of Vicksburg;
: The first flag for some time was Jr
4 ly lst, asking an escort for two Eng
q lishmen who had been shut up fo
some time i'm the COnfedcracV, Whic