Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-07-11
GLORIOUS! GLORIOUSl
Vicksburg Surrendered on tie
Fourth Of sJulyl 49,
Fight at Helena Arkansas
Price Defeated.-From
~. Port Hudson.--Lee's
IT,. Army Williamsport.
The Rebel Retreat a Rout-
The Rebels being Cap
tured by Regiments.

tuEeo Wy heSlWeAts.
Chicagy, July An official dispatch
Gays that Vicksbur9 surrendered uncon-
ditionally on The Fourth. $50
Washington, July 6.-The Star Of this
evening announces BY dispatch from the
headquarters Of the army that the van.
guard Of the enemy reached Williamsport
with the matt army following and .t,emp
ted to cross, but found the Potomac too
high for fordiug. ..
Now York, July GA Baltimore sps.
cial says over 1000 prisoners hsve arriv.
cd, ami Gen. Schenck has orders to pre-.
pare to receive 10000 m re. The road
along the route Of the retreat is strewn
with abandoned wagons, cannon, small
arms aud camp equipage. Gen. Couch
appears to have formed a junction with
Meade, and the militia are slaug hlering
and capturing the gray backs by brigades.
.Fvrt Monroe, July GA Portsmouth,
Va, paper Of the I'd, says reliable infor.
matinnf has been received here tina, the
return Of North Carolina 0 tho Union is
oSi'y looked Tor. .t e.,
Fortress Monroe, July 6.-The BON.
bardnen. Of Port Hudson Continues
Great conft nce is expressed that Il "a ust
som fall. The efforts of the rebels to
interrup, Banks Communication with N.
Orleans had failed.
E Chicago, July 6,h.-We cQniease The
following from Saturdays n. Z. Herald !:
On Thursday Ill day more or less picket
firing tovk place, and on our eft became
pretty sharp. Between two and three
O'Clock p. N, some movements were in
| progress behind this ERE, and to develope
these Sickles was ordered to advance with
the whole Of the 3rd corps, under cover Of
IRE from eight brass pieces in battery on
I'll open Geld. The corps went forward
in line Of battle, aud the enemy artillery,
20 long silent, began on the left y heavy
fire. !" tur" cur pieces on cemetery hill
opened on those Of the enemy in the field,
aud other batteries Of the enemy nearer
our center opeaed on those on cemetery
hill, and SO went -ouad unit! cur guns On
the Northern face OF tie hill engaged the
| enemys batteries two miles across the
country on our tight. In the meantime
the mus kerry fire on our lett seemed TO
become more and more fierce. Already
the corps had once been driven in dis.
order from the ground it had won, but
, wire rallied by Gen. Sickles in person.
| who had again gone forward. 1t now held
it's place wha desperate tanaci,y against
yery heavy io.ee. This advance on our
LEI. had developed that the enemy folc &C
were IN reality massed here, aud when
the Sd corps :aok the iuitistiye it only
precipitated an attempt on the psrt Of The
enemy, which might Otherwise have came
when We were not prepared to receive il.
Between Eve and six o'clock, the Sd corp
having wi,hstood vi, lrigb,iul loss many
successive charges oil the enemy infantry
Of many times their numbers, began to
show sigma OF weakness and the 5,h corps
was ordered 20 charge aud relieve them,
which was done with = will, aud forced
| the enemy back mile and half, taking
| many prisoners. Persuns who aeyer wit.
! messed battle Ca have no conception Of
! the grandeur Of lhs scene. The air was
| perfectly thick with bursting shells, and
| The firing CT musketry filled The space
with bullets like hail stones in :. summer
shower, scattering death and d s;ruc:ion
on every side. This WAS undoub, edly the
6sreest conflict Of the war. The losses
on both sides mus. b terrible. The enc.
my were most desperate 10 their attacks.
Brigade after brig JADE marched mp against
Gems. Siekles' and Hancocks columns
with most deooniac fury, and. having Dc.
livsrsd their Are until their force was
spent, would fall down and let another
line march over them and perform the
saoe nsneuvrs, while they would deploy
and recruit for repetition Of the same.
This advance developed still further the
intention Of The sneoy. which was to get
around our left flank and % get 1t tho
Ennstsburg road and perhaps at our am.
manilion vagonA Al The division Of req.
ulars and Grifin's divisioa OF the 5th CORPS
went forward. and before 6rs had been
opened on their ffoat, come nre swept
from their leh down ,ks line, and the right
brigade Of The division Of regulars Vas
whsslsd % . 70 face that way. No soon.
or had il done % Than Ere in front
opened which then cane ia tho rear Of the
right brigade and threw il into coufusion,
| but i rallied and went on again. ~
a line Of two disisions drove the enc.
my beloss il snsil they had taken ! posi-.
ton previously occur pied BY ono Of the
enemies batteries. Here the Gre va con-
csntsassd On thsss tso divisions from
batteries further to he ssas, asd u ths