The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-05-28
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Union Victories.

Gsor5oy1s Npxxs from Grants Army
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Union Victories
AccorSTs OF The BATTLES VICTORIES
GEN. LoGAx's HEADQUARTERS, !
IS NILES WEST or JACKSON, May l6-9 a H. }
Immediately on entering jackson on Thurs
dav Gen. Grant dispatched orders to AcCIer-
hands corps, which was coming up IN the
rear as rapidly as possible, to counterlnarch
and oct on the main road to Nlcksburg al
Clinton. Yesterday it marched to a point
two miles west Of this before sUndown. ana
drove in the enemy's pickets there.
Gen McPher5On's corps was put III lIioIioh
in the same direction, with Gen. Logan IN al
vance, and reached this point at tour o CLOCK.
Everything indicates a stubborn resistance
AT Vicksburg. Their small forces at EDWARDS
Station and Black River Bridge viii do moth
inc more than endeavor to delay our advance.
Interrented dispatches from Gen Pemberton
ordered the rebel forces at those places to fall
hack tn the intreuchments ut EicksDurg when
hard pressed. This will undoubtedly be done.
The battle at Jackson was short but spirit
ed. Gen. Crocker's division had the advance
and but two brigades were under fire. The
esd Illinois, 18th Wisconsin. 8Oth Ohio, 10th
Missouri, 4th Minnesota, 9Th Missouri. and
9th and 7th Iowa regiments composed them.
The latter regiment sustained the greatest
loss. The list OF killed cannot be obtained
yet. No Illinois or Wisconsin commissioned
officers were injured. Our loss in killed will
be not far from 70. The wounded may mum
Der 200, though could obtain but 10 names.
Gen. Sherman's corps viii lose about a dozen
men, all told.
CHAurroS HILL BATTLE FisLD
2G MILES EAsT OF NIcksaCE3,
May 10, 1s63-9.5g ?. m.
The Federal army under Gen. Grant has
won another glorious victory. \ furious bat
tie, lasting nearly five hours, has resulted III
the defeat Of the enemy at all points, with the
loss of from two to three thousand killed and
wounded, three complete batteries of heavy
riAed cannon, besides several single pieces,
and from I,5O0, to 1000 prisoners in our
hands, and an immense quantity Of small
arms and camp equipage. Our success is sig
nal and complete. Nothing mars the intense
satisfaction of officers and men but the heavy
sacrifice Of life by which it was achieved.
Early this morning Gen. McCiernauds
corps was put in motion. Gen. Hovey's di-
vision was on the main road from jackson to
Ficksburg, but the balance Of the corps was
a few miles to the southwark. On a parallel
IbGu bGil. AlCl llClGO4 , Lbi p5 4OilO" gu III
veys division closely.
At 8 o'clock Gen. Hovey discovered the Ell
envy in front Of Champion Hill, to the left Of
the road near Bakers Creek, apparently i'll
force. Skirnishcrs were thrown out, and the
division advanced cautiously and slowly to
give Gen. NIcPherson's advance division, I'M
der Gen. Logan, time to come within support
ing distance. Gen. Hovey's division advanc-
ed across an open field at the foot Of ChaInpi-
on Hill. in line Of battle at II o'clock, and COM
menced battle.
The hill itself covered with tirnbeT,and is,
in fact, but an abrupt termimuso Of a high ridge
running north and south, ilankcd on both
sides with deep ravines and gulleys, in many
places covered with an almost impenctrable
growth Of scrubby white oak bushes. The
rebels appeared deficient i'll artillery through
out the battle, but opened with a rather
heavy fire from a tour-gun battery of riled
six-pounders, planted about 400 yards back
from the brow Of the bill.
The woods on both sides Of the road lead
ing up the face Of the hill, and winding back
on the ridge a mile or more, We're filled with
s~harpshooters, supported by infantry.
Here the battle began in earnest, as our
men entered the edge Of the timber, andrag-
ed terribly from II o'clock till between 3 and
4.
Gen. A. P. Hovey's division carried the
heights in gallant style, and, making n dash
on the first battery, drove the gunners from
the posts and captured the pieces. The 18th
Indiana claim the honor Of carrying the bat
terry. The rebels lay thick in the vicinity Of
the guns, and heir horses were more than
half killed, gun carriages and caissons broken
and overturned, while knapsacks. blankets,
small arms, and other debris attested the dead
" struggle for the ground. The colors Of the
31st Alabama regiment were captured there,
also, but | failed to learn by whose hands.
At this juncture, MitcheIfs Ohio battery
was opened about eighty yards from the brow
of the hill. The rebels made a dash for it,and
nothing but thefeetucss Of the horses proven
ted its capture. Captain Mitchell was wound
ed, and is believed to have fallen into the enc
my's hands.
At this %juncture the rebels appeared rein
forced with fresh troops on that wing, and re-
doubled their efforts to hold the position and
dislodged our troops on the hill.
Gen. Hovey was slowly driven back to the
brow Of the hill, but a brigade from Gen.
Quimby was ordered to his support, and the
ground was speedily r~eoccupied by us, and
the rebels finally repulsed.
Al Tie commencement Oil Lllt ttl344GlIlClJ
General 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 woods. in front of Gen.
Logan, the battle was the most desperate char
acter Imaginable. The rattle Of musletry
was incessant from the first moment Of the
engagement, and blent in a continuous and
deadly roar, in which reports were so blend
ed that a single discharge was rarely heard
Not a man tiinched or a line wavered i'll this
division, so far as [ could discover. All be
haved like veterans, and moved to new posi-
tons with the conscious tread Of victory.
Two batteries were Captured by this divis-
ion, and enough hard lighting was done to
immortalize it. Besides this it captured a
large portion OF prisoners, small arms, &c.
Between 3 and 4 o'Clock Gen. Osterhaus
and Gen. McArthur's divisions came into ac-
ton on the extreme left. and completed what
had been so auspiciously carried forward
They were both miles away whenthe engage
ment hekan, but were brought forward with
all the dispatch possible.
The enemy were in full retreat soon after,
and these divisions pursued till 9 o'clock, and
are now encamped at Edwards Station, eight
miles beyond the battle ground.
Unfortunately we have no cavalry; pursuit
is therefore out Of the question
From rebel prisoners we learn that Gen.
Pemberton commanded in person, and Gems.
Fitz Hugh Lee and Greggs, who commanded
at the battle near Raymond, and others of
note, in subordinate commands. From them
we also learn that great dissatisfaction exists
toward Gen. Pemberton. lie is accused bv
many Of selling out to Gen. Grant also, Of
planning military operations for the last four
weeks 50 as to insure the latters success BY
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