The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-06-17
Yankee Details Of Grants Operations
at VickSburg.

Yankee Details Of Grants Operations
at Vicksburg.
New York papers Of June Sd have been
received. A letter to the New York Times,
dated in the rear of Vicksburg, May Gath,
g!vss the following account Of
THE sToRMISo OF THE WORKS.
About half. past one Blair's division v As
al ID line. screened by the west Of the Frs,
range Of hills behind the rebel works.
At precisely 2 o'clock the various rspi.
msnts rose 10 their feet, and, With ,r.men.
dous cheer. started at double quick over III.
hill.
Passing over the Great Of the frat hill
behind which they lay, the charging column
saw 10 front OF them another hiIl about 900
yards distant. To reach this, it wsa necss.
sary to descend . slope for about 25o Yards,
the surface Of which was broken with deep
gallies, and coveted with fallen timber
Down this our men rushed Ia double quick,
took moments rest at the bottom, and
then commenced the steep ascent beyond.
This slope 10 covered with an abattis of
heavy timber, beyond which is a high rail
fence, then ditch ten feet in depth, then
. nearly perpendicular ascent, some twelve
feet IN height, and then The rebel psrapc,
and riae-pit, protected by 4 strong stockads
Ten feet 10 height.
The d!tches around the works were com
msndsd by an sn6lading fire from guns
mounted upon traverses, Will. 10 tho rich,
and LETT were works and buildings and other
objects, behind which rebel sharpshoo oters
eotld md protection, and pour q destructive
nre upon an enemy, after ~ well ~ before
they bad gained the interior Of their main
workS.'
The Thirteenth infantry, Fourth virpipi,
Forty Seventh Ohio, Ons Huod,sd and
Twenty Seventh Illinois, Sirth and Eighth
Missouri, and possibly one or two other
regiments, gained the ditch The conflict
was "short and decisive" In twenty min.
ntes the trigsdes had asssndsd the hill, and
returned mime some eight hundred meu,
The rebels moved our gallant fellows down
Win graPef canister and smusketry; they
were projected, We had nothing TO shield
~ from the deadly storm.
The brigade under General Tayer sd.
vancsd, and fell back after suffering some
slight loss. Had McClernand advanced. q,
wss Intended, the capture Of Vicksburg
would undoubtedly have taken place ., the
time Of this 6rst assault.
REBEL couRTrsY.
Many Of our wounded were lsft on the
held sntil after dark particularly those who
were lying close to the rebel works. About
midnight the enemy called to our or irmish.
Srs not to FIRE upon them, al they were
ABOUT 70 carry in some Of our wounded
At the same time they built fire upon the
parapst Of their works, stuck up . email
white dag BY it. and then called to our men
10 come and carry of the wounded, - thew
would not DO disturbed. This was done by
TIE ambulance corps; guided by the FIRE,
shsy went oil over the ground covered BY
she hght, even In the bitches before the
works, and before morning had secured
sSsry wounded man lelt upon the fsld.
sEAsoH OF QUIET.
The next two days, Wednesday and
Thursday, were Ia the main quiet, except in
the case Of The batteries. Not less than
nny guns, OF sizes varying from six TO thir
y.Poundsfs, were mounted in the rear of
Ne CITY, at short distances from the snemy's
wofks, and those from daylight tiiI dark,
and many OF them from dark til daylight,
kept essssisss "poundsring" against the
rsbel defsnces. On the river side the gun
ssd mortar boats we're also busy, thus isir.
ly sncircling the rebels with thunder and
fss bot they seemed 10 care very little for
u, rarely replying 70 our FIRE, and sssmiesiy
paying us no other attention than ksspise
> ugilsnt watch upon the msvsmsnis cf
ssr Infantry.
ARoT1Ba Assault AID RIPuLss.
Wsdnssdsy sud Thursdsy we're given up