Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-29
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Tre have received pagers from the United
States to the 25th inst, Ard make from them
the following extracts:
From FICESB LEG.
orrIcisL pIsP41cHFs.
mAsHlserca, May o4.-The following ttfi'
ci,l details Of tbs battle vf Back rivor have
bsen received.
MLmrHIs, Tenn, May %, II 30 a. NJ. 1865
To The Hon. E. NJ. STANTON Sec'y OF War:
The following despatch has been received
at these Headeadqusr,srs, sEd forward d So
requested. ). A. HURLRuET, Maj. Gan.
REAR OF VlcysBuHc, May 20, I A. M.-To
tho Hon. L. Nj. Stanton, Sucretary of Wa:
Gen. Grant has won great and moInentcus
victory over the rebels under Ptnbsr,on, on
the Jackson and Vicksburg road, at Baker
Greek, on the 10th.
Pembessan had most formidable position
'on.4hs @kof : woodad hill, over which
the rosd passes loagitudinally. flo had
about 5000 men. Tie bsttle began st Ii
4. NJ and was gained at PM. Its brunt
was borne by Hovey's division of McOer-
nsad 9 corps, aud by Logan's and Orecker:'s,
Gf aicPberson's: s..-..--..-. =
Gen. Hovey attacked the hill, and held the
grcater portion Of It Until 2 P. I'd whom,
having lest sixteen hundred men, no was sue
cesicd by Boomers and Holnes' b:igades,
Of Ger. Crocksf's division, by whom The
conflict was onded on that psrt tf tho field.
Boomer lost five hundred men,
Logan operated Oh the right, end cut of
the encny's direct retreat, so that no WIS
Compelled to escape by bis right A.Hk
through The woods. Logan lost four hundred,
KILLED and wounded. We took about two
thousand prisoners.
Ga the l7lh, advancing to tho Big Black,
We fought Pemberton again at tho bridge
thsre, and captured three Thousand prisoners.
Hs f,ught in rifle pits, prot. cted by diff
cult bayou full of abattis.
Lawless' brigade, of Gen. McOiernnr d 3
corps, charged the rlhs pits ,"agnlil:c,tly,
and took more prisoners than thsir own
numbers. Pemberion burned his bridge and
retrca!ed to Wick sburg with only three can
non out Of sixty that he had taken out.
After .uding fou, bridges on the Big
Black, Gen. Graat arrived befeID the town,
aod. Eow holds it closely invested. lie bad
opened line Of supplies via Unicltssaw
hsyou, having cut the town I'll from Haino's
Bluff which is abandoned by lha enemy, and
which Gen Grant will occupy.
There was sharp fighting through The Gay
yes day. Steele won and holds tho ens
nys uppor water batteries, and gets his
water from the Mississippi.
Shefman's corps lost yesterday five hun
drri, killed and wounded.
MaPherson, who holds the ccntro, lost lit
te as dill McOlernand, who fo.ds the lott.
The gu1bosts kept the enemy on the alert
during the night and probably the town
will .ba carried to-day. TucIe are i'cm Is 0GO
u 90 900 men in it.
iNuTHiE ACCOUNT G4 GUNS AND 94G0 PtIso-
rERs CAPTURED.
Nsw YorS Nay "a -Tas Ee;alds ap6c;.l
dispatch says that ady:ces h&ve been reaoiy-
cd by The President, f.om Gen. Grant, dstoil-
lug mis- proceedings to the 2G ue had
f'nghs Eve battles, captured ct gums, AID
9,4U0 prisoners.
CAPTURE OF THE woREs At yIcEsDrRG.
WAsHIscTos, May 23.-Tho following dis
patch was received by the PfcaidenL to-
MsMPgls, Tenn, May 23-Ocl. Anson S.s-
ger, " sshington, D. U.-Oflcisl information
from below, to Wednesday, has been receiy-
ed. Gen. Grant has csptnred Htins's bluff,
.nd the entire works of .Flcksbu.g, a large
number of prisoners, and fiftyssven pieces
Of artillery. The battle is Still! raging
every prospect OF capturing the enli.o fDTce
in Vcxs burg We hc Id Jackson, Back river
b,id!r, AID II.ine's bluff. A report .s bcirg
made up for Washington.
W.G. FULLER,
Assistsnt Manager of Telegraph
WAsHIHoroN, May 23.-ll clock, P. NJ
The following Dispatch has just boen received
at the War Department:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, MAY 23.-I forward tho
following, which has just been received from
Col. John II. Rawlings, A. 4. G., dated 1T
the iear Of YIcksburg, On the 20;h:
Tho army ef tie Tennessee landed ct Br:r.
liusburg on tho Both of Apil. On the first
Of May, they fought the battle of Port Glib
son, snd efs*sed tho rebels under Bow en-
whose loss in killed, wounded and prisoners
was stlesst l,500, and loss in artillery tiTc
pieces.
Ga tho l2:h of May, in tho bi:tlo q
Raymond. the rebels weie defeated, with q
loss Of 500.
On tho l4tb, 20 dets,ted Gen. Joseph F.
Johnston, and captured Jackson, with 6 ,csl
to the enemy Of 400, besides immense stores
and u,snLlac.ures, ind sstonteen pieces CT sr-
tillery.
% the l6.b, We fought the bloody n.1a &c
cisivo hattie OF Baker Greek, in which the
entire Vlcksburg force under Pemberton, wai
defeated, with loss of 90 pieces of artillery
and 4 900 men,
On thu l7ib, We defeated tho same Nrct
1t Big Black bridgs, with a less of $500 mon
and l. pieces Of artillery.
"a the 18Th, we invested Vicksburg.
To-day, General Steele carried tho rAa pit:
in the mouth of tho city. The rieh:of th'
srmy Iesls on the Mississippi, above Vicks
burg. Signod,
Ioan A. RAWLINGS.