Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-05-27
Latest War News.

4
bard lighting In Mississippi and the Fed
sral arms have been yissoEioas. Below
We gisa he sar asws resolved since oar
LASS issas, in order aad date which IL was
received. A letter dated OF Mobile May
7th, states thai the Confederate Steamer
Eugene was captured on The night 81 the |
ssh inss., by the Federal gunboats Cuyler
and kanawha.
II Is stated that regiment Of Coated
crates crossed the RappanHanosk Ga Sat-
urday the 10Th inst, below Falmouth, to
prosees thepsssags Of medical supplies.
They accomplished their object and cap
taFsd eight fsdszals from q seoasing
party. Es& ae&a as@@@@
A bassIs was fought on Bakers ereek
Miss, on Saturday the 10th inst, which
resulted in federal victory. The Fed
sral loss ID Roe stated bas the Oonfeder-
ates admit loss of 1000.
Several gunboats hare gone up the Red
river and at Lass accounts were shailing
rebel battery near Harrisburg, La.
The Federal loss at Raymond Bakers
creek, was II killed and 500 wounded.
Gems. Price and Marmadake are said
TO be at che head Of Goafedsgats fierce
1000 ssrong on Waite river, Arkansas
The Federal steamer Union, captured
the Engiish sssamara Mnaest wish an as-
sorted cargo for the COnfsderases.
On the 18th iast., two parties Of Fed
erals left Memphis, By different roads,
90 scouting expedition. They net =
few miles ous and taking each other for
gasrrillas, commenced kring, and the
battle continued for sometime when one
party resreased. Eight men wsre killed
and q number woandsds
On the I'D party Of gaerrilias made
dash On shs Memphis and Nashville
Railroad and succeeded in burning the
srsstie work al Hampton.
Gen. Sheridan, wish two brigades OF
Federal cavalFy surprised camp of the
ist Alabama and 9th Confederate cavalry,
near Alddlst0wu, Tenn, putting tbs
~hoIs camp to flight killing Q, capturing
e prisoners and over 200 horses, togeth
CT With guns, camp eqaipage, tents, &c.
The Pesersbarg Press says two Yankee
steamers wars sapsured By the Gonfed.
crates on Blaekwater.
The following are the particulars OF
the lighting In the vicinity Of Vicksbarg,
as ssisgraphed iron Washington
| Washington, May 24.-Ths folIowing
official details of the battle Of Black
River has been received
| Rear Of yicksbusg, Mar 20.--To Y.
". Stanton Secretary Of War Grant
won great and decisive victory over IAe
rebels aader Psmberton on the jackson
and Vicksborg road at Bakers creek %
the 10th. Pemberton had most furlai-
liable position On the crest Of wooded
bill over which the road passes ioagita-
iinaliy. he had about Is 900. men
The battle began at II and was gained al
4p. m. The brunt was burns BIZ Hat
neY's division, AcCiernard's corps, and
Logan's and Crocker's division. Mo
Pherson's corps having attacked the bill
head the greater part OF it tin O'Clock
. p. M, whEn, having lost LOCO men, he
waa succeeded By Boomen's and Holmes,
brigade of Crockerss division by which
the conflict wa ended 10 that part Of the
Geld. Boomer lost 500 men. Logan OPP
Grated On th2 right and eul OF the ens-
my's aIrecs retreat 50 that be was com
paased 70 escape BY bis right flank thro'
the woods Logan lost 400 killed and
|. svanded. We took about two thousand
n prisoners ON TOE nth. advancing to Big
black, we foaghs psmberson again Is
the bridge and there captured !, 600 more
prisoners. H. fought ia rife pits pro-
tested By difzeais bayou IN face Of OBJ
ssaeiss. Lawiasss brigade Oh AcCles-
nards corps charged sha riaa pits rnagnl-
aeensly and took moge prisoners than
their owa numbers. Pemberton burned
che bridge and Fesrsated 10 vieksburg
sith oniy ahsss cannon ous of sixty thai
be had saken but. Gen. aranE arrived
before sAs town on tie eyeninx 81 the 9Th
and holds II closely invested. He bad
opened q liDe for supplies via. chicks-
Jaw bayou, having cut The town Oh from
Haynes blaf which IL ahsndonesi BY the
snemy, and which Gen. Grant will ocau-
eapy. There was sharp lighting through
yesterday; Steele won and Aosds tbs up~
Il per hluas and the eaemy's upper battle
gEss and gssa wafer from sae MIssissippi,
Shsfmanss sosps loss yesterday 500 allied