The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-15

during most of the time of the assault
gave me better opportunity of seeing
what was going on in front of the Sd
! Army Corps than believed it possible
for the commander to have. / could not
! see his possession OF the forts, nor the ne
eessity for reinforcements as represented
->in his dispatches up to the time left ii,
and expressed doubts of their correct
ness, which doubts facts subsequently,,
but too late, confirmed; but that, at the
time, | could not disregard his reiterated
statements, for they might possibly be
true, and that no possible opportunity of
carrying the enemy's stronghold should
be allowed to escape through fault of
mine, | ordered diversion, which was
promptly and vigorously made, and re-
suited in an increase of our mortality
list full fifty per cent, without advancing
cur position, or giving us other sduar-
General Grant details the surrender,
and says that the terms agreed on he re-
garded as more favorable to the Gov
ernment that an unconditional surren-
der, as it saved transportation, which
was very limited on the river The rebel
army left his forces to move on John
ston. Colonel Grierson's raid was made
by Grants instructions, and is regarded
by the latter as the most brilliant of the
war After acknowledging the co-opera-
ton of the navy, the report concludes
thus: as f4
The result of this campaign has been
the defeat of the enemy in FIVE battles,
outside of Vicksburg, the occupation of
jackson, the Capital of the State and
capture of Vicksburg and its garrison
and munitions of war-a loss to the
enemy of $4,000 prisoners, among whom
were fifteen General officers, at least
10000 killed and wounded, and among
the killed Generals Tracy, Tilghman and
Green, and hundreds, and perhaps thou
sands, of stragglers who can never be
collected and reorganiZed. Arms and
munitions Of war for an army of $4,000
men have fallen into our hands; large
amount of other public property, consist
ing of railroads, locomotives, cars,
steamboats,, cotton, &c, and much was
DESTROYED TO prevent its capture Our
losses in the series of battles may be
summed up as follows: Port Gibson,
killed, 1870; wounded, us; missing, ).
Fourteenmile Creek skirnish, killed;
IA missing Raymond, 60 killed; 81
wounded, 80 missing. jackson, killed,
40; wounded, 240; missing, 6 Cham
pion Hills, 426 killed, ,S42 wounded, lS9
missing Big Black Railroad Bridge, |
killed, %; wounded, 242; missing, 2.
Vicksburg, killed, 545; wounded, 3,6SS;
missing, 303 Total, killed, 1,242;
wounded, 1926; missing, 537.
OF the wounded, many were but
slightly wounded and continued on duty;
many more required but few days CT
weeks for their recovery. Not more
than half af the ,.:c.,-'cl - =, ~.
- - Company A, 44th llLl-
nois cavalry volunteers, Captain J. d.
Osband commanding. This company
has been on duty with'me, as escort duty,
since November, 1861, and in every en-
gagement have been in since that time,
rendered invaluable service, and at
tracted general attention for their ex-
emplary conduct, soldierly bearing, and
promptness. 1t would not be over-sta-
ting the merits of this company to say
that many of them would fill with credit
any position in cavalry regiment.