Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-05
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II issepossad thatAn expediti0n I
out from MSssassfo, 1.sasssaaa. lals NJ
interior ofsbs State aud MISE ~ith srsas
success Ia capturing gaerrfllas and kasap
sssFess
Rcporls from Baton Rouge state that
250O Eonfsderasos under the sonamaad
sa Wist Adama are threatening sAA4
plsaes.
Rlshmond papers Of the aslh agt, sfAsa
that an official report has been received
from Gen, Hood, 10 which lie states that
be is raIIying bis army 1t colnmasia. assd
thai be brought Of 70 pieces Of artillery
from the battles near Nashville. that bis
losses were 90 greater than The Ee.lefas
and that they wers nai pressing hiln-
The U. s. steamer North Anseslaa
foandored at sea few days since. She
had on board I0T sick saldiers. 0as 1f
go persons oa board anIy q xess sasaa'
General Price, y said TO be in eoln-
mand Of 50 900 oonfederases and making
demonstrations against the towns osea-
suiea By the Felerals % the Arkansas
liver.
The Navy Department hss received ip
formation Of the results Of the course of
the United States steamer Chisura., Capt.
Meade. or V,lasco, Texas, BIZ which II
appears that on November 24sh she chas
cd 9 schooner ashore which was totally
wrecked By heavy gale; On Deeemeef
4th captured three. mAsssd schobaeF
Lawood, with cargo OF ri bales Df
long staple cotton; on December 5lh
captured the British schooner Julia, sith
an assorted cargo, and on December 9th
captured The British schooner Hcfley,
late Of Montreal, with an assorted cargo.
The Charleston Courier OF the 10th,
has the following Siege Of Charleston,
523 l day. Everything was qniet on 3Ion-
day. No flag Of truce COMMUNICATION
took plack in consequence of removal Df
prisoners. The steamer CeIt will aaave
the gas eompany's warf az ten O'Clock
this forenoon With one thousand prison
eFs.
It's reported that Gen. Thomas Ia
pressing the forces of the Confederate
Gen. Hoo !. That tho latter is endsaYor-
ing to Grass the Tennessee river, bas is
lprerensed By the Q. S. gunboats.
A raiding party Of Federais is repaFt 4
Ito DO within twenty miles of Sf5bile.
Tae Confederate General Mosbys enc
Of the mos& daring in the Confederate
service, iSrcparted wounded, bg Ia,
Richmond papers,
| The Federal aset whiea has been eeu
eontrating for sosns tine in the visiaitl
OF Wilmington, made an attack oh sh1
ldufensss Of that pl5te, GA the 2tth alt
The Geet consisted Of about 10 vessel
lot war and IA ,it5rs, earring alteSashei
1901 guns. Ths following Is Ssansea'r
acsouat Of the attack, parpnrtiug to 1 svs
tbsea taken from Riichmond papers.
[orFictAL
WAR DkP'r, Washington. "
DscstahsF, 27-lQP. ".
lAfaior General Dir, Neg Yo,k:
Wilmingtoa, n. @. December d,
The eae,ay's aeae, over Efty vessels
including Two monitors, several asuae,
vessels, and inaasI, heavily arnsd frlg
ates and siogps Of war, made q fqrloa
attack 90 Fort Fisher, about | o'eloel
yesterday, anl kept mp an average fire 0
thirty shots par minute uatil night. Ga
Eioss is twenty threo wounded, The at
tack vas renewed at ten o'clock thi
morning, aud has been very furious as.
cantinuaus. No report Of casualties ia
day, Oolsucl Lamb, who is ID eomu,ab,
of the fort, rophed 10 the ahelny's DR.
sIowly and deliberately.
Fhe enemy, ssader eopsr Of the heHR!
fire, landed about three brigadss ttro an,
a half miIes al re Fort Fisher, Th4.
we're immediately engaged b. a smslle
force. The enemy held IN grouad i
Night. +
sEcoxp pGSrATcH.
Wilmingson, N. G., Deseaaber %.
7Ae eaamy's iafaatFy attacked Fos
Fisher late last night. They pfrs n
ptll ed tctfh considerable los. Tier
was heavy rain aud wiod through h
pighs- Prisoners sepors she Twenty .fears
loorp., ii ths Yaakee army, prsseat u
der, BatleT.
WnafSaToS.--Fron our Walmingko
dispatches il will be ssea thai the laaka
dset attacked Fort Fisher ahous o,clqs
h. 10, On Saturday, and bonsbariesi
heavily until n5ghtfaH, resaaiag Il
bambardmeni Al 10 O'Clock on sah9l
morning, and continuing It shsoagl "a
DAY. that under eoyer Of the Gre o. Il
Iaees the enemy landed 40 Infantry fors
above Fort Fisher which attacked IA
IL fort on Sunday night and was rcpasses
Fort Fisher is situated oa . sssd p
on the right bank Of the Cape Fear rive
at its moash, about twenty miles belo
Wilmington. The snsmy, We prnsaEs
. reached their rosision abeve the fort, u
I by passing up tho fivsr, whsra shsy wo'
s have been obliged 10 run The ganntlet !
j, shs guns, bob Of Fisher Z Of Caswsl
q on the len bank, but By Ianding On Il
2 beach, cast Of The mouth q Gapu Sal
! Irissr. The esaeay herring sgseisf
d Iisdgsm sns abaus lbs lsrf u . ssvsos.f ssssl
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