The National tribune., 1883-10-18

deavor to cut Off Grants communications with the
Mississippi River. McClernands corps being on
the left OF Ornnts army, was nearest Vieks5ufg,
and became the advance in the movement now
made.
SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY.
Hovey's division bivouaeked on the night of May
10 at Bolton Station, the railroad, twenty seven
miles from Fiessburg and seventeen miles from
Jackson. Pcnberton's army on the same night
was IL position in front of Champions Hill Ia hill
about seventy or eighty feet in hegh: the plant
alton of Ale Championi, about five miles west of
Bolton Station. Under orders from General john
sion, Pemberton's army commenced retrogFade
movement on the morning OF May l6; but the adj
vance OF Grnnt pressing them, they were compelled
to halt and give fight. This led to the battle of
Champions Hill, fought side mainly by the
divisions of iovey and Osterhaus OF hIcClernand's
corps, and Logan and OuiInby ftlien commanded
by Crocker, OF iowa of McPhersoT's corps. It re-
suited in complete victory for the Union troops,
who captured twenty y-four pieces of artillery and
2,o0 prisoners and, being vigorously followed up,
the rebels driven into their works at Vicks-
burg and finally surrendered on the 18th of July.
Eleven OF the guns and many of the prisoners
were taken by Hovey'5 division, and Gen. Hovey
IN his official report gives TO the Twcnty-fourth
Iowa the credit of having taken five OF them |
cannot better close this paper than by quoting
from Gen. Hovey's report what he says about tax
lng the eleven guns, and the compliment he pays
the Twenty fourth:
The Eleventh Indiana Colonel aTaccauley) and
Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Colonel GID captured
the four guns on the brow of the bill at the point
OF the bayonet. Colonel Bringhurst, with the
Forty-siXth Indiana, gallantIy drove the enemy
from two guns the right of the road and Colonel
Byam, with his brave and eager Twenty fourth
Iowa, charged battery of five guns on the left of
the road, driving the enemy away killing gunners
and capturing several prisoners
The casualties in company A, Twenty-fourth
Iowa, at the battle of Champions Hill, as obtained
from the report of the Adutant- General of the
state of Iowa, were as follows: Killed the field:
First Lieut.. Chauncey Lawrence, Sergit Michael
Seeber Corporal Danes NJ Cation Corporal Martin
Guering; Privates Henry Brnntlett Edw'd Henry.
Lorenzo Ross, George William. Missing probably
killed outright, Job Cuttel. Died of wounds
Serg't Alfred Seofeld, Corporal William A. Seeber;
Privates William Babe, Asahel T. Gage, James J..
dickson, Theodore jacobsen, Patrick Pendergast,
and Alfred J. Waddilove. Wounded: Second
Lieut. ). J. Mckinley in the head; Serg't Charles
Davis. slightly, spent ball; Serg't VIM. b. Davis,
In calves of both legs; taken prisoner but hid in
a ditch until recaptured by troops; Corporal
Winfield S. Kellogg; William Aikman severely, in
left arm: captured and taken to VicksbuFg by the
rebels; discharged for wounds September 7, 1853;
David +. o. Cuttel, discharged for wounds Novem-
Der ,, 1868; Stephen Depue IN the left arm; dis
charged for wounds; John Drown, slightly; Jas.
EsInay, in the left arm; Isaac r.. Esnlay, the
left shoulder; Fred Krunlviede, in the head; Cor
neiius Mckinley in the left shoulder; discharged
for wounds; John Sturn III the left shoulder;
Benz. Van Steenburg, right arm amputated.