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Newspaper
Burlington Weekly Hawk
Location
Burlington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1863
Page
1
The Burlington Hawk-Eye and Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye publications detail Saturday issues from 1863 and 1839, noting establishment dates and publication routine. The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye is issued every Saturday morning, with terms stating one copy for one year.
Telegraph reports Haines Bluffs and Chickasaw Bluffs fallen to Union forces with 8,000 prisoners and 100 guns. Memphis bulletin source notes possible evacuation and Lauman brief capture. Grant’s attack on batteries continues as Union lines claim outer fortifications held. Vicksburg victory telegram arrives from Cleveland.
Washington details the Civil War battle near Vicksburg on May 16 with General Grant defeating Pemberton along Baker's Creek and at the Big Black. The report notes 25 000 Confederate troops, heavy losses to Hovey and Crocker divisions, 2000 prisoners taken on May 17, and Union gains including securing Haine's Bluff and the water batteries.
Guerrillas captured Richmond in Clay County on Tuesday night. Federal forces were taken prisoner and the town was looted of valuables. A separate raid on Plattsburg, Clinton County, yielded $11,000 from the state court house.
Cincinnati dispatch reports rebels crossed the Cumberland River at Fishing Creek and Hartford Kentucky yesterday but were repulsed by our forces after light skirmishing.
War desk dispatches from Memphis and Washington detail Major General Grant’s actions near Vicksburg from April 30 to May 20 1863. The reports claim the army captured 70 artillery pieces nearly 20 000 enemy troops nonlethal losses and major defeats at Port Gibson Raymond Baker's Creek Big Black River Bridge and in the besieging of Vicksburg with extensive enemy artillery losses and prisoners.
The May 23 report from Fortress Monror states General Keyes ordered the operation led by Col Kilatrick and Captain Grillis. The combined land and water raid into Mathews and Gloucester counties was eminently successful and returned with a large number of horses and mules.
May 23 A Forbes was arraigned before M D Darnell for assaulting Hunt for using Copperhead slang. Hunt hired A Ambler to prosecute but declined after learning the circumstances and returned the fees stating he would not prosecute a patriot for assaulting a Copperhead. Hunt left town fearing violence from the crowd.
Mt Pleasant May 25 11 P M news arrives that Vicksburg has fallen. The town erupts in intense enthusiasm with gun salutes and speeches by Senator Harlan and other leaders. A grand military display accompanies the jubilee atmosphere.
News from Havana reports French siege at Puebla raised as reinforcements and heavy guns are needed. Mexicans and British sources say French defeated and retreating toward Orizaba, with operations delayed until October. A million dollars captured by Mexican guerrillas, and Puebla forces report French driven from the city.
Carro May 25. No official word on the capture of Vicksburg or arrival of boats from below to Memphis. Telegraph says boats at Miliken's Bend and Youngs Point have moved toward Haines Bluff in case of emergencies. The last definite note came Thursday from the Yazoo mouth at 1 PM. The battle rages behind Porter and mortars above. Rebels evacuated Maines Bluff, Grant moved between Johnson and Yazoo fortifications. Rebels may hold for days or weeks. Admiral Porter's letter says only hours remain in question.
Government securities market activity noted in Philadelphia with Jay Cook reporting a sale totaling 2,275,800 dollars. The briefing highlights ongoing debt issuance and investor demand in the mid May trading session.
A Washington special asserts Grant faces no large-threat rear forces, while reports from Murfreesboro and Richmond reflect Confederate hopes and Union advances. Dispatches note 15,000 at Vicksburg when Grant left, with 6,000 under Johnson en route to Pemberton and rumors of Vicksburg’s fall.
Gen. Dix telegraphs from Fortress Monroe that a deserter reports Vicksburg, though not yet taken by Friday night. Union forces had planted colors on enemy works and held the slope. About 1,000 prisoners and 74 artillery pieces are noted as mortars and gunboats bombard from the river front.
From Washington May 26, Major General Hurlbut reports via Memphis that the steamer Lumin ary has arrived with no official dispatches. Ordnance officer Lyford notes May 22 that Union losses were not heavy for the position gained as rebels offered firm resistance. he expects to secure the place tomorrow.
Dispatches from Jackson and Louisville detail heavy fighting near Vicksburg with reports of Confederate assaults repulsed and forts still holding. Claims of Yazoo City capture and Helena fall surface, while Union General Grant is asserted whipped by officials. Vallandigham arrives behind rebel lines and is sent to Shelbyville, amid tense Civil War action.
In St. Louis yesterday the county election chose Charles D. Drake the radical candidate over James E. Yeatman the conservative by about 1500 votes to fill the vacancy in the State Convention.
A Cincinnati dispatch describes Union pickets near Raleigh and Fayetteville on the Kanawha attacked on the 17th with one killed and one wounded. skirmishing continued until nightfall and the enemy later attacked Col. White’s forces, retreating the next day. Other items note 1,000 pounds of bacon captured, Humphrey Marshall arrested for disloyalty and treason, and a mystery of a missing child Lorina Roe ending in bones found in a wagon-maker’s shop with the suspect Johnson jailed. The piece also mentions Lt. Col. P. Gad Bryan and Lt. Col. Dean’s arrest, viewed as political maneuvering, and a railroad right of way committee for the B. & M. Railroad.
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