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lYD,|l c mg CorresgmtktictXX.500050ar-.ib-3:nosFrom the 46th Regiment Ind. Vols.VicvsBURGy Miss., July 8th, 1863.Editor Chronicle:—I believe I promised in a letter to your paper sometime ago, that if anything worthy of note should happen the army of the Tennessee, you might expect to hear from me again, hence, as this is a fit occasion, I will give you a short account of our recent campaign inMississippi, and the capture of Vicks-burs.They went away with different feeling* to- and wards us; they said they never wanted to logger fight Grant’s men again, and were aor- people prised that we treated them so kindly.Hundreds say they will never fight again it will if they can get home and would be glad The*to live under the “old Stars and Stripes” *m ^gonce more. leiunImmediately after the surrender, the Diunoclarger portion of this army moved out be- ^yond Black River to meet Johnston, who ^is said to have between forty and sixty to try thousand men. A battle has already been one6 v fought, and a number of prisoners brought an^ a Johnston is said to be retreating. It ^at pi. . ,i . r • ______000000000000.00tcs.MidET.ITlgntP,en-O | in. ~ — — w bUltll J-»We crossed the Mississippi River on thc,js thought that a part of this army will go inSiSol^ to Tennessee to assist “Old Rosey” soon. ^ The weather here is very warm and dry, t*me a and the army suffers a goo I for water.— Conwi The health of the troops is not so good as ^♦ •it has been, though no worse than could *n be expected from bad water, hot weather Qn ^ie and continued exposure. The boys of enter Company K are generally in good healthand fine spirits.Yours truly, J. M-atat-the'assioth530th of April, in the advance, marched all night and fought the battle of Fort Gibson on the 1st of May. This was a severe and bloody fight, but a decisive one; the rebels were routed with a heavy loss in killed, wounded and prisoners, as well as a number of field pieces and small arms. Our regiment lost 8 killed on the field and 36 wounded. In our company we had none killed and but three wounded; they were, Corporal Gaudy, arm ampur tatcd; Larkin Adamson, breast, mortally —since died-r—and VV llliam Rrieghbam,face, slightly.After this engagement we mrrched almost every day until the 13th, when Gen.I lovey’s Division was ordered to skirmish with the enemy and engage his attention near Edwards’ Depot, while at the same time another column marched upon Raymond, defeating the enemy and capturing ! 300 prisoners. Still another column under Gen. McPherson marched by a different route and captured Jackson, the capitalwith t depencDemolt;would fa jet bTlxopposlt;and aA Copperhead Letter.[The following letter has been sent to us by a soldier of the 87th Indiana Volunteers, with a request for its publication.—Wc cheerfully comply with his request,Legisldoubtcdly Mr. Hickman Phillips, of Pleas-1 the efant Grove. His croaking is in the most mise.approved Copperhead style, and will bej°fficciamusing one of these days, when the war suchis over, as a demonstration of the exceed- letteringly small amount of common sen3C with thatWe they.VS.nds,heirura-: reft.—firmwhich some men manage to exist.o7th7sUte“whhTta^ amount of gov- confidently expect the day when the ™-|thepter of this letter will himseU wonder that 1 belhe was ever so supremely silly as to sup- woulpose it possible to “compromise” with reb-1 mise,els in arms, on any other terms than un-ISouton reOf-o ch-lr of05n.— i o rib 70Dryrare.d atnee,05)ods.ady-ai 1 d.-05lt;fc ’eg.%onrug, fmn-, Ac-r In-05andlt;£c.e Big 105ler in Indi-band.. 105ernment stores; these were destroyed and the place abandoned.On the 16th of May Gen. Grant suddenly concentrated his forces and met the enemy, under Gen. Pemberton, at Champion Hills, or as it is sometimes called, Baker's Creek. G$n. Hovey’s Divison being in the front, was the first to begin the fight. It charged on the enemy, driving him away from his guns and for three-fourths of a mile; the rebels at this juncture, received heavy reinforcements, and in turn charged on us, and recovered a part of their lost ground before we could get up our supports. After this we again drove the enemy back, and this time our victory was complete. Here our division suffered most terribly, and lost over thirteen hundred in killed and wounded. The 46th had 20 killed on the field and GG wounded. Company K had three wounded, they were: John Hoover, severely, in the foot; Thomas Scott, in the side, slightly; Win. Cook^ left arm. In this fight we captured from the enemy twenty-nine guns and about four thousand prisoners; completely routing them and running them into their in-trenchmenls at Black River bridge.* -»On the morning of the 17th, Geii. Mcr demand’s corps—Gen. Carr’s Division inthe front—charged over their works at Black River bridge, capturing seventeen guns and over two thousand prisoners.— After building pontoon bridges at various point3 over the river, our troops crossed the river and advancing on several different roqds, closely invested Vicksburg on the 19th,* and formed a complete line of battle twelve miles long. On the 2 2d a charge was made on their works, but we were repulsed with heavy loss. We thenconditional submission to the rightful au- Nlt;thorities, without forever destroying the abdiGovernment itself.—Ed. Chronicle.]February 5tii, 1863.Dear Uncle:—Your favor of February 8th is at hand. I was glad to hear from you again, but sorry to learn that your health was not good. I am afraid that your health will not improve while you remain there, especially the disease of your ears, as you know they have been affected for several years. If there is any chance for you to get a discharge, 1 do not think it would be any disgrace to you to have one. Of course, you would hate to leave the boys, but still, you had better do it than have your health destroyed, provided you could do so honorably. I should certainly hate to see any of my relatives leave the army in any other than an honorable way, although I am opposed to the present I abo policy of the war, since it has become a box crusade against slavery, rather than bat- we ding for the Union. I do not think the gloi faction in power cares anything for the abc Union—I say ‘faction,’ because the pres- ] a u ent administration does not represent a majority of the people of the North, as j the elections last fall well testify—they tff, care more for the freedom of the negro 0^ than they do for tho Constitution and the Union of all the States on former priuci- U0pies. • . [haiIf the Democratic party was now in UjUpower, I believe that our National difficul-Jcaj ties could be terminated by an honorable e)earfii} to slt; I eaiup h8 ionhereandpartists;woroutUniIitheand wit! tha1 rebLittle , I ml •I door105r, In-■ Real ms in j wild i time64compromise. But as the matter now anwent to* work digging rifle-pits and plant-1 stands, I believe the independence of the fa ing cannon on every commanding point, j Confederate States will be acknowledged bombarding the place almost day and night by the Republican party, before the next fa from gunboats, mortars and land batteries, Congress meets. The abolitionists are be- ce sharpshooting with our rifles through the ginning to agitate the question of recogni-day; this we continued with but little in- tion already; in fact, I believe it is the laid termission through the whole siege; finally, down programme of the administration or g0 on the 4fh of July, the rebels, being una- radical party, to fight a little while longer, ble to hold out longer, surrendered. and if our Armies meet with no better suc-The entire force, men and officers, are cess than they hare met with heretofore,Dthij andKEL-rfi free 123cets in evfln-ie*day105meets b Erf*[ Mon-105Ato be paroled and sent beyond our lines Officers a: e allowed tbeir side arms; also, each field officer is allowed one horse and a servant. The entire force is said to betwenty-seven thousand men. Whdfl webarely fifteendays’ rations, this has lasted them forty-seven days. For some time they have been put of breadstuff, and all the meat they had was that of poor muks which they killed and eat. I have never seen anything to equal the suffering that there was here. Some were almost wild with hunger; theyhundreds begginginBn*nantto acknowledge their independence before• *the Democratic conservative party have the power to effect a compromise. The Democratic party are for the whole Union; the party in power, for the subjugation offreedom of the negro, or a division of the Union. Who are the traitors? ' The Republicans are crying out to*Democrats* ‘ ‘secessionists,” “traitors,** while at the satnetime, they (Republicans) are holding secret meetings. There Have been three or four secret Republican meet- J j jngpi in this township, held at private houses, until last Friday night they met :aidcl105for something to eat Oqr boys gave them the Good Templar’s Hall Of course, weJo not know wbat their object *their power to rslieto tbeir wants, ’we care much—coo thing we knew\
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Rochester Chronicle
Rochester, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 30, 1863
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