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Prom the 4(5th Regiment. U01Os the Battle-field of Champion ^ ira( Hills, Mbs., May 19, 1863. j twlt;Dear Brother:—I take up my pen to I write you a few lines to inform you how 80 i we are getting along. Our Division has l2C been on the move nearly all the time since thi, I last wrote you, on the 9th inst, On the 12th McClernj)d*6 Corps moved towards ^ tho Black River Bridge, wkile McPherson nei and Sherman pushed on to Jackson, which nit they captured on the 14th. On the 15th the we reached Clinton, ten miles fVom Jack- 9U ' son, and Hovey’s Division turned towards arc ’ Vicksburgh,- we marched eight miles and ar( f encamped for the night. Early on the* morning of the lCth wo started forward tin ' again, marched five miles and formed into w* r line of battle. Skirmishers were sent for- a * ward and found the enemy posted in the on I woods on the hills. Owing to the ravines wc ’ and gullies, our artillery could get no good mi■ position to operate on the enemy, and the IS■ infantry moved forward to the attack with- W( out waiting for the reiufor cements to come us up. Our Division was moved forward in ^c:line, having no reserve. I suppose it was tr( about noon when we got fairly engaged. eir f The 11th Indiana, on the left of the 1sti brigade, charged upon a rebel battery of16e• six guns, and captured them and put three- rebel regiments, who were supporting it ^ ' to flight. The 11th charged after them, tcl 1 and the 415th followed suit; we drove them ^ I? about a half mile through the woods, to nc1 lio au open field before a halt was made; there d the rebels brought their whole force against u£I #’-Jua, -W.e held our position on the brow of 1,2 n I the hill half an hour, when no reinforce- ^€ r-Jments coming up and the rebels come pour- cr 3f ring in on both flanks of us, we gave back ^ rn Jig where we captured the1 battery, where ft b- we should have first stopped/ By this ^ ml time the other . regiments had come ,up to ai s: the position. and we held the enemy in W n; check until two brigades of Quimby’s Di- B nT. vision came up when we drove them back a x again, and at sundown they .wehe in fulli\£ retreat. Our Division, was left to bury j tie the dead,-gather the spoils and take care u be of the wounded, ' Aar We were busy alb day Sunday burying g of the dead and caring for the wounded..— c_ • 0ut Yesterday we gathered up the arms and. Jid, ammunition. We captured 17 cannon, r* • %icf 4;000 small arms, and this morning we Sent n nd 2,500 prisoners to the river, It is said to 8 H- have been one of the hardest infantry t 3Ct fights of the war. I know one thing, our £ of fight near Port Gibson, on the 1st inst{, i* * .’I • • .lt;» j.nd was nothing in comparison to thi?.' Here be fought under great disadvantages; .our s all artillery was of no service at all to us, and *ru the rtbe!fediti* notdo ns itiuch harm with' '• A •ier theirs;' but they say theyhad atleastfO,-: Vpoo mep iythe not be twoc6ibe 6#
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Rochester Chronicle
Rochester, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 11, 1863
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