05 Jun 1863
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Newspaper
New York Daily Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1863
Page
1
Our correspondent reports on the siege of Vicksburg. Descriptions cover Grant Pemberton forces, siege steadiness, mutterings of surrender, and ongoing bombardment with mortars and earthworks. Observations include troop movements toward the city, Confederate fortifications, and evolving plans for assault or storming operations.
Report describes the siege of Vicksburg advancing with Confederate forces under Pemberton urging Johnston to speed up. Rebels are said to be on half rations and in a sad condition as federal actions continue.
A lengthy dispatch from Richmond via Jackson reports Grant’s surrender posture at Vicksburg and a fierce assault on Port Hudson. It describes brutal fighting, heavy casualties, and heroic charges at the rebel works, with vivid scenes of artillery, rifle fire, and flag being planted on the parapet.
Friday's fighting near the fortifications produced fierce combat, Col Boomer killed while urging a charge and 300 fallen or wounded. Confederate and Union regiments clashed with heavy volley fire from rifle pits amid felled willows, securing a brutal but largely indecisive battle with strategic implications for Vicksburg and surrounding positions.
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