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* _ VOL. 1. THE WAR. j Movements cf Gen. Grant's Forces. Capture of Jackson, the Capital cf Mississippi. Johnson's Army in Full Retreat. Important Official Dispatches. Defeat of the Rebels at Vari ous Points. Immense Capture of Stores, Ammunition, &c. ^Further Particulars of the Surrender of Port Hudson. morgan's Guerrilla Invasion. His Forces Defeated and Routn ed. Two Thousand Five Hundred v Guerrillas Captured. Memphis, Monday. July 20, 18G3. > By rrival from below, we have ( Natchez dates of the loth, Jackson of the IStli and Yicksburg of the 18th inst. jGeu. Sherman ordered a charge on Gen. i Johnston's forces on Friday, but they had bo far escaped that capturing them was out of the question. "We only got a few stragglers, a few guns, and some ammu- : nition. A portion of Gen. Sherman's anny is now in Jackson, which is his head- ; quarters, while the remainder are on the . way back to YicksLurg. Eight steamers left Yicksburg on the 6th inst. for Natchez, having on board 1,200 soldiebs undc r the command of G( n. Hansom. On arrival he captured live rebel officers, and, crossing the river, he captured a bath ry of nine guns, four of which were tin pound Parrotts. He then marched back into the country nine miles and captured 247 boxes of ammunition and nine more guns. The rebels lied in consternation. On returning to Natchez, Jie found o,tt;u neaa 01 ?exas cuius ami 4,COO hogsheads of sugar, all of which he . took possession of in the name of the . United States. ? On the 8th inst. two steamers arrived . from New Orleans via Port Hudson, bring ing up 2,300 paroled rebel prisoners. Two steamers left on the 8th inst. for New Orleans with large loads of cattle, , and three for Yieksburg with live stock. ! The steamers Louisville and Elmira, raptured up the Led Fiiver, arrived at Yieksburg on the 17th inst. 4 Washington, July 22, 1803. : "The following has been received here : ' Yicksbuhg, July 15, 18G3. j < JHuj. Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief: Cien. Sherman has Jackson invested, 1 from Pearl river on the north to the river ' on the south. This has cut off many kun- j dred cars fiom the Confederacy. Slier- j ] man says he has force enough, and feels | 1 no apprehension about the result. ?; 1 Finding that Yazoo city was being for- 1 rifled, I sent Gen. Herroii there with his ] division. He captured several hundred prisoners, one steamboat, flve pieces of heavv artillery, and all the public stores i ; #**>1 A Y ,1 ^ At>omv 1 Mi vnoil 1 IflJ 1UIO OU1" XlilliUfS. xliu rutuij uiituvu three steamboats on the approach of the J gunboats. The De Kalb -was blown np and sunk I in tilteen feet of water, by the explosion i of a torpedo. Finding that the enemy were crossing ! cattle for the rebel army at Natchez, and 1 were said to have several thousand there, ( '^Lliave sent steamboats and troops to col- [ lect them and destroy all boats and means ioi making more. J U. S. G11ANT, Major-General. 1 Yicksburo, Miss., July 18, 1863. M<j. Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief: Joe Johnston evacuated Jackson the < night of the 16th inst. He is now in full retreat east. Sherman says most of his ] army must perish from heat, lack of water I , ?n<1 nronoml | l o "Tlie army paroled here have to a great | extent deserted, ~aml are scattered over ? the country in every direction. Learning that Yazoo city was being for- < iified, I sent Gen. Hcrron there. Five guns were captured, many stores, and < about 300 prisoners. , Gen. Ransom was sent to Natchez, to , stop the crossing of cattle for the Eastern army. On arrival he found large numbers t THE FREE SOUTH, SATT had been driven out of the city to be pas- J tared : also that munitions of war had re- j ct ntlv been crossed over to wait for Kirby i Smith. He mounted about 200 of his men, and sent them in both directions. They captured a number of prisoners and 5,000 head of Texas cattle, 2,000 head of which were sent to Gen. Banks. The balance have been and will be brought here. In Louisiana they captured more prisoners, and a number of teams loaded with nmmuition. Over two million rounds of ammuition were brought back to Natchez, with the teams captured, and 208,000 rounds, besides artillery ammunition, were destroyed. U. S. GRANT, Major-General Commanding. ^lor^aiLK Guerrilla Invasion. Cleveland, Monday, July 20, 18(53. Morgan made an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Ohio river yesterday, near Cooleyville, hut was prevented by a gunboat. One hundred and fifty rebels were captured with their artillery. Among the prisoners are Col. "Ward and Col. Dick Morgan, a brother of John. The band was scattered among the hills. Gen. Judali is confident of capturing the balance of the party to-day. Cincinnati, July 20. On Saturday morning Morgan's forces were overtaken near Pomcroy by Generals Hobson and Judab, who had formed a junction; Morgan, finding himself in close quarters, and learning that the ford at BulKngton Island was well guarded, broke up his band into small squads in order to escape. One squad, with six pieces of artillery, made for the crossing at Buflington. Our gunboats drove them back, with the loss of 150 killed aud drowned. Our cavalry charged and captured the battery, killing a number of tile rebels. Cols. "VN olford and Shackelford succeeded in capturing one lot of 575 and and another of 275, besides numerous, squads ; making in all over 1,000 prisoners. Our cavalry is in pursuit of the remainder of the command, which is entirely ? broken up and scattered through the hills. ' The position of our forces is such that they cannot cross the Ohio nor get much further North. nrgPiTCii VJbV'</^JU JUJbOA AAV Hi Our forces are continually capturing ' ' Morgan's men. Basil Duke was captured i ] nrar Pcmeroy this morning. 1,300 men , i have been taken so far. , j Major Brown, commanding a battalion I j of the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, has ar- j rived here with 150 prisoners, captured < [luring a reconnoissance near Abingdon, j Virginia. From the Cin< ianatti Gazette, Jnly 21. We learn at General Headquarters, in < addition to w hat our Columbus correspon- < dent gives in another column, of the j movements of John Morgan, that we have j < captured, so l'ar, about 2,500 of his force, I < in addition to those lulled in crossing the 1 Ohio, and in the skirmishes at Buffington, i Jackson and Pomeroy. ' Gen. Burnside received a dispatch yes- t terday forenoon, announcing that 115 of Morgan's men had surrendered to a force i of only 20 of our men. . j ] Another dispatch announced the cap- ! i ture of Basil Duke, the head and brains ! i of Morgan's command. Tiflst evenmcr. about 6 o'clock, a dis- ' ^ patch to Gen. Burnside announced that j c two companies of militia had captured 71 } * of Morgan's men, and that among them \ f was John Morgan himself, but this hist 1 item needs continuation. 1 A squacl of 500 of Morgan's men, in attempting to cross the river last evening, c after dark, between Callipolis and Pom- < eroy, were captured by the 1st Kentucky ^ Kegiment. r So far, we have taken about 2,500 of 1 Moegan's men prisoners. We have ca^ J tured all his artillery, some 3,000 horses, 1 large number of pistols, revolvers, ca*- s bines, and accoutrements. We have kill- t ed of Morgan's oflicers Col. Chenault and 1 Col. Thomas Morgan, and have captured Col. Basil Duke, Col. Dick Morgan, Col. f Ward, Col. Alston, and Col. Griggsby, \ and it is also reported that Morgan him- < self is a prisoner in our hands. We have ( also killed nearly 300 of his men. c The prospects are decidedly favorable ( Arm-min'n pntirp fnrr.p -wrill tip can till' lilfti iuv*q?? ^ ^ - ??> ?? ? f ^ ed. Gen. Burnside received a dispatch about t midnight announcing the capture of^ another squad of seventy of Morgan's" t men. i It is now* believed that there are not. x over 800 or 1,000 of Morgan's forces left/ -J and these will probably be captured to- ? lay. i Two steamers left Buffington and Pom- l erov yesterday, with 1,000 prisoners, including Basil Duke. Among these pris- "V oners are Captains Snell and Hines, two A notorious guerrillas. \ Our Columbus dispatch states that 300 7RDAY, AUGUST 1, 1833. of Morgan's mob succeeded in crossing the river from Uelievillo on flatboat, ami that after they had landed they were shelled by our gunboats. Gen. Luruside lms no advices of these reports, from either his officers at river points, or from Gov. Tod, and does not believe them. His advices are that the 300 attempted to cross hut were repulsed and driven back, and lie does not believe that any of Morgan's men have succeeded in crossing up to tiie present time. Had they crossed, we have sufficient men on the Virginia and Kentucky shores to have captured them before tlicy could have reached the interior. Cincixnatti, Wednesday, July 2id, 1S6". Morgan with about 500 men encamped near McArthur, Vinton County, last week. At 5'., o'clock this morning he was within a mile of Vinton, on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad. Morgan passed through Nelsonville, Athens County, at 10 o'clock this morning, with oar forces close behind him. The CummercuiT$ Columbus dispatch says : "After perambulating Athens County, Morgan took a southerly direction, c. ss- : ing Washington County, and the Musk- j ingum River, in the direction of McCon- I nellsrille, with the evident intention to j gain a point on the river above gunboat narigation, and cross into Virginia. The ; authorities have made such arrangement as will effectually checkmate and capture his bands." The Capture of Port Hud?ou. [Pram the New Orleans Era.J From a number of naval officers who were at Post Hudson ut the time of its i surrender to Maj. Gen. Banks, and who j have since returned to New Orleans, we j have obtained the following particulars j ?? m.\/v.> x/1 ilirv inMun.li.ito uduca cs t lil IU L lie IXillliClUUlU V. (IllOL'O M HIV/il led to its capitulation, and the manner in which they were brought about. The number and standing of the gentlemen with whom we have convers d on the subject, is convincing that the statement is correct: On the morning of the 7th inst., as stated in the dispatch of our correspondent at Port Hudson, a salute was tired | from both the upper and lower fleets im- : mediately 011 the receipt of the news from Vicksburg, and the bands of the different ! regiments struck up national and patriotic airs. The wildest enthusiasm prevailed ! among our soldiers all usy, and the prox- . imity of the contending forces enabled ( :lie rebels in Port Hudson to hear the ; cheering without enlightening them as to 1 :he cause. At several points on the lines, the rebels j ind our troops were so near together that 1 conversations could be held, and were I carried on, without danger to either party, j Toward evening, 011 the 7th, the enri)sity of the rebels to leam what was going an became so great that one of their of: icers called out to a Union officer, askng: What are you making all that noise ibout ?" The answer was : We have aken Vicksburg !" The rebel officer said he did not believe t, and on being asked what would con rince liim of it* truth, lie replied, " jsotn- | ng but a copy of the despatch, or some | ehable authority. *' The Union officer then told him he could procure a copy of General Grant's ' ifficiid dispatch, and pass it over the par- j tpet to him. The rebel said if he would j lo so, and vouch for its genuineness on i lis honor as a gentleman and a soldier, ! ic would be convinced. The Union officer at once procured a ' iopy of the dispatch, and taking it to the i memy's breastworks gave it to the officer j vitli whom he had been conversing with, ind at the same time assured him, 011 the lonor of a soldier, that the dispatch was genuine, and that he had copied it with lis own hand. The rebel, having read it, laid he was satisfied of its truthfulness, and liat he thought it useless for Port Hudson onger to attempt to hold out. Gen. Gardiner sent out a flag of truce, ind inquired of Gen. Banks if the news vas true, and the General sent him an ifficnil copy ot (jen. urants uispaicn. ; }en. Gardiner also asked for a cessation >f hostilities for twenty-four hours; but jen. Banks refused to grant it. Gen. Gardiner then sent another flag >j truce, offering to surrender, and asking he appointment of commissioners. Gen. Andrew received the surrender on he morning of the 9th, at 7 o'clock. The ebel army was drawn up with the right esting on the Railroad Depot, and Gen. Andrew refused to accept Gen. Gardiue's iwprd, out of compliment to the gallant nanner in which lie had defended the ilace. The hungry soldiers of Gen. Gardiner eere promptly fed from the commissariat tf our army, from which 0,000 rations yere drawn. The number of rebel soldiers drawn up * 9 NO. SC. j in line, when the surrender took place, was about 4,000. j In addition to this number there were' about fifteen hundred sick and wounded; the wounded numbered about five hundred. The wounds are generally very severe, in the head, and by the bullets of sharpshooters. i Our batteries had done a oreat deal of damage, having destroyed an immenseamount of stores. The United States flag was run up at i* o'clock on Thursday morning, the Otli inst! and was saluted by the Hertford as she ! passed. There had been terrible sickness in the i garrison, and almost total destitution of' medicine. They suffered terribly fronu. j this cause. There was a good supply of ammunition.,, all of which fell into our hands. At the time the Hartford left Port Hudson, Gen. Banks had notpttifAed any of ther rebel prisoners. WHAT WF. OBTAINED WITH IT. 5s00*' prisoners, a* stated by Gen. Gardiner hiuux??. Srrcirtable. 3 42-pound barbette gnus. 2 32-ponnd barbette jams. 1 32-ponnd barbette -run, Trifled.) 1 Much barbette jp.m. * 2 10-iuch barbette guns. 1 24-pound barbette gun. 4 24-pound barlx-tte guns, (rifled.) 1 12-pound barbette gnn. Disablml. 1 24. pound barbette gun. 1 S-incb barbette gnu. 1 32-ponnd barbette gun. 1 24-pound barbette gun. ^ 1 30-pound barbette gun. HEeAPnTLATION. 15 heavv guns, in good condition. 5 complete fleld batteries, 51 guns in gced cunofc tion. besides disabled guns. 1-011 shot and shell for heavy guns, various calibre*.. T 75 cartridges. 1') last ui:imk nf nnxv.W. madi> tin in rartriilfM.. for hrttTjr ^un!?, various calibres, pounds cannon jjowder. l.V?,000 cartridges, small arms. 5,000 muskets. (From the Tort Hudson Freeman.] The residences in Port Hudson village* are in a deplorable condition. Every building that we hare, noticed has either* been hit with a shot or shell and completely riddled. Even the dmrch edifice did. not escape. It is full'if holes nnule byballs. and the shells have shattered it considerably. Carpenters will be in demand before they will assume their wonted' shape. All of them have been used for hospitals or a place for commissary storesand general repair and reinvigorating will have to do their share before they will be healthy and comfortable places to abide in. '*1 want to go home!" ''No paroh*- ? camp shall hold me !" Such were the exclamations of the Confederate prisoner* in Port Hudson. We don't blame thena for wanting to get home. Like rats deserting a sinking ship, they see the utter hopelessness of establishing a slave government. They love the old flag but have been duped by oily tongues. Many of them will never again^raise their :um? against Uncle Sam, or leave home to fight.. Mirlooo fAroo/1 U 11XV.OO AViCVVIi Port Hudson from the river front, isquite a formidable place. The high bluffs.some sixty feet above high water markr makes it almost impregnable for the o{>eration of gunboats. The rear is well, protected by earthworks, and the spaceinside is covered in many places witii. heavy timber. Protection is also afforded' to a garrison by deep ravines traversing in different directions. It is unquestionably the strongest natural point along the , river. Hut a garrison without provisions,, surrounded by an army, must succumb. For some time previous to the surren der of Port Hudson, the rebel garrison subsisted 011 fresh m?l' and /mrsc meat. In order to make this kind of "fodder" hold out, it was issued by a commissary. Also, to make the meal last, cob was ground with it, and half <1 jhjkikI allowed to each man daily. Even this was about exhausted before the surrender was made. Theabove is vouched for by officers and mem whom we have conversed with. It was gratifying to witness the social feeling between the Union and Codfederate soldiers in Port Hudson after its surrender. Many joking exclamations wereuttered, and a mere looker-on would not believe that they were ever opposed toeach other in a warlike spirit. We hope tliio fraternal feeling may never be severed, ami that we will not again meet in hostile array those whose friendship we have so hastily made. Wants ventilation?all the buildhig3 and grounds in and about Port Hudson. ,We never saw streets or buildings, taken, in a sanitary point of view, in a more stiiih'iiyf condition. But it is in keeping with thecause of Southern chivalry. In a few days, however, the " Yankees" will renovate the place. , Several hundred Mississippi rifles, also* two brass pieces, were iound by the Y'anks a few days ago. inside of the works at Port Hudson. The headboard at the (jrnre indicated that the remains of a Confederate reposed there. A faithful negro exposed the cheat.