Posted on 04/01/2023 7:31:53 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
CHICAGO, Tuesday, March 31.
A Cairo special says:
"Last Wednesday evening the rams Lancaster and Switzerland undertook to run the batteries at Vicksburgh. As soon as they came within range, the rebels opened a tremendous fire. The Lancaster was struck thirty times. Her entire bow was shot away, causing her to sink immediately, turning a complete summerset as she went down. All the crew except two escaped. The Switzerland was disabled by a 64-pound ball penetrating the steam drum. She floated down, the batteries still firing and striking her repeatedly, until finally the Albatross ran alongside, and towed her to the lower mouth of the canal. The loss of life on her is not ascertained.
It is stated that the Expedition under Gen. Sherman to the rear of Haines' Bluff, by way of Steele's Bayou and Sunflower, had returned to Young's Point.
There is nothing definite from the Yazoo Pass Expedition under ROSS and QUINBY.
On the way up the Hartford and Albatross, encountered a battery at Grand Gulf more formidable than those at Port Hudson. The Hartford was struck fourteen times, and had three men killed. Both vessels returned the fire vigorously, and both were more or less injured.
[The Lancaster and Switzerland, it will be recollected, are two of the original rams improvised by Col. ELLET from light built wooden river steamers, and ill calculated to stand heavy shots. -- ED. TIMES.]
GENERAL DIX'S DEPARTMENT.
Refugees and Their Tales.
THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND.
RAID OF REBELS AT WILLIAMSBURGH
FORT MONROE, Monday, March 30.
Refugees from rebeldom, and deserters from the rebel army, are almost daily coming into our lines at Suffolk and Yorktown, and giving themselves up. Generally the deserters bring their arms and equipments with them.
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The Siege of Vicksburgh: Attempt of the Rams Lancaster and Switzerland to Run the Batteries – 2
General Dix’s Department: Refugees and Their Tales – 2
Kentucky and Tennessee: The Rebels Rapidly Retreating from Kentucky – 2
The Latest Rebel News: The Recent Affair at Vicksburgh – 2
Guerrillas in Western Virginia: Capture and Recapture of Point Pleasant – 2
Another Intercepted Rebel Dispatch: The Confederacy and the Slave-Trade – 2-3
Guerrillas in Tennessee: Capture of a Railroad Train Between Memphis and Grand Junction – 3
News from Washington: The 30th Day of April Appointed by the President a Day of Fasting and Prayer – 3-4
Editorial: Shall the Soldiers be Disfranchised? – 4-5
Editorial: Rebel Evacuation of Virginia – 5
Moral Aspect of the Weather – 5
I wrote a term paper about the siege of Vicksburg in junior high. I wonder if they even require term papers anymore in the schools.
My understanding has always been that of the countless places where hardship was experienced during the civil war, Vicksburg wasn’t where you wanted to be if you were a confederate soldier.
Learned a (for me) new synonym for "somersault."
Regards,
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