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The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], Particulars of the fighting previous to the investment of Vicksburg. (search)
Particulars of the fighting previous to the investment of Vicksburg. The details of the fighting which preceded the investment of Vicksburg are coming to light. A participant in the recent battle of Baker's Creek furnishes to the Appeal the annexed account of the affair, which is the first connected narrative yet published from a Southern source. The writer dates at Jackson, Miss., May 24: On Friday afternoon, the 15th inst., three divisions of the army under Lieut. Gen. Pemberton, (Laring's, Stevenson's, and Bowen's,) advanced from Edward's depot in the direction of Raymond, and stopped that night about six miles from the starting point, and on what is known as the middle Raymond road. At eight o'clock the next morning, Saturday, just as we were preparing to move forward, the enemy opened upon our advance guard with artillery brickly, indicating that they had found out our movements and had determined to give us battle. We immediately fell back a mile to an eligible