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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the Rappahannock. (search)
--Two prisoners from the boat sunk last night were brought in to-day. They say the transports Henry Clay was sunk and the Ward burned, and the ram Lafayette sunk by our batteries last night. They also say that the remainder of the expedition will come down to-night. The battery on the Peninsula ceased firing late this afternoon. No damage done. [fourth Dispatch.] Jackson, Miss., April 16. --Gen. Stevenson reports that the enemy's batteries opposite Vicksburg opened on the morning of the 17th, two 32 pounder Parrott's firing. Three casemates are visible with the telescope. Latest. Jackson, Miss., April 18. --Col. Cookrill is safe at Grand Gulf. The gunboats are quiet thirty miles above. The river at Grand Gulf yesterday was full of burning cotton and fragments of boats. Scouts at Vicksburg, from the upper river, report troops still coming down. The battery opposite had a good range to-day, but no damage done — The gunboats are at New Carthage.