June 6, 1863, The New York Herald
A despatch from the rear of Vicksburg, on the 31st ult., states that the bombardment of the city continued with great rapidity from midnight till daylight, doing considerable damage. Twelve rebels who were attempting to run our pickets and get into Vicksburg, and having 200,000 percussion caps in their possession, were captured on Friday morning at daylight.
Various conflicting rumors as to the movements of Gen. Joe Johnston are afloat. One is, that he has advanced on Jackson, but not in very large force; another, that he is moving on Memphis.
Lieutenant Commanding Geo. M. Bache, of the gunboat Cincinnati, has forwarded to the Navy Department a detailed account of the sinking of that vessel. He says that until a shot went through the magazine and drowned it, her fire was most effective; but the rebel batteries got her in full range and hit her at almost every fire, until she went down in three fathoms of water, with her colors nailed to a stump of one of her mast-sail that was not shot away. From Nashville we learn the result of the late rebel attacks on Franklin and Triune, Tennessee. At Franklin, Colonel Baird, commanding the garrison, was attacked by twelve hundred rebel cavalry on Thursday, who drove his forces back into their intrenchments. They rallied, however, and repulsed the enemy, with heavy loss to the latter. At the same time an attack was made upon the forces at Triune. They were repulsed with a loss of two hundred men, four hundred horses and a lot of camp and garrison equipage.
No new movement has taken place in the army on the Rappahannock. Our voluminous correspondence from our reporters in the army, which we publish in another column, is highly interesting.
Admiral Foote has been ordered to supersede Admiral DuPont in command of the Monitor fleet at Charleston. This change may indicate another move on that city, as it is said that the Navy Department was disappointed that DuPont did not renew the attack after the last unsuccessful attempt.