NEAR VICKSBURG, June 25, 1863.
General ORD:
McPherson secured
the crater made by the explosion. The cavity made was sufficiently large to
shelter two regiments. The enemy made an effort to drive our troops away. Our
loss about 30 killed and wounded, some ten of them officers, and 3 field
officers. Guns will be in the crater by morning, with rifle-pits to the left to
defend it. If we can hold the position until morning it will evidently give us
possession of a long line of rifle-pits to the right, and a fair way of
advancing to enfilade to the left.
U.S. GRANT.
(Same to General Herron.)
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,
Series I, Volume 24, Part 3 (Serial No. 38), p. 441
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