...ons. One thousand two hundred horses and mules, including the great number that died on the march across the Teche from disease. Our gains thus far are the capture of Fort De Russy, Alexandria, Grand Ecore , and Natchitoches, the opening of Red River, the capture by the gunboats of three thousand bales of prizecotton, one half of which goes to the Government, and the bringing of other considerable quant...