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The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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The Yankees in Louisiana.
Rev. Henry T. Lee. of West Baton Rouge, La., which place he left two weeks ago, has arrived in this city.
He gives an interesting account of affairs in Baton Rouge, the capital and the vicinity.--The people of Baton Rouge are immovable in their loyalty to the Confederate States.
The Federal force there, under Gen. Williams, is about 1,800, about half of whom are sick.
It is a common sight to see the Yankee soldiers lying sick in the store doors, and squads of them totter from the hospital where a breath of air may cool their fever-rack frames.
For some time before Mr. L. left, the citizens of West Baton Rouge were not allowed to cross the river to Baton Rouge unless on "parole," a ceremony which is described as nearly equal to taking the oath of allegiance.
The force at the capital might easily be captured by a sudden dash made by our troops from Camp Moore, which is only 70 miles from there.
It is a camp of instruction, under Gen. Ruggles, and do