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The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Jeff. Thompson--capture of the Platte Valley. (search)
ere not, for they were left at Cairo; however, it was all the same, as they were non comeatibus est boatibus. Gen. Thompson arraigned Captain Postal and the other boat officers before the bar, where, after a long time the most of the men, as well as the General, were old practitioners, they together with a number of United States officers on board were sworn to support the Government of Jeff. Davis, and not to take up arms against Dixie, or give aid and comfort to its enemies, and were then all discharged, Capt. Postal and his boat going on their way rejoicing, minus a half barrel of brandy, which they presented to General Thompson, who, with his army and the half barrel, evacuated Price's Landing and retired in good order, passing through Charleston to East Prairie, where they were met by another detachment sent out to cut off any troops who might be detailed from Bird's Point against him. Here they encamped for the night, and the next day returned to their camp at New Madrid.