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The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Situation at Port Hudson. (search)
The Situation at Port Hudson. Port Hudson, which is destined to be one of the points of desperate contest in the West, is on the east bank of the Mississippi river, about twenty-five miles abovPort Hudson, which is destined to be one of the points of desperate contest in the West, is on the east bank of the Mississippi river, about twenty-five miles above Raton Rouge. It is on a very high and precipitous bluff, the ascent of which, from the river, has to be made by a narrow, up-hill, difficult passage. Yankee accounts say that the position is a vety of current that would be a serious disadvantage to gun or mortar boats engaged in action. Port Hudson cannot be turned by a cut- off, as the Yankees attempted to turn Vicksburg. The current of twhich the Yankees are reported to have been driven by our troops, is eight or ten miles above Port Hudson, on the opposite side of the river. Finesses river is an old out- off of the Mississippi, juff of the Mississippi, just below Point Coupe, on the same side. Port Hudson has no railroad communication, except with Clinton, a town in the same parish, some fifteen or twenty miles east of it.
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
gs were destroyed." The New Hampshire election came off on Tuesday. A Democratic triumph in not anticipated. Gen. Curtis, commanding the Department of the West, is to be superseded by Gen. Sumner. The Herald says there are several points through which "our armies have to reach the heart of the rebellion, all of which, in turn, are destined to become the of deadly contests. There are : 1st. The line of the Duck river from Chattanooga to Shelbyville. 2d. Vicksburg. 3d. Port Hudson. 4th. Mobile. 5th. Savannah. 6th. Charleston. 7th. Wilmington. 8th. Richmond." Col. Carrington, in Indiana, has issued a procla- mation against the Knights of the Golden Circle, and threatens them with exposure and punishment. Fifty-two rebel prisoners arrived in Washington on the 8th, from the Potomac headquarters. A large number of prisoners have arrived at Washington from Chicago, for exchange. A number of spies and guerillas, from Missouri, have arrived