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The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
the preservation of which is absolutely necessary to any pretence of resistance through Northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Along this railroad are and Florence, at the foot of the Muscle Shoals and the junction with the Nashville and Florence road where the Rebels have had forces since Donelson; Decatur, near the head oFlorence road where the Rebels have had forces since Donelson; Decatur, near the head of the lower Muscle Shoal, where the greater part of the Donelson and Bowling Green forces are said to have concentrated first after the retreat from Nashville; Huntsville and Beliefontain, at both of which there are said to be small bodies of troops; Stevenson, important as the junction with the railroad from Nashville through Mure. Above East port, at Chickasaw Bluffs and some other points, the Rebels are understood to have batteries that command the navigation of the river, and protect Florence and Decatur from attack by water for the present. The general understanding of the Rebel movements is that, with Corinth as their base of operations in oppo