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The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Incidents of the occupation of Memphis. (search)
etely gutted city. The Federal fleet were preparing to co-operate with the fleet off Vicksburg. About forty steamers were at the landings and in the river. Among them was the Dickey, which is the reportorial craft, and contains some forty of the tribe who have come down to chronicle the event, and send forth their usual exaggerations and absurdities. The present army of occupation consists of the 43d and 46th Illinois regiments. The immediate command of the city devolved upon Col. Fitch. of Indiana. The Provost Marshal is Capt. John H. Gould. As soon as the fleet was discovered approaching Memphis, a stampede commenced among officers, soldiers and citizens. On Friday three or four trains took away large numbers, while those who could not leave in this manner left by other routes.--Hacks could not be had to go a distance of twenty miles for less than from fifty to one hundred dollars, while for carts and other vehicles sums of various exorbitant amounts were d