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The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in Louisiana. (search)
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 does not seem to be much feared by the Federals, who make frequent raids into the country. Not long since a party of Federals surprised a straggling Mississippi company at Amite bridge, 24 miles from camp, and captured eight of them. They were in turn surprised by a party of impromptu guerrillas, and the prisoners retaken. The Yankees lost three killed, and their bodies were all the spoils with which they returned to Baton Rouge. The negroes, so far, have proved very faithful