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The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
as yet. He has a large cavalry force, led by an experienced commander, and is able to watch the enemy closely. His forces hold the Yazoo river, near Yazoo city, and also the Southern railroad West of Jackson. Gen. Kirby Smith is not at Milliken's Bend, nor is he at Port Hudson. His force started on Thursday week in transports, from a point, which need not be published, for a destination which is not known. The Confederate General who commanded in the attack on Milliken's Bend, mentionedander, and is able to watch the enemy closely. His forces hold the Yazoo river, near Yazoo city, and also the Southern railroad West of Jackson. Gen. Kirby Smith is not at Milliken's Bend, nor is he at Port Hudson. His force started on Thursday week in transports, from a point, which need not be published, for a destination which is not known. The Confederate General who commanded in the attack on Milliken's Bend, mentioned in the U. S. journals, was Gen. Henry E. McCullock, of Texas.
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
nt of Col. Pierce's cavalry, and it was thought they would be able to overtake the party before they could get beyond the Federal lines. The fighting at Milliken's Bend — Kirby Smith not There. A dispatch from Cairo, dated the 12th inst, says: In the fight at Milliken's Bend, on Saturday, our force was less than 1,0Milliken's Bend, on Saturday, our force was less than 1,000, over 600 of whom were negroes. The rebels at first drove our forces some distance, nearly surrounding them. The fight was conducted with energy and desperation by our forces, and the rebels were held at bay until a gunboat came to assist us. Eye witnesses report that our loss in killed was 134, 100 of whom were negroe Memphis, June 12th.--The steamer Fort Wayne arrived up to day. There are no later dates than the 8th. No guerillas were seen on the way up. The fight at Milliken's Bend, on Monday last, was a sanguinary affair, and much larger than at first reported. The rebels were under McCullough, 2,500 strong. The Federal force was thre