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The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The liability of British subjects to Serve in State defence. (search)
The victory at Sabine Pass.
--The following order from Major-General Magruder gives the particulars of the late victory at Sabine Pass, Texas:
Headq's Department of Texas,New Mexico, and Arizona,Houston, Texas, Sept. 9, 1863.
General Orders, no.--
I. The Major-General commanding has the satisfaction of announcing to the army a brilliant victory won by the little garrison of Sabine Pass against the fleet of the enemy.
Attacked by five gunboats, the fort, mounting but th that no position defended with determination can be carried by the enemy's gunboats alone.
Should any of the forts on the coast, or the forces on land be attacked, the troops need but remember the success of their comrades at Sabine, emulate their courage and skill, and victory will be the result.
By command of Major-Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder. Edmund P. Turner, A. M. General. Official:--H. P. Pratt, A. A. G. Headquarters Department Trans-Mississippi, Shreveport, La., Sept. 13, 1863.