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The Daily Dispatch: May 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War in Virginia. (search)
ks. He is at Alexandria, unable to get away. On the 11th, 6,000 men landed at Mrs. Ackland's plantation, moving right back on the river to relieve Banks. The True Delta says nothing of Banks, but denies Steele's capture on the authority of members of Congress who left Little Rock on the 25th of April. [Another Dispatch.] Mobile, May 18. --Authentic news received from Brookhaven to-day says that Banks escaped to New Orleans with 5,000 men, and that Alexandria surrendered to Taylor with 8,000 prisoners, 20 guns, 1200 mules and 50 boats, 26 in running order; the rest damaged, but can be repaired. Baton Rouge has been evacuated by the enemy, and is now in possession of the Confederates. Natchez is burning, two squares gone, and the fire still raging. The engine and hose destroyed. [The latter part of this dispatch is obscure.] [Another Dispatch.] Clinton, La., May 17, via Summit, May 19th. --The news from Alexandria is up to-day before yesterday.