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Yankee Raid in Mississippi

Jackson, May 11.
--One thousand of Grant's cavalry entered and burned Crystal Springs, on the New Orleans Railroad, to-day at 12 o'clock.

[Second Dispatch.]

Jackson, May 11.
--The enemy are fortifying at Rocky Springs and Western Springs.--Gen. Osterhaus is at Cayasa with 150 cavalry and six or seven regiments of infantry.--The enemy are reinforcing at Willow Springs and Rocky Springs from the river.

Grant will probably advance East, and not direct to Vicksburg.

The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. May 13, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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