Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Banks” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: June 3, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
...ess the only foundation for the story so extensively circulated at the North, that Pemberton had proposed a conditional surrender of the place.
The investment of Port Hudson by the forces under Banks is not likely to last very long, as he will very shortly be placed on the defensive, and probably be compelled to fall back to New Orleans.
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