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The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], The War in the West. (search)
The War in the West. The Memphis papers, as late as March 4th came through on Friday evening And from them, and other sources, we make up the following summary: The evacuation of Columbus. The Memphis Appeal, alluding to the withdrawal of our forces from Columbus, says: This movement has been executed in a manner that reflects great credit upon the commander who planned and supervised it. It was one of those military necessities which cannot be appreciated as readily by those unacquainted with the situation. We are advised that the new position is considered by Gen. Beauregard as much more impregnable, comparatively, than Columbus, inasmuch as a frank movement cannot be made against it with such facility. We look on Memphis and the Mississippi Valley he safer to-day than they were two weeks ago. Jeff. Thompson's skirmish. Gen. Jeff. Thompson, who left New Madrid, Saturday on a scouting expedition with about a hundred cavalry, had a sharp skirmish with t