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The Daily Dispatch: May 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
the Evening Transcript. If another issue of the paper makes its appearance the publishing office will be taken possession and all parties connected with it be arrested. Lew Wallace, Maj Gen com'g Middle Dep't. A true copy: Samuel B Lawrence, A A G. Stanton's latest official gazette. The following is the latest "official gazette," as the Yankee papers call it, of Secretary Stanton: Washington, May 23, 1.35 P. M. To Maj Gen Dix, New York: Dispatches from Major Gen Canby, dated at the mouth of Red river, at midnight, May 15th, state that Admiral Porter has just arrived, and that the remainder of the gunboats will arrive to night.--Gen Banks will probably reach Semmesport, on the Atchafalaya, to morrow. A dispatch from Admiral Porter, dated on board his flag-ship. Black Hawk, at the mouth of Red river May 15th, states that the portion of the squadron above the falls at Alexandria have been released from their unpleasant position owing to the indefatiga
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hree per cent on the day before. Chase was again in the market. The New York Times thinks "there will be but little more campaigning in Louisiana or west of the Mississippi for some time to come. The role assigned to our army will probably be simply to hold New Orleans and the country as far west as Brashear, and to hold Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, and the Mississippi river." The Department of Missouri is assigned to the military division of West Mississippi, under the control of Gen Canby, Banks's successor. The friends of McClellan are indulging their wit over Grant for sliding down, after all he has said, on McClellan's lines. The supporters of the Administration evince annoyance at "the vaporing of the McClellanites." A man named Baxter has presented his "credentials" as Senator elect from Arkansas to the U. S. Senate. The House of Representatives has passed a bill for a military railroad from the Ohio to East Tennessee. The bill proposing an aboliti
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ds towards Kenesaw. A dispatch from Central Butler, dated this morning at one o'clock, reports "all quiet along our lines. Yesterday Gen Kautz charged the enemy's works at Petersburg and carried them, penetrating the town, but not being supported by Gen. Gillmore, who had withdrawn his forces without a conflict, Gen Kautz was obliged to withdraw without further fleet. Gen Kautz captured forty prisoners and one piece of artillery, which he brought away with him." A dispatch from Gen Canby, dated Vicksburg, June 4, states that "Gen Emory reports that an attempt by Taylor's force to cross the Atchafalaya had been frustrated, the troops that had crossed dispersed, and a large quantity of commissary stores and clothing captured. Gen Burbridge, commanding in Kentucky, in a dispatch dated yesterday, at Lexington, reports that "after concentrating a force at the mouth of Beaver creek, on the Big Sandy, I moved against Morgan's force in Virginia west as far as Gladesville. Mo
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Battle at Morganza,
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Battle at Morganza, La --The Mississippian extra, of the 22d, learns from a young gentleman just from Port Gibson, that before he left that place the report had reached there that Gen Dick Taylor had a battle with the enemy under Gen Canby, in which our forces were completely victorious. The enemy's loss is stated at 1,500 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners, seventeen pieces of artillery, and vast numbers of small arms, and a large quantity of stores, and that when Gen Taylor was last heard from he had completely routed and driven the enemy over sixteen miles. Our loss is estimated at 600 killed and wounded.
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], Gold at the North. (search)
t. No particulars of the damage to citizens except negro stealing. The clothing and negroes, regardless of sex, was carried off by the Yankee force. Many of the citizen are left without a single servant. No damage was done to the railroad or telegraph. [Fourth Dispatch.] Clinton, July 4, (via Mobile, July 7th.) --The steamer Iago, loaded with cotton, was captured and burned by our troops in Arkansas river. All registered enemies remaining in New Orleans are ordered to report to the Provost. Marshal to be sent beyond the lines. Delegates have left New Orleans for the Chicago Convention. One hundred men, deserters from the Yankee army, have been arrested on their way to Mexico to join the Mexican army. Gen Canby is organizing a force of 3,000 men, either to reinforce Sherman or advance and threaten Mobile and Demopolis. The steamer Louisiana Bell, a Government transport, had been burnt on the Levee near New Orleans. Gold 235; cotton 160.