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The Daily Dispatch: September 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
he Yazoo. Persons who have been in elevated places, where they could have a good view of the steamer in the river above, whose smoke is plainly visible here, inform us that it is not a gunboat, but a regular steamboat. We cannot tell whether it is the Mears or one of the enemy's transports. The Army of the West on the move. On yesterday morning at daylight a portion of our forces, under Brigadier-General Maxey, crossed the river and occupied Bridgeport. The advance was led by Col. McKinstry with the 32d Alabama regiment, and the crossing was made on the part of our troops by wading the river. Soon after the passage of our troops across the river a brisk fight commenced between them and the rear guard of the Yankee army, reported by prisoners captured to consist of about two regiments, which were left to cover the retreat of the main body of Buell's forces. The latest report we have from the river is up to 2½ o'clock, at which time the fight was still progressing, o