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The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], The recent affair at Suffolk. (search)
l Sherman destroyed over two millions of dollars worth of property. In other places he destroyed immense stores. Thousands of bushels of corn and large quantities of wheat were set on fire and consumed. He brought in large droves of cattle, several thousand head of mules, eight thousand negroes, and over four hundred prisoners, with but trifling loss in men and materials on our side. In addition to this, by the destruction of very important railroad lines, Gen. Sherman has released General McPherson's corps from doing guard duty along the Mississippi and restored them to active service. The steamer Summary, from Lower river, brings intelligence that General Sherman and staff lest Vicksburg on the 28th ult. for below, designing to have an interview with General Banks or Admiral Porter, or both, with reference to his future movements. The War in Louisiana and Texas. The World's New Orleans letter says it was reported that 20,000 rebels were marching through Western Louisian