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The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late from the North. (search)
Late from the North. We have received New York and Philadelphia papers of April 30th, from which we gather some further intelligence of affairs at the North: The capture of New Orleans. Chicago, April 29. --The following special dispatch has been received by the Times, of this city, from Fort Wright, dated the 28th inst.: From deserters I learn that New Orleans is now in the quiet possession of Captain Porter. The Union fleet passed Fort Jackson on Thursday, after a desperate naval engagement, in which one vessel was sunk and several badly damaged. It was supposed by the rebels that the Union force is very heavy. The rebel loss was 60 killed and 184 wounded. The engagement lasted a part of two days. The United States forces took possession of the city without a struggle on Friday, the rebel force having evacuated after destroying all the steamers which they had no use for. They took with them the greater part of the military stores in the