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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 43: operations of the Mississippi squadron, under Admiral Porter, after the Red River expedition. (search)
St. Landry, La.; Simon Richard, St. Landry, La.; Henderson Taylor, Marksville, La.; S. L. Taylor, Marksville, La.; H. Robertson, Alexandria, La.; S. W. Henarie, Alexandria, La.; Governor T. O. Moore, Alexandria, La.; Colonel C. Manning, Alexandria, La.; General M. Wells, Rapides and Aveyellos Parish, La.; General P. F. Kearny, Rapides and Aveyellos Parish, La.; Hugh M. Kearny, Esq., Rapides and Aveyellos Parish, La.; B. F. Murdock, Rapides and Aveyellos Parish, La.; B. C. Crow, Esq., Lafayette Parish, La.; Hon. John Moore, St. Martin's Parish; William Robertson, St. Martin's Parish; Judge Baker, St. Mary's Parish; T. J. Foster, St. Mary's Parish; Judge Palfrey, St. Mary's Parish; Daniel Dennett, editor Planter's Banner, St. Mary's Parish; Mr. Sickles, editor Planter's Banner, Kindred Spirits, St. Mary's Parish; Phanor Prudhommer, Esq., St. Mary's Parish; John Blair Smith, Nachitoches Parish, La.; Colonel H. J. G. Battle, Caddo, La.; Reuben White, Caddo, La. We must help one another
e in November seriously contemplated such a movement, and Churchill's, Polignac's, Forney's and M. M. Parsons' divisions were assembled in the vicinity of Camden. Parsons' Texas cavalry was extended from Monticello, Drew county, to Gaines' landing; Wharton's cavalry from Spring Hill to Shreveport; Logan's (Eleventh) Arkansas, mounted, was scouting up through Clark and Saline counties, Hill and Burk north of the Arkansas. November 18th, Churchill's division had moved to Louisville, in La Fayette county, on Red river—Camp Lee. From Price's headquarters, November 30th, General Clark in command of Marmaduke's division, and General Thompson in command of Shelby's, were ordered to Laynesport; and Gurley's Texas cavalry in that direction to cooperate with General Maxey. By direction of General Smith the Ouachita and Little Missouri were made the true line of defense. Colonels McCray and Dobbin were sent into northeast Arkansas. General Magruder, having transferred his headquarters to
Anticipated attack on Kansas city. Kansas City, Aug. 23. --An attack on this place is feared. Jackson and Lafayette counties have four thousand Secession troops under arms.
George Robinson, aged ninety-three years, the oldest and one of the most highly respected citizens of Shelby county, Ky., died Sunday last. Wm. P. Clark, a member of the Washington (N. C.) mounted riflemen, was accidentally shot and killed at his camp at Fair-fax C. H. a few days since. "Peyton," a celebrated negro race rider in New Orleans, was thrown from a horse and killed on the Mataire race track, near New Orleans, a few nights since. Nathan Foreman, of the parish of Lafayette, La., has raised a hog, now two years old, which weighs a thousand pounds. The State Convention of North Carolina will convene in Raleigh on Monday, the 18th inst. John B. Blanks, mail agent on the Southside Railroad, died in Petersburg on Friday morning last. When you get pretty well out of employment, try attending to your own business for a while. Thomas A. Compton, an old and highly respectable citizen of Vicksburg, Miss., died in that city on Monday last. W. S. B
ticulars. It appears that Major M. holds a commission corresponding to his title in a colored regiment recruiting at Keokuk, Iowa, with the consent of the authorities of that State. He, Murphy, who by the way is a refugee from East Tennessee, and early entered the Federal service, had been sent into Missouri with written authority from Col. Pile, who is organizing the regiment alluded to, in order to receive and conduct to Keokuk one hundred negro soldiers recruited in Saline and Lafayette counties, Missouri. With their recruiting Major Murphy had nothing to do, although aware of the fact that they had all been slaves of disloyal masters.--These men had been "regularly sworn and mustered into the Federal service." Finding them in Saline county, Major M. was proceeding with them in an orderly manner over the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, on the way to the headquarters of the regiment, when, on reaching Macon City, the headquarters of Gen. Guitar, commanding the district of No