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failure of expedition in consequence General Breckinridge Defeats Federal force loss in killed and wounded Camp at Comite river depletion of command by sickness General Breckinridge invited by General Bragg to command a division in pending Kent sickness to 3,400. He went by rail to Tangipahoa, whence Baton Rouge is 55 miles west. On the 4th he arrived at the Comite river, within 10 miles of Baton Rouge, and at 1p. m. on the same night he marched for that point, reaching its vicinity befon view of this failure of co-operation, suspended further attack, and being wholly unmolested, withdrew to his camp at Comite river. His total loss was 467 killed, wounded and missing. From the heat of the weather and scarcity of drinking water thweek after the battle that the writer of this history visited the camp. He found General Breckinridge encamped on the Comite river, a small stream with low banks and flat, wooded lands adjacent, with every malarial indication. The wan, enfeebled as