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The Daily Dispatch: October 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s can do is temporarily to cut the Iron Mountain railroad. When Price crossed the Arkansas river some days since, at least a part of his forces moved towards Batesville, evidently with the design of joining Shelby in Northeastern Arkansas, and with their combined commands invade Missouri from the southeast. The force at Fredericktown is doubtless the advance of this column, which is estimated to be ten or twelve thousand strong. General Mower, with part of the Sixteenth corps, left Brownsville, on the Duvall's Bluff and Little Rock railroad, a few days since, going north; and Shelby will soon have to look sharply after his rear. The situation will probably develop itself in a very few days. St. Louis, September 25, 1864. --It is now said that Price has entered Missouri with forces estimated at thirty thousand strong. His plan is supposed to be to march to the central portion of the State with three columns, and, capturing all the important points, hold the country. It i
The Daily Dispatch: October 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], Death of Colonel George Patton. (search)
The fighting in Texas. The Yankee papers contain some additional particulars of the new state of affairs that has arisen in Texas. Cortinas, however, it now appears, has not occupied Brownsville nor raised the Union flag there. A letter in the New York Herald, written from Brasos Santiago on the 13th ultimo, says: It is true, however, that the rebels evacuated the town on the 6th instant, but returned after discovering that neither Mexican nor Union force occupied it. From what I on the following day they succeeded in crossing, and, without a murmur, acceded to the demand of Major Noyes and surrendered men and material without hesitation. About 3 o'clock P. M. of the same day a body of troops from the direction of Brownsville were discovered advancing towards them in line of battle.--They proved to be the rebels, under Colonel Ford, and, as he outnumbered our little force more than five to one (Major Noyes having only a Union force of one hundred and twenty-five me