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The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Major General Van-Dorn. (search)
Major General Van-Dorn. We take from the letter of the correspondent of the New Orleans Delta the following description of this active and dashing officer, who is now in command of the first division of Beauregard's army, which contains all the cavalry under Gen. B., and the Hampton Legion: It would be superfluous, perhaps, to describe Gen. Van-Dorn to those to whom he is so well known as to the readers of the Delta; yet his youthful contour, made apparently rejuvenescent by his light-brown hair, his clear blue eyes, and his finely cut features, may not be so well known. He is, I believe, forty one years of age, but, were it not for a recent verIf the enemy should make his threatened attack on our right, with the object of carrying our batteries at Evansport and reopening the navigation of the Potomac, General Van-Dorn's Division will be the first engaged, and will probably have to sustain the brunt of the battle. As soon as he arrived here and assumed command of his div