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Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, May, 1863. (search)
as determined to proceed as myself, we hired a carriage for $100 to drive to Brookhaven, which is the nearest point on the railroad, and is distant from Natchez 66 mraveller we met on the road was eagerly asked the questions, Are the Yanks in Brookhaven? Is the railroad open? At first we received satisfactory replies; but at 6 ble information that the enemy really was on the railroad between Jackson and Brookhaven, and that Jackson itself was in his hands. This news staggered us all, and Nisonburg, and now again at Jackson. At 8 A. M. we reached the little town of Brookhaven, which was full of travellers, principally Confederate soldiers, anxious to r from Jackson. I called on Captain Matthews, the officer who commanded at Brookhaven, and after introducing myself to him, he promised to assist me, by every meane victorious Grant. General Maxey's brigade, about 5,000 strong, was near Brookhaven, and was marching east when I was there. General Loring's force, cut off fro