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The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Fredericksburg (search)
e 17th inst., was received here to day. A dispatch from Cairo, dated the 16th, says the ram Switzerland, arrived there from the squadron, brings news of the taking and surrender, on Sunday, of Arkansas Post, by the land and navy forces under Porter and McClernand. Rebel, loss 550 killed and wounded, and 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners. A Nashville dispatch, dated the 15th, says Bragg has been superseded by Longstreet; that conscripts are deserting the rebel army and arriving in Nashville daiof the affair at Arkansas Post: "Cairo, January 16.--The ram Switzerland has arrived from the squadron, bringing news of the taking of Arkansas Post, on Arkansas river, 100 miles from its month, by land and naval forces under McClernand and Porter. It surrendered and was occupied Sunday, with all its arms, stores and ammunition. Union loss, 200. Rebel loss, 550 killed and wounded, and between 5,000 and 7,000 prisoners. "Later.--The fort mounted nine guns. The garrison, numbering 7