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The Daily Dispatch: July 7, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
son at Vicksburg is very active. The rebels are making a desperate resistance to the progress of the siege, with the hope that relief will soon reach them. Additional rebel reinforcements are said to be on the way from General Bragg to General Johnston, and the latter is perfecting arrangements to attack Gen. Grant's rear. Generals Price, Marmaduke, and Kirby Smith are combining to get to some point on the banks of the Mississippi, and will probably make an attempt to take Milliken's Bend and stop navigation. Chickasaw Bayon, June 29, via Cairo, July 3. A gentleman from the front reports everything in statu quo. Operations continue against the rebel works, but the firing is better than that two days ago. The rebels still dispute our hold on Fort Hill. Col. Melanchthon Smith died of his wounds yesterday. Colonel Hansville was mortally wounded by a grenade while entering the fort. Johnston's advance is said to be a few miles from our outer pickets