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The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], The torpedo trial in Charleston harbor — further particulars. (search)
Handsome Affair in Louisiana. Alexandria, La., Oct. 6th, via Jackson, Oct. 10 --On the 29th ult. General Tom Green surprised a Yankee force of two thousand men, who had left their gunboats and encamped on the Bayon Fordoche, east of Atchafalaya. He killed at least one hundred of them, captured four hundred and sixty-one, and drove the rest to their gunboats. He also captured two 12-pounder Parrott guns.--Among the prisoners are a large number of commissioned officers, including two Lieutenant-Colonels. Our loss was small. The prisoners arrived here to-day. The above is official.