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Reported engagement between Gen. McCulloch's force and 14,000 Federalists — Brilliant victory.

Memphis, Tenn., July 15.
--News reached here from Little Rock, on yesterday, (via Pocahontas,) that Gen. McCulloch, with 12,000 men, had attacked 14,000 Federals at Springfield, Mo., killing 900 of them, and the balance of the Federal force surrendered unconditionally.

In the engagement 200 Southerners were killed.

The Daily Dispatch: July 17, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 17, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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