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The Second day's fight.
official Dispatch from General Bragg.

The following is a copy of an official dispatch:

O' Banonville, (near Pensacola,) 6 o'clock, P. M. Nov. 23.--The bombardment has just ceased. It continued throughout the day, very deliberately, on both sides. We kept the ships at respectful distance, and Fort McRae has not suffered. Yesterday's damage has been mostly repaired. Col. Villepeigue is wounded in the arm by a fragment of a shell, but maintains his post manfully in command at Fort McRae. The town of Warrington is now on fire from hot shot. The Navy-Yard is not much damaged. There has not been a casualty during the day. Our troops are in the highest spirits, and our difficulty is to restrain them. Braxton Bragg.


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Macon, Ga., Nov. 24.
--A dispatch has just been received here from Capt. G. A. Smith, who is at the Water Battery, just below Fort McRae, in which he states that, in his company, seven were killed and eight were wounded. They received the fire for two days from Fort Pickens and from the fleet. The Macon boys are in one of the most exposed points. They have held out well thus far, and will not retire.

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