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The battle in Mississippi.

Mobile, May 19

--The special reporter of the Advertiser and Register, under date of the 18th, at Jackson, furnishes the following particulars of Saturday's fight, received from the Adjutant of the 15th Mississippi regiment, from Canton last night. The battle was fought at Baker's Creek, about twenty miles west of Jackson. We whipped the enemy badly until he was reinforced from Jackson. Gen. Pemberton then fell back to Big Black bridge.--Gen. Pemberton estimates our loss at 3,000 and the enemy's three times as many. Gen Loring, on the left, was cut off, but cut his way through to Crystal Springs, twenty five miles south of Jackson. His loss is unknown Gen. Tighman was killed.

The Daily Dispatch: May 21, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. May 21, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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The battle in Mississippi.