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The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Expedition from New Orleans moved off. (search)
ght to ten thousand men, and from the position he occupied it is supposed he will attempt to make a diversion in the roar of his position. The main force, under Gen. Banks is moving by river, on transports, and numbers from seventeen to twenty thousand. The gentlemen who give us this information regard the movement as having commenced in earnest, and make up their opinions from personal observation. The attack will probably be made by the combined land and naval forces of the enemy. Farragut refused to attack the batteries with his fleet, unless supported by a land force, declaring it would be a useless sacrifice to do so. The transport fleet, therefore, accompanied his fleet of war and mortar vessels. On Friday morning last the only vessels left behind were the Hartford, (flagship,) Mississippi, and Pensacola. The Mississippi cannot participate in the movement, but the others will probably move up the river. Our informant says the mass of the Federal troops are dispirited,