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The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Advance of the Yankees in the Valley. (search)
Confederate Victory in Louisiana Mobile, Nov. 19. --A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Register, dated Tangipahoa, 16th inst., says: A letter received from a member of Gen. Green's Staff announces the defeat of two Yankee columns in Louisiana. General Franklin's division encountered a portion of General Dick Taylor's army; under General Green, near Alexandria, on the 5th instant. After a stubborn fight the Yankees were routed with the loss of their stores and six hundred prisoners. General Weitzell's division is reported to have been routed by General Taylor near Opeloushec. The expedition is said to be abandoned. A portion of the troops have returned to Port Hudson and Baton Rouge.
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Trans-Mississippi. (search)
on, Texas, gives the annexed news: Investigations are being made into the alleged cotton brands in Texas. No discoveries have yet been made, though it is believed there will be such, implicating several agents of the Government, it not officials. Public meetings are being held all over Texas, and serious revival of patriotism is in progress. Gov. Lubbock, Col. J. A. Wilcox, Judge Gray, Col. W. Carter, Judge Oldham, and Gen. Gano, are the principal speakers. The Yankee General Franklin, with a force said to number 22,000, has been for several weeks slowly advancing from Vermillion, La., in the direction of Alexandria, on Red river. At this date his force is divided, one section being at Opelousas and the other at Washington. Alexandria is threatened; but, unless heavily reinforced, the Federal will hardly be able to reach that point, for Gen. Dick Taylor, with his force, is in a position to oppose their advance much further in that direction. A battle at or near Mo