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The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the Trans Mississippi.--speculations about Grants army. (search)
in heavy loss to us. The attempt to take that point, when another would have been equally as good, is thought to have been a blunder. However this may have been, the movement originated in the necessity felt for the relief of Vicksburg. The place, as the event shows, could not have been held, and we have, therefore, only to regret the loss of men incurred. Gen. Price maintained his ancient renown, and all our troops behaved well Brigadier Generals Parsons and Fagan won new laurels, and Gen Holmes has the credit for much gallantry on the field. The loss will be repaired as speedily as possible, and all things put in readiness for further operations. The news from Missouri is that the people remain true to the Southern cause, only awaiting an opportunity to rise against the invaders. Gov. Reynolds, of that State, is here, doing whatever is in his power to further the interests of the Confederate cause in and out of the State. Everything referring to Missourian, or affecting t