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The Daily Dispatch: June 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], Late from Louisiana--Banks, the commissary. (search)
borhood of Cheneyville, in the lower part of Rapids parish, that quite a skirmish occurred there last week with this portion of Gen. Banks's force. He was a witness to one portion of the fight. He says Gen. Mouton, with 1500 or 2000 cavalry, made a spirited attack upon the force accompanying the train, and, after several charges, routed the Yankees, broke up their organization, took a large number of them prisoners, and captured the whole train of wagons, horses, mules, and provisions. Gen. Monton's cavalry also secured the whole four thousand negroes that the enemy had taken from the parishes through which the army had passed. When our informant left the vicinity of Cheneyville General Mouton's cavalry were hourly bringing in prisoners, who had been routed and scattered by the fight. Gen. Banks proved an excellent commissary to the Confederates in the Shenandoah Valley, and he is now sustaining his good reputation in the Gulf Department. This is the second heavy train Gen.