Named Entity Results, Eastport (Mississippi, United States)

The recent affair at Eastport — a failure to cut off Forrest. The handsome "little" affair at Eastport, Mississippi, to have been a very astonishing one for the Yankees. They had organized a force to cut off Forrest, but, it appears, cut off a larger alice than they could well carry. A letter from that point gives the follEastport, Mississippi, to have been a very astonishing one for the Yankees. They had organized a force to cut off Forrest, but, it appears, cut off a larger alice than they could well carry. A letter from that point gives the following description of the failure. A pretty little affair transpired day before yesterday at Eastport, eight miles from here, which may be worth the telling. On the morning of that day, two gunboats and three transports, having on board some six thousand troops, infantry and artillery, steamed up to that place, with the intentEastport, eight miles from here, which may be worth the telling. On the morning of that day, two gunboats and three transports, having on board some six thousand troops, infantry and artillery, steamed up to that place, with the intention, it is supposed, of destroying the railroad and cutting off Forrest. They did not reach the road, and, unfortunately for them, they cut off more of Forrest than they could convincingly tote. It does not take much of him, you know, to make a full load for three times the came bulk of his enemy. Having thrown the cable of one