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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Reported victory in Tennessee. (search)
Affairs in Mississippi. --It appears by a correspondent of the Jackson Mississippian that our forces under the veteran Gen Price have fallen back from Abbeville, as he speaks of the army being in Grenada on the 5th. The men were well clad, well abed, and in fine spirits — making the welkin ring with "Missouri Land." There was a brisk Debt at Oakland, on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad on the 3d inst., in which the Texas troops displayed their characteristic bravery, driving back the enemy, and capturing two pieces of artillery, although opposed by a large force. Oxford was the scene of a fierce cavalry combat on the 4th, in which Ballectine's cavalry did noble service. They held a position six hours, fighting as infantry, against an infantry force sent to support the Yankee cavalry, losing some 50 in killed and wounded in the affair. The affair at Coffeeville was a gallant Confederate victory. The enemy was whipped and driven back four miles, and their battery and ab