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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
Thus the day passed, without food and in severe toil. Tuesday night came on raining, and so continued. On Wednesday morning some snow fell. At a place where some scows and oug-outs were found, a large party of the stragglers had collected, perhaps between two and three hundred, and here they crossed the lake. It was necessary to wade into the water to get to the scows, and there was immense disorder, all struggling to get aboard. After this, some further traveling brought the men to Obion river, which was crossed in a ferry; then Dyersburg was reached. Here our informant, and many others, got their first meal from the time of leaving the island. Men and women turned out and set before the escaped soldiers all they had in their houses, showing a warm hearted hospitality that speaks nobly for Dyersburg. From this place the travelers made their way to Bell's station, on the Ohio railroad, and reached Memphis yesterday morning. From St. Louis and Missouri. A gentleman wh