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The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Expedition from New Orleans moved off. (search)
The Expedition from New Orleans moved off. The Jackson Mississippian thinks there can no longer be any doubt that the movements of the Federal commander in Louisiana against Port Hudson have commenced. It says: Gentlemen who left New Orleans on Friday last inform us that the last steamer from New York brought cut orders to General Banks to make the movement without delay, and active operations were at once commenced General Waltz I had been reinforced until his command numbers from eight to ten thousand men, and from the position he occupied it is supposed he will attempt to make a diversion in the roar of his position. The main force, under Gen. Banks is moving by river, on transports, and numbers from seventeen to twenty thousand. The gentlemen who give us this information regard the movement as having commenced in earnest, and make up their opinions from personal observation. The attack will probably be made by the combined land and naval forces of the enemy. Fa