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The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Advance of the Yankees in the Valley. (search)
Confederate Victory in Louisiana Mobile, Nov. 19. --A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Register, dated Tangipahoa, 16th inst., says: A letter received from a member of Gen. Green's Staff announces the defeat of two Yankee columns in Louisiana. General Franklin's division encountered a portion of General Dick Taylor's army; under General Green, near Alexandria, on the 5th instant. After a stubborn fight the Yankees were routed with the loss of their stores and six hundred prisoners. General Weitzell's division is reported to have been routed by General Taylor near Opeloushec. The expedition is said to be abandoned. A portion of the troops have returned to Port Hudson and Baton Rouge.