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Official report of Van-Dorn's fight.

Chattanooga, March 6.
--The following official dispatch of Van-Dorn's late engagement has been received. The fight took place at Thompson's Station, and not at Franklin, the enemy making the attack:

Tullahoma, March 2.--To Col. B. S. Ewell: The enemy attacked Van-Dorn yesterday at Thompson's Station, between Columbia and Franklin.--He drove them back handsomely, and captured five regiments of infantry, 2,200 officers and men. Our loss not yet reported.

[Signed.] Braxton Bragg.
The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 7, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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