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Fight in Alabama.

Mobile, May 4.
--The telegraph operator at Tangipahoa reports a fight at Olive Branch yesterday between 1,500 Federals and Scott's cavalry, 800 strong. The fight lasted eight hours. The enemy were driven across Thompson's creek. No loss reported. The Confederates are reinforcing, and the fight will probably be resumed to-day.

The Daily Dispatch: May 5, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. May 5, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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