| From the Vicksburg Whig |
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| April 28, 1863 |
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| Jackson |
| April 27th, 1863 |
| The 5th and 7th Illinois and the 2nd Iowa
Cavalry, from Fifteen Hundred to Two Thousand men, with One Battery of
Six Pounders, entered Hazlehurst at 12:00 o'clock today. The Jackson
Train {New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern
RR} arrived a few minutes after. The Engineer was fired at,
backed the Train and escaped. Colonel Grierson commands the
expedition. ***** |
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