| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| August 29, 1863 |
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| From Northern Newspapers |
| ***** Cavalry expeditions sent from Vicksburg and
Memphis met at Grenada — the object to capture or destroy the cars
and locomotives run there from Jackson by the rebels. The rebels were
on the lookout, and the cars were filled with fence rails,
ready to fire on the approach of our troops. The train was run over
the bridge across the Yallabusha, and the bridge burned. Fifty-seven
locomotives and four hundred cars were destroyed by the rebels. This
makes seventy seven locomotives and six hundred cars captured or
destroyed, as the direct result of the Vicksburg campaign. ***** |
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