| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| July 27, 1863 |
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| Gen. Johnston's movements -- his next stand |
| The Montgomery Mail, of the 21st, says: |
| Brandon, the present headquarters of General Johnston, is in Rankin county,
and about fifteen miles east of Jackson. We do not believe that Sherman and Burnside will cross the Pearl
river, for they well know the defeat that awaits them if they march on
Brandon. If our conjectures are correct, they will fortify Jackson
and endeavor to establish a railroad communication between
New Orleans
and the Northwest, as well as by way of the
Mississippi river
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| We have conversed with an engineer who is
one of the general railroad superintendents of the Government, who
says that the loss of rolling stock is
not so great as represented by the Appeal. He says that the Yankees
have got the locomotives of the New Orleans & Jackson {New
Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR}, and a portion belonging to the
Central Mississippi
road Mississippi Central RR}, comprising is all about eighteen engines; that the balance of
the engines and the cars were brought away and are being distributed
wherever they are most required in all portions of the country. |
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