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THE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION: Expedition Up the White River; Gen. Canby Dangerously Wounded by Guerrillas (11/15/1864)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/15/1864
Posted on 11/15/2024 6:51:15 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
ST. LOUIS, Monday, Nov. 14.
Information has been received here that Gen. CANBY, while ascending the White River on the gunboat Cricket, was shot by a guerrilla from the shore, on the 6th inst., and was seriously if not fatally wounded in the groin, the bullet passing through his body.
The steamer Darling passed Cairo on Saturday with 485 bales of cotton for Cincinnati, and the steamer Arago brought 330 bales to Cairo.
Later -- The Rumor About Gen. Canby Confirmed -- His Recovery Doubtful -- Capture of a Rebel Brigadier-General and One Thousand Cattle -- The Rebels under Magruder Attempting to Cross the River.
CAIRO, Sunday, Nov. 13.
The steamer Luna, from New-Orleans 5th, has arrived. She discharged a thousand barrels of pork at Memphis.
Thirteen transports were lying at the mouth of the White River.
A Surgeon, who attended Gen. CANBY, and who has arrived at Memphis, reports that his wound is very serious and his recovery doubtful. Gen. CANBY was on the deck of a gunboat, when he was shot through the back. The gunboat immediately turned back, and at last accounts was making all speed for Vicksburgh.
The steamboat Pauline Carroll was fired into at Rock island. A gunboat was shelling the woods at that place when the Luna passed.
The Luna brought several hundred bales of cotton, 100 bbis. of coffee. This coffee and 200 bales of the cotton are for Cairo, and the remainder of the cotton for St. Louis.
Several attempts to cross Texas cattle over the Mississippi River for HOOD's army have been frustrated by the gunboats. About 3,000 cattle, strongly guarded, had crossed the Black River, Col. FARRAR, commanding at Vidalla, started in pursuit of them, but the enemy, hearing of his movement, moved the cattle beyond the river. FARRAR, however,
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The Mississippi Division: Expedition Up the White River – 2
Dreadful Disaster: Explosion of the Boiler of the Steamer Tulip, of the Potomac Flotilla – 2
Gen. Sherman’s Army: Rebel Reports of His Movements – 2
The Chicago Conspiracy: More Plotters Arrested – 2-3
The Capture of the Plymouth: Official Reports of Admiral Porter and Commander Macomb – 3
Southern News: The Rebel War Department – 3-5
News from Washington – 5
Editorial: High Strategy, or the Rebel Way to Win Battles – 5-6
Editorial: Our Armies – The Foreign and Native Elements – 6
Confederate Confessions – 6-7
The Sanitary Commission – 7
Local Intelligence – 7
General City News – 7
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