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The Chattanooga Daily Rebel
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
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Kentucky Senator receives letter reporting Confederate seizures of two enemy steamers on Cumberland River opposite Canton on 14th ult., saving cargoes and destroying vessels; river held to Russellville; Baldwin at Bowling Green on 22nd; Bragg and Kirby Smith nearing Louisville for imminent capture.
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One of the Senators from Kentucky has received a letter which states that on the 14th ult., Colonel Woodward with his rangers, seized two of the enemy's steamers on the Cumberland, at a point opposite to Canton. The valuable cargoes were saved and the steamers destroyed.
The Cumberland River was in our possession from the Kentucky line to Russellville, in Logan county.
Baldwin on the 22d, was at Bowling Green, on the Green River. Bragg and Kirby Smith were before Louisville, with the expectation of taking it very soon.—Richmond Enquirer.
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Kentucky, Cumberland River Opposite Canton, Russellville In Logan County, Bowling Green On Green River, Louisville
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14th Ult., 22d
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A Kentucky Senator received a letter stating that on the 14th ult., Colonel Woodward and rangers seized two enemy steamers on the Cumberland opposite Canton, saved cargoes, and destroyed the vessels. The Cumberland was held from Kentucky line to Russellville. On the 22d, Baldwin was at Bowling Green. Bragg and Kirby Smith were before Louisville, expecting to take it soon.