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The Nevada Democrat
Nevada City, Nevada County, California
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A dispatch from St. Louis confirms reports of Federal troops attacking New Orleans, with belief that the city has been taken. Confederate troops from Columbus, Kentucky, were sent to defend it. Harbors of Charleston and Savannah are closed by sunken vessels, strengthening the blockade.
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A dispatch to the S. F. Herald, from St. Louis, published in another column, is confirmatory of the report that New Orleans had been attacked by the Federal troops, and the belief in St. Louis was that the city had been taken. The news agent at St. Louis was evidently of the opinion that the Federals were in possession of New Orleans, but in consequence, probably, of the great expense in telegraphing, he does not relate the "circumstantial evidence" which "seems to substantiate the report." The intelligence was doubtless received indirectly from the Confederate troops occupying Columbus, Kentucky, some of whom, according to another dispatch, had been sent down the river to assist in defending New Orleans. With New Orleans in possession of Federal troops, and the harbors of Charleston and Savannah effectually closed by sunken vessels, foreign governments will hardly consider it worth while to attempt to break the blockade.
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New Orleans
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belief that new orleans had been taken by federal troops; harbors of charleston and savannah closed by sunken vessels
Event Details
Dispatch from St. Louis confirms report of Federal troops attacking New Orleans, with opinion that Federals are in possession. Intelligence from Confederate troops in Columbus, Kentucky, some sent to defend New Orleans. With city in Federal hands and harbors closed, breaking blockade unlikely.