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Daily State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Report from Cairo on May 31 details fighting at Young's Point: battle on Monday evening with burial of dead, renewed Tuesday morning. Sherman's shells hit the city; Banks' forces absent. 4,400 prisoners expected to arrive for transport to Indianapolis.
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Cairo, May 31—The dispatch boat New National from Young's Point on Tuesday afternoon has arrived.
There was fighting on Monday, from 6 to 9 P.M., when a cessation of hostilities took place—both parties burying their dead.
The battle was renewed on Tuesday morning, but no particulars have been received.
Few, if any, of the water batteries have been taken.
Shells from Sherman's siege guns fall into the city. They can be seen from the fleet.
Banks' forces have not arrived.
Forty-four hundred prisoners are expected to arrive here tonight. They will be sent to Indianapolis.
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Young's Point
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Monday And Tuesday, Reported May 31
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both parties burying their dead; forty-four hundred prisoners expected to arrive and be sent to indianapolis
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Dispatch boat New National arrived from Young's Point reporting fighting on Monday from 6 to 9 P.M. with cessation for burying dead, renewed Tuesday morning. Few water batteries taken. Shells from Sherman's siege guns falling into the city, visible from fleet. Banks' forces not arrived.