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Grenville Dodge: “Captured one hundred and fifty prisoners, one thousand head of horses and mules, and an equal number of cattle, hogs…”

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Captured one hundred and fifty prisoners, one thousand head of horses and mules, and an equal number of cattle, hogs, and sheep; also one hundred bales of cotton, besides keeping the whole command in meat for three weeks.
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Dodge reports on the successful capture of enemy supplies and livestock, bolstering his forces.

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