. . . he New Orleans Crescent met the inevitable Wigfall, of Texas, on the street, and ventured to ask him if there was any news. “No,” said Wigfall, “I don’t believe we have been whipped since dinner; I expect though, to hear of another defeat in the next five minutes.”
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 2, 1862, p. 2
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