. . . as having withdrawn from Granada toward Jackson. The indications are that Pemberton’s forces are to be concentrated within supporting distance of Vicksburg, where a great battle will soon be fought, unless all signs fall. It is not likely that Vicksburg will be abandoned without a desperate struggle; and it is quite certain that the attack on that city will soon be made. Within a short time the question of opening the Mississippi and cutting the Confederacy in two will be decided.
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, January 3, 1863
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