The Memphis Avalanche, of a late date says:
As we have said, again and again, the enemy’s great blow will be struck in his attempt to gain command of this valley. If Columbus and Memphis should fall, he will have uncontrolled sway over two thousand miles of the richest agricultural region in the world, extending from the Lakes of the North to the Gulf of the South. He can move his gunboats and transports at will – not five miles per day, as he now moves his army on land, but fifty or one hundred miles per day. He will garrison towns as he goes, with troops enough to keep down all opposition. He will thus penetrate the heat of our cotton and sugar region, and it will be no ordinary task to drive him from it.
We visited the Lincoln soldiers, now prisoners of the confederate government in this city, yesterday evening, and found that all seemed as cheerful as men will could, situated as they now are. Their quarters were comfortable, and they said they had plenty to eat and warm places to sleep. Captain Saffarans spares nothing that will satisfy them.
A large amount of cotton has been shipped from this port to – we don’t know where – but we hope to a haven of safety; and especially do we hope so, if the owner don’t think Memphis is the safest!
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, March 15, 1862, p. 2
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