A letter from Washington, received by one of our merchants
yesterday, states that the most positive information had been received from the
vicinity of Memphis, that immense quantities of cotton throughout that section
of country have been destroyed and it is now beyond question that the long
decided plan of the rebels is being put into active execution.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, May 1, 1862, p. 1
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