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From our Special Correspondent
St. Louis, Oct. 11, 1863.
Thanks to somebody’s neglect the Rebel invasion of this State has assumed dimensions quite annoying if not important. Shelby, the leader of the Rebel forces, has possession of the Pacific Railroad from California Station twenty-four miles west of Jefferson City, and possibly Sedalia, its terminus, by this time is in his hands, His forces took possession of Tipton on Friday night, and yesterday morning moved eastward to California. The Lamine Bridge, one of the largest and most expensive in the West, has been burned by the vandals, the small guard defending it having fled at the first appearance of the Rebels.
Citation: New York Semi-weekly Tribune. 16 October 1863. Gift of Steven and Susan Raab.