Show THE RED RIVER expedition shreveport Shreve portis Is the capital of caddo parish louisiana situated near the foot of caddo lake in the northwestern part of the state it la is finely located for business on the red river being surrounded by an exceedingly fertile planting region about thirty mies miles below the great raft taft some fifty fly thousand bales of cotton were annually shipped from this place before the war and a very large number of cattle from texas the town contains a 1 irge number of stores several steam mill mills by churches a printing office and a resident population of about three thousand since the rebellion shreveport has been an extensive depot for commissary and oher stores for the trans Mis mississippi sissi api confederate troop troops q and up to the time of the siege biege of vi vicksburg c k b for formed an important link to the chaia chain ha n of supplies ppl appl iea lea for the whole rebel army there is a military prison there which has at times contained a large number ot of federal captives of war wan it Is s two hundred and thirty miles from the mouth of the river from shreveport there runs a railroad westward to marshall texas and sixteen miles beyond making a line in all some sixty miles in length many years ago a route was projected to vicksburg which was completed comp leed from the latter place west as far as the river fiver ir 7 rma ima ma 1 said the pride of the family an urchin who had seen some seven summers do you know why our tom torn cat is like a poet ma didrich why 2 explained the precocious pet he go out moin moonlight light nights and invoke the meus mews 1 I say boy is there anything to shoot about here inquired a sportsman of aboy a boy be he met wel nothing just about here but the schoolmaster school master ia is down aown the hill yonder you can pop him over 21 |