THOMAS C. FLETCHER ARKANSAS POST. Extracts from Admiral Porter's Journal. Sherman and I had made arrangements to capture Arkansas Post. On the 31st of December, while preparing to go out of the Yazoo, an army officer called to see me, and said that he belonged to General MeClernand's staff, and that the general was at the mouth of the Yazoo River, and desired to see me at once. I sent word to the general that if he wished to see me he could have an opportunity by calling on board my flag-ship.

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