1862 Newspaper, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA submitted by Charlotte ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY GAZETTE AND COMET. VOL. XLV. NO. 2. BATON ROUGE LA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1862. We learn that Col. H. W. All?n of the of the 4th Louisiana Regiment, who was so dangerously wounded at the battle of Baton Rouge is rapidly recovering, thanks to the care and skill of Dr. Martin and may soon be expected to take command of his brigade, as the gallant Colonel has been promoted to a Brigadier Generalship.. Certainly it could not have been bestowed upon a worthier or more competent officer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ By a general order from the War Dapartment, Major-General John C Pemberton has been appointed to the command of a new department, composed of the State of Mississippi and that part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi river. Medical purveyers are to seize all medical supplies held by speculators. General Pemberton was recently stationed at Charleston and Savannah.