18 May 1861
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Algona Pioneer Press
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1861
Page
1
Ambrose A Call secretary announces Kossuth County Agricultural Society meeting at the County Clerk's office Altona on Monday, June 1881 at 2 PM. General attendance solicited by the society.
A Missouri excerpt recalls President Lincoln’s April 15 proclamation calling for troops to defend the capital and suppress rebellion. It notes Missouri Governor’s earlier pledge against sending men, yet highlights support from eastern Missouri, praises Frank P. Blair for backing Union, and reports broad war anxieties, bank failures, and calls to prepare for hardship as the nation slogs through tumult.
TL, rent, ab Thvington, has the ees assortment of goods, ever brought into, this section of the country. We would advise those wanting dry goods, groceries and other articles in his line to give him a call. When is a lover like a tailor? Ans. When he presses his suit.
Several ministers and a baritone choir plan a church project in town while bridge work proceeds. The Algona river bridge contract was let to Orange Minkler for 740 dollars and the Irvington bridge awarded to Samuel Reel for 784 dollars.
Dubuque papers report Camp Jackson captured by Capt. Lyon's U S Troops at St Louis. The camp's State troops were taken as prisoners of war after a surrounding operation. An offer to release on oath to support the Constitution was rejected by most, leaving about 800 prisoners. Lyon's men faced a mob return fire, with about twenty killed. Unionists in Missouri appear to have the inside track as about 10 000 men await orders to attack Cairo.
Under date of the Sthinet an essay contends Major Robert Anderson, famed defender of Fort Sumter, stands as a central, unpretending figure in Washington. The piece portrays him as self-reliant, composed, and marked by benevolence, while noting his wariness of public gaze and his firm faith in divine protection of the Union.
Private setter George H Brown aboard the Brooklyn dated Pensacola April 17 1861 describes landing seven hundred troops at Fort Pickens with provisions and munitions. The crew raised the new stars and stripes under cover of guns as rebels watched. More troops and horses arrived and a steamer brought supplies. Aimed at forcing surrender of the rebel navy yard and government property within four days.
In a dramatic night raid, Union troops captured three boat spies and towed them out to sea after detaining them ashore during a troop landing. The incident followed fierce talk of holding the harbor and echoed the broader push to secure military control along the Ohio department. Gen. Clelland of Ohio is named commander of the department of the Ohio as Ohio Indiana and Illinois subdivisions form. The President orders oath renewals for officers who joined before April and reports over 300,000 volunteers offering service. A large troop train reached Baltimore without incident and Maj. Rhett of South Carolina resigns from the Federal Army amid unsettled funds. Lewis C. Clephane is named postmaster at Washington.
A Harrisburg letter notes Traeper s Merry troops well armed and poorly provisioned fearing a clash with Federal forces while a high level battle is anticipated between Richmond and Washington in days. New York City troops will pass east to Baltimore via the Northern Central, and through Pennsylvania armed black passage requests are denied. In Missouri, rail and militia laws push for state control with conscription and oath requirements amid political strain.
Loursville May 9 the House, by 79 to 7, passed a regulation urging the Governor to provide the names of agents for arms purchases the amount, charter and number of arms bought and the disposition of them Senate support followed with Simpson proposing a proclamation to bar armed men from Tennessee or elsewhere from entering Kentucky. What comes next to an oyster The shell.
New York on May 10 reports a Charleston dispatch noting 76 cents per pound for corn and hay prices scarce for cattle. Southern troops are said to be better equipped with knives and revolvers. Richmond troops unpaid. Prices for pork and bacon cited, and Virginia North Carolina bonds low. Baltimore dispatch urges loyalty, blockading forces planned off Georgia and Virginia. Col. Faultleroy resigns. Ohio troops ordered to Zanesville opposite Wheeling. Frederick reports Mountain Forest burned near Harper's Ferry, 800 Kentuckians and Virginians encamped across the Maryland shore, fortifications rising, batteries at Jefferson Forks, trains paid to blow bridges, Virginians blamed in Washington County. Baltimore steamer line reports Virginians seized the small steamer Win. Selden cutting Old Point to Norfolk communications.
May 10 Louisville dispatches say 300 to 400 armed Black men from Owen County marched into a company and looted property. Whites tried to disarm them. several were killed. Governor Buckner sent to verify, with military readiness. City Council sustains mayoral veto on a 200000 armament fund. council approves 100000 for relief of the poor.
The operator ay Pauriot tulnsrap says she has been called to aid in quelling a negro insurrection in Owen and Anita counties Kentucky. Fears grow as reports say rebels are aided by white citizens. Locals gather forces, miners head to Louisiana for aid, and Captain dullss signals readiness to send men if needed. Our line to Patriot and Savey is down, cutting news to the district.
Detroit May 7 The military and volunteer rebel bill passes both houses without dissent. The military measure authorizes ten regiments to be enrolled by the Governor and transferable to Federal service by the President. The volunteer bill creates a relief fund for families of volunteers. The war town bill contemplates bonds of one billion dollars over twenty five years at seven percent. Legislature adjourns at noon.
Clinton Illinois volunteers march from town to the depot as residents Marshall Mosars Leonard Swett Davis Walden Hoge and others bid farewell. The Board of Supervisors appropriated 5000 for volunteer support amid wartime mobilization. Washington reports a two million loan to equip four regiments and armas purchases. Adjutant General Thomas notes about 30 oath refusals mostly due to family or business ties.
An advertisement praises a work on American slavery by Redpath, detailing vivid slave testimonies from Virginia to Georgia. It cites favorable reviews, notes the author’s vigorous writing, and offers copies by mail from New York publisher Buddion at 8 Spruce Street.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.