The Volunteers and Regulars in the War Compared
A critique of Gen Scott claims volunteers, especially from Louisiana and Georgia, outperformed regulars in discipline and endurance. The piece notes volunteers’ cool daring at Oloklikaha and their steadiness, while alleging regulars drank and fractured camp order. It argues volunteers deserved higher regard and questions Scott’s praise of the regulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotr
Louisiana
Georgia
Scott
Oloklikaha
Gerd Orler
Fort Crane
Dr. Hot- Lane
St. Marys
Micanopy
Generous Volunteers Contrast With Road Troops in Official Letter
The piece laments the disgrace of road troops compared to volunteers and condemns General Scott and the Army’s leadership. It argues many Georgians and other Southern states, with lawmakers and officers among them, would have faced peril for honor and duty. The authors promise further discussion of the issue.
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Scott
Drowning of Wartford children near Savannah River in 1836
An Augusta reader reports two Wartford boys Wn Hartford about 12 and Henry 9 drowned while bathing on the Georgia side of Campbethon Percy near the Savannah River. A passerby tried to save them but the current proved fatal. The bereaved mother is described as a distressed widow.
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Hsxyne Wantronn
Elizabeth Wartford
Warrisburg
Savannah
Georgia
Hartford
Henry
William
Seminole War Shifts to Middle Florida Report
A dated May 10 1836 letter describes Seminole raids extending into Middle Florida after Gen Scott disbanded Volunteers and weak Regulars. It notes attacks on Tadge Randall's plantation and St Marks, burning of A R Murray Estate houses, plunder elsewhere, and widespread alarm among residents with distressing rumors affecting women.
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Taccanasset
Middle Florida
Scott
East Florida
Tadge Randall
St. Marks
A. R. Murray
N. E
Steamer Cherokee Brings Major Cooper’s Battalion
The Steamer Cherokee with Capt. Peck arrived last evening carrying Major Cooper and three battalion companies from Black Creek. They left Fort Drane on the 11th. Hostilities nearby saw Indian thefts of volunteer horses and a nighttime volley. The two remaining Major battalion companies returned home via Darien. Gen. Clinch has resigned and rode as a passenger to St Marys.
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Cherokee
Peck
Cooper
Black Creek
Putnam State Fencibles
Meriwether
Hancock Blues
Brown
Morgan Guards
Foster
Fort Drane
Darien
Clinch
St. Marys
Savannah
Maritime movement and departures in Savannah
Lists steamers and ships, names captains, cargo, and destinations, including tugboats Tugalo and George Washington, steamers Eli Whitney and Wm Seabrook, and arrivals at Augusta and Baltimore. Notes departures on May 16 to Savannah and New Hanover, with cargoes of cotton and merchandise.
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Savannah
Eli Whitney
Herding
York
Adriatic
Rogers
Boston
New Hanover
Carty
Philadelphia
Shearer
Worcester
Jamalson
Pandora
Sheppard
Providence
Abigail Richmond
Micgins
Bedford
Sehr
Martha
Norris
Orleans
Wm Seabrook
Dubois
Chaleston
Duncan McArea
Freeland
Augusta
Susannah Cumming
Patterson
Baltimore
Sprague
Orleane
Howell
New York
Pettingal
Georgia
Craig
Ausgusta
Maritime Ship Movements in Atlantic Trading Ports
A fragmented report lists vessels and routes including the steam packet Wm Seabrook Dubois from Savannah via Beaufort and Edisto, the barque George Canning from Liverpool, and ships Moran Havre Clansman Scott Greenock with ties to New York and Philadelphia. It notes multiple ports such as Havre St Jago de Cuba and Havana, with several named captains and consignments.
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Cuantistox
Martha
Greaton
Havre
Hanter
Bonny
Matanzas
Star
Ireland
Philadelphia
Sehrs
John Calhoun
Cruse
St Jago de Cuba
Friendship
Leaming
Newhern
Eliza
Dearborn
Alexandria
Alonzo
Meekins
St Augustine
Hudson
Florida
Moran
Clansman
Scott
Greenock
ST Allen
Wilson
York
George Canning
Gibbs
Liverpool
Krigs Courier
Hull
Delaware
Habanero
Dowling
Havana
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Willey
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R Hall
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L Hall
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J Kent
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King
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Barrett
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Bryan County
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Henry G. Ouven
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