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New Orleans News and Indiana Civil War Dispatches
News reports from New Orleans describe Gen Butler’s order compelling payment from those who aided the rebellion or harmed the city’s trade, plus a $1,250,000 subscription and $342,000 assessed. A cavalry scout near Bowling Green engages rebels, with heavy fighting and losses. Marmaduke Green of Co D is killed delivering a message. The piece also notes paymaster additions, a legal tender ruling in Reynolds vs Bank of the State, reassignments in regimental officer pools, and various cavalry and supply actions across different theaters.
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New Orleans
New York
Butler
United States
Gibbons
Bowling Green
Mason
991
N.Y
Fredericksburg
Marmaduke Green
Co. D
Marmaduke
Jno. Parker
Geo. Golding
James McConnel
Sam. Shepherd
Wm. Shepherd
W. Meyer
Henry White
Amicus
Mason Daniel Mc €Ovner
Ohio
Michigan
Supreme Court of
Reynolds
Bank of the State
United States Treasury
Indianapolis
War Department
Cumberland Gap
14Th Kentucky
Camp Morton
Rose
Rippanee
Beriah Magoffin
Kentucky
John J. Fisk
Senate
James F. Robinson
Streawpoat Coxtiston
Potomac
Peabody
West Point