Insurance swindle warning and war news roundup
A critical notice exposes the National Bounty Insurance Company scam run from 69 Wall Street, urging authorities to close the trap and warning families of soldiers. The column also reports shinplaster disputes, political candidate moves, military appointments, riverfront fortifications, and a Fremont sword tribute with a mass torchlight procession in St Louis.
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Rebels Driven from Snicker's Gap in Sharp Engagement
The dispatch from Snicker's Gap reports Union forces under McClellan gaining full possession after a clash with Confederate cavalry. Hancock arrived to find the enemy driven off by a column of 5,000 to 6,000 infantry. Jackson and A P Hill are said to be in the valley opposite as Pleasanton advances.
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Snicker’s Gap
Hancock
Jackson
A. P. Hill
Terrible Condition of Gen Lee's Army Reported
A Tribune letter from Williamsport dated October 27 describes conditions at Gen Kenley's headquarters with army sickness in Winchester. The writer reports rampant smallpox and typhoid, daily deaths in the dozens, and unburied corpses in one area. Also noted is Gov Montomw appointing Dr C J Wood Sanitary Agent for Indiana at Louisville to aid soldiers in Kentucky.
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the Tribune
Williamsport
Richmond
Montomw
Indiana
Louisville
Kentucky
Lexington
Cumberland
Blue Grass
Bragg
Holloway the Advertiser Who Promoted Global Remedies
An 1837 start by Thomas Holloway built a vast advertising empire for Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The piece traces rising yearly outlays, from £5000 to £49,000 in 1862, translating medicine into a worldwide reputation with royal and diplomatic ties, including Siam ambassadors visiting London.
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Rosie
Hottoway
Thomas Houtowar
Thomas Holloway
British Isles
Mr. Holloway
India
Holloway
Siam
London
England
Hadikat al Akbar
Beyrout
Naval actions destroy rebel salt works near Fernandina
Uniform gunboats Somerset and Tahoma recently destroyed rebel salt works near Fernandina, Florida, yielding about 250 bushels per day. An armed party resisted, wounding three Union men, two seriously, before dispersal. A rebel policy aims to lure Union forces inland after retreating along the Potomac.
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Somerset
Tahoma
Termina
Fernandina Railroad
Florida
Richmond
Potomac
Bureau
State Department
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Indiana
Wilmington
North Carolina
Mer. Lyons
Congress
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