Rebel Prisons Retreat After Sharp Cavalry Action
Reports from Morris Island and Paris detail rebel cavalry setbacks and Union probes. Pegram’s command, 20th ult., and losses at Winchester and Cincinnati’s area are noted, with 375 enemy troops engaged and multiple bridges burned on the railroad south of Canton. Prison captures and local actions across West Tennessee and the Big River crossings are mentioned, including brief references to Gen. Pillow and Camp.
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Tussawl iv
Stuart
Jarnived
Mount Ster
Winchester
Col
Hatch
West Tennessee
Tennessee
Campbell
Ty Dun
Pillow
Paris
Nortet Commercial
Lexington T
Tancasiderabie
Stanford Bay
Ferry
Ciecingati
Cup Fisk
Catro
Jackson
Just
Canton
Ces
Bussey
Ptadisfantry
New Orleans
Combe Dixie Works
Jtev
Lomb
Grant
James Bagley
Mobile
New York
Wilming
Washington
Naseau
Alexandria
Rappahannock
Democrat
Madison
Vnt
Distrct
D. J. Pulling
Eb .E Sar
Not for the Union. Republican press pushing terms for rebel return
A Northern press chorus argues theUnion must be restored with rebels keeping their institutions and rejects abolitionist dictates. The piece quotes Gen Jackson on union affections, critiques abolitionist influence, accuses Republicans of disunion, and notes Maine Republicans nominating Samuel Coney amid party realignment. It also decries negro equality policies tied to prisoner treatment in wartime.
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North
Jeff Davia
Washington
Auch ' Aching
Gen Jackson
South
Maine
Issy
Samuel Coney
Cuney
N. A
Democratic Party
Baslow
Republican Party
Outrages on Private Property and Civil War Debates
A Corinth court martial acquits Lieut Ferdinand Owen for mutinous speech as Brig. Gen. Dodge condemns cavalry misconduct. The piece surveys war policy, emancipation debates, and Monroe doctrine era expansion, noting Canada refugees, draft exemptions, and political factions shaping the Union’s future. It includes editorials on abolition, manifest destiny, and slavery’s endgame amid the New England draft crisis.
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Owens
Corinth
Ferdinand Owen
Co. 1
10Th
Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
Dodge
Feckaany
Andrew
New England
Lincoln
Canada
Boston
Monroe Doctrine cited as guiding U S policy in 1863 address
The Monroe Doctrine is cited in a Congress address from 1863 as opposing any European attempt to recolonize the American continents. It emphasizes that the United States will not interfere in European wars, will oppose foreign meddling in the hemisphere, and supports independent nations in the Americas.
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Congress
Europe
Spain
Canning
Rush
London
England
United States
Monroe
America
Party loyalty and the role of parties in free government
A Republican editorial argues that parties, though imperfect, preserve liberty and enable opposition to check rulers. It cites May and England to claim government without party is despotic, and asserts parties are vital to representation and inquiry. The piece also notes a Washington correspondent and a Portland editor taking positions in loyalty movements.
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Republican
Counry
Republican Party
Great Britain
May
England
Charges on Fort Wagner by the Union Forces
The Morine Island dispatch describes an eight hour bombardment of Fort Wagner by Monitors and Ironsides, with fifty four land guns targeting the fort. Generals Sey mour Strong Stevenson and Colonels Putnam Montgomery command brigades including the 54th Massachusetts and 24 South Carolina as they storm the fort in night assault across Morris Island. The brigades push through heavy fire, seize parapets, engage in hand to hand combat, and suffer heavy officer losses, with many regiments depicted as brave and the assault ultimately failing to capture the fort.
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Fort Wagner
N. ¥. Tribune
Morine Island
Virginia
Seymour
Strong
Stevenson
Putnam
Montgomery
Morris Island
7Th New Hampshire
54Th Massachusetts
Shaw
South Carolina
Cal Montgomery
Department of the South
Morria Island
54Th Mass
6Th Conn
Chat
Wagner
Sumter
Cummings’ Point
64Th Massachusetts
Connecticut
48Th
New York
Plimpton
3D New Hampshire
Chatfield
Barton
Green
Jackson
Massachusetts
Maine
Hell
Bate
Vane
Higgingade
New Hampshire
Ohio
Sceele
Vorhees
100Th N
Donely
Cumming
Dark night assault at Fort Sumter and related iron works notes
A vivid account describes the brutal night battle at Sumter with darkness, heavy artillery, and close combat. It notes casualties, improvised defenses, and the efforts of Gen. Gilmore and aides under fire. The piece shifts to the Sweedes Iron Company history in Dodge County, its ore deposits, and plans to revive a rolling mill with Lake Superior ore, plus local economic optimism.
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Bryan Kilbourn
Edward M. Hunter
L. Rose
James D. Reymert
Charles E. Jenkins
Iron Ridge
Dodge Co
Prof. Daniels
Charles Jackson
Boston
James R. Chilton
Iron Company
Cleveland
Lake Superior
Bay de Noquet
Lake Michigan
Marquette
Lake Coast
Sweetes Iron Company
Religion and Politics in the Israelite of the 26th Century
An 1863 fragment discusses religion versus politics, praising a no politics motto amid war, noting clerical abstention to defend faith. It references Boston drafts, President visitors, and a Wisconsin editor Captain Stout's death, plus tax sale notices and county treasurer Michael Ames notices with invalidated survey lines and parcels for delinquent taxes.
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Cincinnati
Heaven
Hell
Israel
Alexander
Stout
N. L. Stow
3D Wisconsin Cavalry
Leavenworth
Kansas
Capt. Stout
Monroe
Stevens’ Point
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Topper
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Lemotrans Comention
Adt
C.ention
Logan
France
Mexico
India
Napoleon
Sam
Mr. Doodle
Cass
Patagonia
Long John Wentworth
House of Representatives
Ferney’s
New York Tribune
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Stanton
Weiles
Uher
Mavssis
Blair
Seward
Bates
Milwaukee News
Fearrou
Newburyport Herald
County Board of Supervisors
Beaver Dam
Burnet
Fox Lake
Chenier
Oak Grove
Trevien If
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Herman Lu
Hubbard
Lowell
Lombra
Rubicon
Williamstown
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Theresa
Hasti
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Lebanon
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Portland
Calamus
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Pasient
Springfield Republican
Loyal League
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Portland Press
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Ocean
Lighthouse Inlet
Ita Close
Gilmore
Col. Littlefield
4Th . C
Banister
Snyker
Paymastar
N Department
Manitora
the Sweedes Iron Company
Prince of Wales
Palestine
Whitehall Chapel
Stanley
Charahman
Poland
Mouraveriff
Wima
Saratoga
Newport
Long Branch
White Mountains
Salem
Marsachusette
Chatfield Democrat
Greely
John Brough
Ohe Republicane
Juneau
Michael Ames
QTATE
Wisconsin-Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Albert Plimpton
George A. Stephenson
John H Stephenson
Stile Frost
Adeniram Remick
John Porter
Minor Porter
Anid Court
Juphth Porter
Wisconsin
Measrn Smith & Ordway
Costa
Anguet
Germain
Dodge Co Wis
G. W. Buower
E Macixer
Dodge County Court
Iiner
Levi Ellis
Melisan Ellis
Sid
Jureau
Esase
Esidreal
Baver Dam Argus
Said County
Leonard Mertz
Arey Ver Pata
Huta
Reiver Dam
G. Lehrritter
Mnat
Farmers Bank
August Rudloff
Spring St
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