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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1864

Page

2

Grant leads the Union to victory a regiment at a time

The telegraph notes Grant conquers Rebel forces piece by piece as mining shares rise with his move into operating. Reports tell of ongoing campaign, notable deaths, and public notices amid wartime chatter and political conjecture.

Pleasants Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Ninth Corps Grant Telegraph Duke of Marlborough Victoria Albert

Rebels retreat as Union forces pursue in Pennsylvania

Reports from Harrisburg detail Confederate raiders retreating from Bedford direction while Gen. Couch reconnoiters western Pennsylvania to fortify border counties. Averill engages the raiders near McConnelsburg, driving them south as trains run toward Hagerstown.

Harrisburg Bedford Couch Maryland Cadwallader Hagerstown Chambersburg Averill McConnelsburg Baltimore Gettysburg Potomac

Petersburg Losses and North Carolina Election News

The dispatch notes six artillery pieces seized at Petersburg though uprooted from ruins, 350 prisoners taken, and Governor Vance reelected in North Carolina. Early claims victory at Kearnstown and Maryland. Burnside slightly wounded while rallying troops. Harder and Connecticut carry sick and wounded from City Point. Col. Curtin reportedly killed. death of General Sherman’s father. 7-30 loan receipts reach 1,506,800 for the day. Bermuda will carry mails for the West Gulf squadron.

Foster Ames James River N. Y. Tribune Petersburg Hancock Sheridan the James Grant Proto 13Th Turner Bunker Hill Monument Warren Austerlitz Hunt Cutler Ayres Grant Meade Burnside 14Th N. Y Ludlie New York Richmond Vance North Carolina Early Kearnstown Maryland Washington Evening Star U. S Bermuda Philadelphia West Gulf

Money Market Outlook and Bond Prices on Monday Afternoon

Money remains easy to borrow at six percent with ample bank credit for first class loans. Commercial paper is scarce for inferior names. Stocks steady. government securities in demand. Mentioned prices include American Gold 253 Sterling 278 and various bonds and shares across regional issuers.

NEW York Stock and Money Market First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Cumberland Coal Company Sinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad Pennsylvania Coal Company Reading Railroad Hudson River Railroad Canton Coal Company Erie Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Eere Central Railroad Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Chicago and Northwestern Railroad American American Gold Illinois Central Railroad Canton Company Tennessee New York Weekly New York State and Western State Hoop Ohio Western Southern Canada Chicago Milwaukee Naval Sterling Exchange U.S Western Railroad Worcester Providence Maine Copper Falls Isle Royale Huron Phoenix Albany Boston U. S United States

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