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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1863

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Arrival of the Forty-second Regiment at Boston Home

The Forty-second Regiment under Lieut. Col. Stedman arrived in Boston about 5 a.m. after leaving Nov. 19 in Boston, with the Commodore ship running ashore near Point Judith in a fog. Three men died on the passage and several officers remain prisoners at Huntsville, Texas. Mayor Lincoln welcomed the troops at Faneuil Hall, praising their service and promising honors from Roxbury Dorchester and other towns. An escort procession moved to the State House and the Common, where a ten day furlough was granted before muster out.

Stedman Providence Boston Point Judith City of Newport Burrell New Orleans New York Fisher Poole O. Day Huntsville Texas Faneuil Hall Lincoln Seat of War Massachusetts Liberty Republic Roxbury Dorchester Commonwealth Old Galveston Cowdin Roxbury Company Senator Morgan Robinson Gen Wool United States War Department Fellowing Messrs Morgan and Robinson Department OF the East New Yor Horatio Seymour Roanoke Hampton Roads Brooklyn Pennsylvania Alabama Joan E. Woor Messare Congress Atlantic Rhode Island Washington Col. Fry Kings County Morgan Newark Odell Kalbfleich Union

Resignation Rumors Hit General Meade and Army Reorganization

Washington dispatch reports Gen Meade has again offered his resignation and that Gen Grant may succeed him. Army of the Potomac to be reorganized with new field commanders. Gen Patrick to lead a division. Conscripts arrive, many substitutes among dth Corps. Guerillas from Fairfax and Loudon captured. deserters rounded up. Paroled prisoners cited: rebels over 35,000, Union under 18,000.

Meade New York Ave the Herald Washington Grant Army of the Potomac Patrick Col. Sharpe Dth Corps Rappahannock Belle Plain Richmond Mosby Warrenton Fairfax Loudon Invalid Corps Army of the

Speeches and Letters of Wendell Phillips Critique

Boston Post surveys James Redpath edition of Speeches Lectures and Letters by Wendell Phillips from 1837 to 1863. It condemns Phillips and Garrisonian anti law agitation as disloyal, praising Washington era statesmen and urging return to constitutional obedience and reform through lawful means.

James Redpath Wendell Phillips Lovejoy Garrison Republican Association New York William Lloyd Garrison Phillips Auguste Compte Carlyle Sims Baker Maryland Daniel Webster Parson Dewey

Proclamation by Gen Meade on railroad depredations

Gen Meade orders arrests and possible conscription of citizens along the Orange and Alexandria railroad for depredations by both citizens and disguised rebels. Civilian responsibility extends to property damage with potential impressment of laborers. Followup reports note several arrests of suspects.

Gen. Meade New York

Richmond News Outlook in Confederacy Despatch

A Times Washington despatch reports Richmond’s scarcity and rising prices with coal at 80 per ton while gold trades at a 1300 percent premium. It notes weak Confederate troop reinforcements from Richmond, Lee’s army across the Rapidan, and reorganizations including the 4th and 7th Army Corps being discontinued and redistributed to other corps under Gen. Foster.

New York Ave Times Washington Richmond Charleston Lee D. H. Hill Army of the Potomac the Rapidan Rappahannock War Department 4Th Army Corps 7Th Army Corps Sth Corps Foster

The Attack on Charleston Fort Wagner Renewed

A Hilton Head letter to the Times reports rapid progress toward renewing the assault on Fort Wagner with high confidence among officers and sailors that Charleston will fall before summer’s end. Gen Gillmore has placed heavy guns on the line, trench work continues, and Morris Island reinforcements have arrived, signaling a tougher test for the enemy in the next engagement.

Charleston New York Hilton Head the Times Fort Wagner Gillmore Morris Island

Journey to Vicksburg by Gen Banks Reported

A Times letter details Gen Banks’s easy march to Vicksburg with Gen Grant meeting him there on the 1st. At Natchez a rebel threat arose but Union forces nabbed about sixty who planned bridge arson. A cavalry raid from Natchez traveled 140 miles, burning railroad cars and locomotives, destroying sugar and molasses at Woodville, and wrecking a large woolen mill worth over a million dollars. They also captured thirty five prisoners and many horses and muskets.

Phillips Garrison New York South Virginia Old Dominion Mississippi the Times Gen. Banks Vicksburg Banks Gen. Grant Natchez Woodville Bayou Sara C.S. A

The Object of the War in Northern Press View

The Portland Press argues emancipation must be a practical fact, not abstract legality, and that Lincoln cannot recall his pledge. It asserts peace requires immediate slave emancipation, while Maine’s paper supports constitutional unity and equal rights without conquest. Kentucky voices Union Democracy with these limits.

Portland Press Abolition Maine Kentucky Union

Abolitionists Mocked in Harrisburg Telegraph

The Harrisburg Telegraph argues the no party professions of the Abolitionists lack respect and suggests it would be better for Lee to establish himself in Harrisburg than Woodward winning the governorship. Judge Woodward urges defeating Lee to keep the state free from invasion.

Harrisburg Penn Lee Pennsylvania Woodward Mexico

Emancipation by Gradual Steps in Slavery Debate

The Troy Whig argues against instantaneous abolition as harmful to both whites and blacks. It calls for a gradual policy of emancipation based on careful preparation and economic adaptation, warning against shocks to society and focusing on long-term, staged reform.

Troy N. Y

Supplement to a Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures 1863

A London edited scientific dictionary supplement edited by Robert Hunt with 700 wood engravings. New York Appleton Lee & Shepherd 1863. Praises exhaustive topics definitions and practical utility for science and industry.

Arz London Robert Hunt F. R F. S.S Government School of Mines, &c New York Appleton & Co Broadway Boston Lee & Shepherd Tere

Draft in New York to the President Demands Equitable Conscription

A call for an equitable conscription tests constitutionality in New York while addressing late riots and their causes. The request to suspend the draft temporarily is denied, framing debate on draft justice and public order.

State OF New York Albany United States Sim New York Brooklyn District of New York

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