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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1864

Page

2

Blockade actions and captures off Wilmington and Cape Fear River

Civil War era dispatch describes Union naval operations. The Sassacus destroys the Wild Dayrell and Nutfield after chase. The Dee and Fannie and Jennie are abandoned and burned. crews captured or drowned. The Emily is fired and destroyed. several prizes are sealed for adjudication. Commanders Rowe, Crosby, and Spicer lead the vessels in action.

WastlingTon Giddings Congress Secretary of State Messrs Perkins and Stephens Redpath Seward Secretary of Bates New York Canada Montreal United States Lord Lyons Governor General of Suspension Bridge Chase Gen. Canby Secretary of War Pacific House of Representatives Messrs Schenck Deining Kernan Senate Wilson Grimes Nesmith Hale Leroy G. Edwards Norfolk W. J. Cowing Virginia State Journal Navy Department Lee Minnesota Newport News Wilmington Wild Dayrell Nutfield Dee Emily Fannie Jennie Sassacus Rowe New Inlet Bermuda Black Stump Inles Dayrell New River Inlet Neille Whitworth Cambridge Masonboro Spicer G. F Bier U. S Florida Masonboro Inlet Crosby Coxsetter J. F. Keeler Nassau

Civil War Dispatches Move Across Mississippi Frontier

Eye witness letter from Vicksburg reports Gen McPhersons corps crossing the Big Black River near Vicksburg on the 7th and Gen Hurlbuts parallel crossing at Messenger's Ford above the pontoons. Iron clads aim for Granada to aid Smiths cavalry against Forrest near Canton. Missouri legislature adjourns sine die.

Granada Smith Forrest Canton Bishop Polk Nashville New York City Sherman Jackson Leavenworth New Mexico Kit Carson de Chelle Goodwin Arizona Little Rock Alabama Murphy Memphis Holly Springs Missouri

Union officers escape Libby prison twenty six reach Fortress Monroe

Twenty six Union officers escaped Libby prison on the tenth and reached Fortress Monroe on February Sixteen. They include Col. W P Kendrick 3d Tennessee cavalry Lieut Col Geo G Davis 4th Maine Lieut Alexander Von Weitzel 7th Pennsylvania and others with several more recaptured.

Monror Libby W. P. Kendrick Tennessee Cavalry Geo. G. Davis Maine Alexander von Weitzel Pennsylvania J. F. Boyd Massachusetts J. O. Collins Indiana G. W. Fitz- Simmons N. S. McKean 21St Finois Isaac N. Johnson 6Th Kentucky Cavalry W. S. B. Rundell Ohio R.G. Bradford D. J. Jones 1St Kentucky Infantry

Robbery at New York Custom House and War News

A clerk from Sturgis Bennett & Co was robbed of a bag with 5000 in gold at the Custom House. The 27th Massachusetts regiment arrived in New York on their way back to the seat of war. A man was killed near Stamford when struck by a train. A gale and snowfall affected the city with temperatures dipping to 20. The French corvette Phligston and steamer Fulton news anchor the day alongside burning reports.

Music Hall George Thompson England America Congress District of Columbia Friends of Human Liberty James G. Birney Lincoln South Great Britain North Union Haiti Liberia London Manchester Union Emancipation Societies Friends of Secession Thompson House of Lords Lord Campbell Justice House of Commons Lindsay Roebuck Beresford Hope Gregory Ireland Joseph Barker Hiram Fuller Devonshire Street Portland Place Friends of Freedom Court of St. James Alabama Friends of America John Stuart Mill Nichol Glasgow Goldwin Smith Baptist Noel John Bright Washington Senate Oregon Harris Lane Kansas Texas Cowan Wilson Davis United States House Dawes Massachusetts James M. Johnson Arkansas Committee On Col. Johnson Maryland Boutwell Kernan New York Johnson Committee On Elections Reconstruction Select Committee On Reconstruction Internal Revenue Sturgis, Bennett & Co Custom House Seat of War Springfield Stamford Phligston Fulton Port Royal Samuel W. Mason Boston Ierald Palmetto Herald N. Y Lake Shore Cano 13Th Wisconsin Infantry Nashville Citizens

Record of frigid temperatures across multiple cities

The report logs extreme cold across numerous U S and Canadian locations on February 16. Readings show temperatures from thirty-five below to forty-five above with winds and snow in several cities including Milwaukee Rockford Denver City and Cleveland.

To.levo Fes Derriok CuicaGco Fra Muscatine Dres Zanesville Milwaukee Fre Omaha Nebraska St. Paul Manison Lacrosse Denver City Sat Lake City Cleveland

Tuesday Stock Market Notes and Prices

A muted money market with steady rates and limited mercantile credit. Demand for loans remains steady, while stock activity is brisk and many orders await current quotations. Public confidence in republican stability supports continued interest in railroad bank factory land and mining shares. Closing quotes include Coupon Sixes 110, Seven Thirties 1103, and Minnesota 73 per share.

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