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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1861

Page

2

President's Message and Troop Pay Measures July 1861

The President will issue the message with reports from War Navy and Treasury. no decision on printing. General Order 38 outlines payment for volunteers serving over three months, muster rolls, and pay processes. Deserters are stricken including Maj. Albert Smith. medical boards may remove officers deemed unfit. Regiments reviewed. crossing efforts at Sheppardsford encounter guide errors. various troops concentrate near Williamsport and Hagerstown with anticipated river crossing and impending combat before the Fourth.

Secretary of War Cept Maury Carter S. Stevenson 5Th Infantry Lieut Dillon 6Th Infantry Albert J. Smith Key West Army United States Gilcher Quattleburn Massachusetts New Hampshire

Ripley Named Brevet Brigadier General of the Army

Washington dispatch reports Col. J W Ripley is appointed Brevet Brigadier General with general approbation. Marine Artillery of the First Rhode Island Regiment sails, destinations unknown. Fourteenth New York and Fourth Michigan plus Eleventh Massachusetts arrive in Virginia with horses and cars. Fremont lacks a command and hopes for activity soon. In New York, officials deny resignation rumors about Welles, with Chase undecided on his report. A war-steamer expedition to Mathias Point is rumored. Government plans no grand-scale battle before August. no advance on Richmond before September.

Massachusetts United States Gordon Couch Webster Briggs Newbury T. Lyman Pearson Middleboro Stephen Thomas Boston Edmund A. Walleston Lowell Eben James State Commissary Department Jonathan F. Plympton Henry J. Sweeney Andrew Sixteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers Camp Cameron North Cambridge New York Framingham Lexington Newton Waltham Gardner Banks George Meacham East Cambridge Samuel W.richardson Samuel McKeever George H. Howard Holliston J. M. Mason George L. Dunbar Cassander Flagg Groton Leander G. King W. H. H. Hines Wm. Metcalf Jeremiah Harrigan Charles R. Johnson Wm. A. Smith F. P. H. Rogers United States Service Edward A. Whiston Edwin Livermore Navy Ward Charleston Navy Yard Cumberland Fortress Monroe Husetts Cook Wm. B. Lawin Col. Jones Baltimore Grand Army of the Union Washington J. W. Ripley Ordnance Bureau Marine Artillery Rhode Island Virginia Michigan Fremont Post Washington Dispatch Welles Chase Mathias Point The Express Richmond Scott NEW Uit Gosecaing Fairfax Court House Zouaves Col. Stone Maryland Heights Banks Wm. Brent South Caroline Henry Scott Maryland Tribune McClellan 14Th New York Regiment Maine Herald Potomac West Point Patterson Sherman Ransom the Times U. S Cass Col. Clark

Rebel Force Proximity Near Fairfax and Flat Election Result

About 5000 rebels within an hour’s march of Fairfax with horsemen between pickets. election turnout was 72 votes for Close. Four rebels killed by Pennsylvania pickets. fourth body found and identified as a Fairfax farmer’s brother. Philadelphia ice-boat guards the city front. Lieut Chauncey McKeever named captain in the Adjutant General’s Department and assigned to Col. Hintzlemon’s staff.

Alexandria Fairfax Pennsylvania Philadelphia Lieut Chauncey McKeever Adjutant General’s Department Col Hintzlemon

Fifty Dollar Treasury Notes in Circulation

Treasury notes with a face value of fifty dollars circulate among buyers and sellers as part of daily trade. The notice lists various items and institutions handling these notes, indicating ongoing use in commerce and regional availability.

Treasury

Battle at Williamsport Rebels Routed at Martinsburg

An hour after 4 pm a special train brought Corporal John N. McGenley of the Independent Rangers wounded from action. The report describes dawn to morning movements, skirmishes near Martinsburg with Gen Jackson’s artillery, and heavy rebel losses as Union forces under Abercrombie Thomas and Negley pushed the advance. Casualties were light on the Union side, with many rebels left on the field as they retreated toward the Potomac.

Williamsport Hagarstown Associated Press Potomac Sheppardsford Dam No. 4 Virginia 3D Penn Wynkoop 2D Regular Cavalry Parker Penn Col. Thomas Nezley Wisconsin McMullin Abercrombie Doubleday Perkins Connecticut Hagerstown Burnside Rhode Island Artillery Saunders Col. Jackson Hoke’s Run Martinsburg Sheppard’s Ford Hacarstown John N. McGenley Independent Rangers Pennsylvania Thomas Negley Jarnett Coulter Jackson Philadelphia Porterfield’s Haynesville

Massachusetts Regiments Move and Fort Monroe News

Fortress Monroe reports the 2d Massachusetts moves to a front between Hampton and Newmarket Bridge while others shift duties inside the fortress. Deserters and enemy reports emerge as Colonel Baker’s California Regiment is awaited. A flag of truce brings Dr Richard, Lincoln's physician, from Richmond jail amid prisoner exchanges and naval arrivals.

Fortress Monroe Massachusetts Hampton Newmarket Bridge Hampton Creek Batteaux Naval Brigade Butler McChesney Newport News Clark Harper & Bros Yorktown Great Bethel Lieut. Butler New York Baltimore Col. Baker California Quaker City Sally Myers St Domingo Santee Portsmouth N. H Roanoke Norfolk Richard Lincoln Manassas Charlottesville Richmond Gen. Huger Maryland Pingo River North Carolina W.H. Wiegel Washington Fort Corcoran

Elmira Regiments Move Toward Washington Transport

Elmira New York July 2 The 24th regiment departed this afternoon for Washington. The 23d is set to leave on Saturday as part of ongoing mobilization and troop movements reported from the area.

Elmira N. Y Washington

Death of Central Railroad Treasurer Gilbert L. Wilson

Albany July 2 Gilbert L Wilson treasurer of the Central Railroad died this morning. Ship News Ar at New York 2d brig Leviathan from Cardenas

Beath Albany N. Y Gilbert L. Wilson The Central Railroad Ship News. Ar New York Leviathan Cardenas

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