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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1863

Page

2

Meade's Army Holds Gettysburg After Terrible Battle

The 11th Corps under Steinwehr held Gettysburg with barricaded streets and defensive works. Meade refused to withdraw, claiming mastery of the field as 15,000 National casualties and an estimated 25,000 Confederate losses were reported. Lee wounded or captured rumors circulate, Meade's leadership praised, and Meade mobilizes to pursue Lee before retreat or surrender.

Ade Steinwehr Gettysburg Lee Meade National Longstreet Gibbon Kilpatrick Ewell Gen. Barksdale Barlow Schimmelfenig Slocum Army of the Potomac Potomac Couch French

Battle of Friday editorial and Civil War miscellany

A mixed page item set reports on General Butler's rank settled and a Mary Macurer ballad, notes on Hamilton and Meade, and commentary from the Daily Whig, Troy Whig, and New York Tribune. It covers Home Defence plans, telegraph censorship, coal prices, Union leagues, a corner-shooting weapon, and railroad sale, with satirical notes on spies and executions.

New York Home Matters Telegraph News Cincinnati Daily Whig Troy N. Y H. W. Greene & Co Trojans Chase Union” League The Essex Statesman Republican Party Union St. Louis Montgomery Horicon Wis War Department Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania Puentice Grand Army Washington Mills Stark Naumkeag Massachusetts Dwight Everett Lawrence Lowell Lyman Salisbury York Great Falls Bank of Commerce Market Atlantic Columbian Eliot Mount Vernon National Safety Fund North Revere Shawmut Shoe and Leather State Traders Webster Vermont and Canada Railroad Western Maine Worcester Old Colony Fitchburg Michigan Metropolitan Eastern

Desperate Gettysburg Battle Ends in Major Union Victory

From Gettysburg July 4 1865 the Meade led Union army defeated the rebel forces under Lee in a furious daylong engagement. Heavy artillery and musketry fought across Cemetery Hill and the mountain slopes as fresh troops steadied the right and drove the Confederates from the field.

N. Y. Herald Gettysburg Lee Potomac Meade Tarrytown Emmittsburg Cemetery Hill Longstreet Ewell

Lee Routed as Union Forces Press South

Brigadier General Haupt arrived in Baltimore with the Communicating Corps and met General Schenck. Meade reports Lee retreating and Union forces claim a total rout after 8000 prisoners arrive. 20,000 more expected. Prisoners and wounded moved toward Frederick. reports of battles near Monterey and Greencastle as pursuit continues.

Baltimore H. Haupt Schenck Lee Army of the Potomac Couch Meade Frederick Williamsport Falling Waters Hagerstown Kilpatrick Monterey Greencastle

Hibernian and other ships arrive as legal battle unfolds

The issue at hand follows a verdict for the Alexandra defendants amid triumphal reading. The Attorney General contests a judge’s ruling and a bill of exceptions is filed. The Times and other papers debate Foreign Enlistment Act scope and potential belligerent aid.

Father Point Jcry Hibernian Liverpool Londonderry Quebec Jura Edinburgh Hammonia Alexandra Hugh Cairns United States Birmingham Kent Times Bacon Star The Post Judge Story Daily News Paris London Times Napoleon Spain France West Madrid the Times Her Baron Gros Poland Europe Warsaw

Rebel prisoners. ships reach Fortress Monroe

Fortress Monroe reports arrivals from Boston and Fort Delaware with rebel detainees bound for City Point. The 175th Pennsylvania regiments sail to Washington aboard Maple Leaf and the New York carries about 150 prisoners under Major Milford. USB. The City of Alexandria brings a dozen prisoners including an officer. No news from Gen. Dix. The next day John A. Warner joins from City Point as reports suggest Bragg and Rosecrans may move, with limited details.

Fortress Monroe S. R. Spaulding Boston Empire City Fort Delaware City Point 175Th Penn North Carolina Washington Maple Leaf New York P. M Milford City of Alexandria White House Rosecrans

News from July 6 reports Potomac flood and Lee retreat looming

Despatches describe the Potomac rising six feet in 48 hours destroying fords and cutting retreat lines for Lee's army. Gregg with Pleasanton cavalry fights at Fayetteville, taking 4,000 prisoners, while Gregg advances toward Greencastle. Sigel arrives and is serenaded, and rumors place Longstreet dead near Gettysburg as Lee’s forces face battle or surrender.

Harrisseur Potomac Lee Couch Gregg Pleasanton Fayetteville Cashtown Chambersburg South Mountain Greencastle Gen. Smith Paing Army of the Potomac Col. Coulter 11Th Penn Longstreet Hagerstown Maryland Pennsylvania Davis Beauregard Culpepper Sigel Jones House Carlisle Shippensburg Gettysburg

Knights of the Golden Circle seize Huntington depot in Indiana

The Knights broke open the Huntington Indiana depot around 2 AM and distributed seized guns and ammunition among themselves. Dispatches report multiple congressionals and locals attending to wartime duties, with other towns noting draft actions and political deaths.

The Philadelphia Ledger Carlisle ToLtepo Ouro Knights of the Golden Circle Huntington Ind New York Gilmore New Hampshire Granite State Vermont Roanoke U.S Buckingham Trenton N. J Sarges Crosby Harrisburg Providence R. J Philadelphia Albany N. Y Charles R. Richards Commercial Bank of Troy Republican State Central Committee Pittsburg

Steamer Ca hawba Returns with Rebel Prisoners

The steamer Ca hawba, Capt. Barker, arrived from New Orleans July 1 with cotton and sugars for New York and 480 rebel prisoners. She reports Port Hudson bombardment ongoing when she left. River steamers run with Gen. Banks's supplies and rumors of cutoffs dispute. Deserters continue arriving at Banks's lines daily.

New York London Her Majesty’s Royal Italian Covent Garden Drury Lane Prince and Princess of Wales Lumley Gaetani Sigr. Giuglini Alfredo Zerlina Giovani Adelina Patti Vicksburg Nally Monror Cahawba Barker New Orleans Port Hudson Gen. Banks

Steamer Golden Age Sails for Panama with Passengers and Specie

The steamer Golden Age under Capt. Homer departed from San Francisco for Panama carrying about 40 passengers. It also transported $736,000 in specie destined for England and $280,000 for New York.

San Francisco Homer Panama England New York

Market report from New York and Chicago July six

First Board stocks irregular with mixed gains and money steady. Railroad shares show modest moves while farm goods and commodities list varied prices and dulling activity in cotton, flour, wheat, corn, oats, pork, and lard across New York and Chicago markets.

NEW York Stock and Money Market Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Cleveland, Coumbus and Cincinnati Railroad Cleveland and Pittsbur Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Mchigan Southern Railroad Michigan Centra Railroad Hudson River Railroad Harlem Railroad Reading Railroad Erie Railroad New York Central Railroad Cumberland Coal Company American Pacific Mail Steamship Canton Company Treasury Tennessee Missouri Michigan Southern Railroad Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Hudson Railroad American Gold Cumberland New York Weekly New York State Ohio Canada Chicago Milwaukee Iowa Liverpool Ill

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