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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1863

Page

2

Descriptions of Civil War turmoil and leadership changes

Citizens report enemy raids burning dwellings while evacuations unfold. The Richmond Despatch notes 41 Mississippi Cavalry desertions including 18 NCOs and 2 officers. Brigadier General Paul Semmes of Georgia is dead. Brigadier General Smith resigns as Virginia governor.

Clinton Richmond Jackson Mississippi Cavalry Paul S. Semmes Georgia Gettysburg Smith Virginia

Moors Versus Morgan Near Buffington Island

Union steamer Moors reports chasing Morgan 500 miles to a riverport, engaging and driving back his forces. Three pieces of artillery captured, wagon train and horses seized, 20 horses recovered, 25–30 rebels wounded or captured. Minor own casualties.

U.S Buffington Island Ohto Gioreon Welles Sec’y Navy Morgan Judah

British ship Albermarle ashore at Mazatlan tragedy and trade notes

San Francisco reports Albermarle driven ashore at Mazatlan on June 24 with the chief mate and four sailors drowned. Trade remains fair with large goods flows inland and light provisions. Wheat exports and price ranges are noted along with mining and prospecting news from Idaho and Stevens County.

San Francisco Albermarle Liverpool Mazatlan Kit Carson Callao Mary Ogden Los Angeles Star of the Titl Weaver Galt River Golden Orb Letteson Idaho Stevens County 49Th Parallel Constitution Panama Stars and Stripes Boston

Mexican leadership promises stable government reforms

Advices from Mexican sources report Forey seeking Mexican volunteers for his army with limited success. A proclamation pledges a stable regime honoring foreign obligations, curbing forced loans, allowing press freedom with limits, and suspending papers after repeated offenses. Brigandage to end and court reform emphasized. Ortega now leads between San Luis Potosi and Mexico City. Negata named in Puebla with 2000 cavalry. efforts to cut French lines to Vera Cruz reported. No foreign couriers have reached Mexico in 30 days.

San Francisco City of Mexico Acapulco Forey Mexico Ortega San Luis Potosi City Negata Puebla State Vera Cruz

Briggs Named Secretary of Legation to Brazil in July

Wasu Hindon notes Briggs appointed Secretary of Legation to Brazil. No orders issued altering Farragut and Porter duties. Farragut remains on Western Blockading squadron command. Porter on the Mississippi. Corbin to Naval Academy as Commandant of Midshipmen. Melancthon Smith to ironclad Onondaga. C H Greene detached from San Jacinto to Vincennes.

Wasu Hindon Wm. M. Briggs Brazil Farragut Porter Mississippi Petersburg Express United States Navy Corbin Naval Academy Melancthon Smith C.H. Greene San Jacinto Vincennes

Rioting on Staten Island Ends in Soldier Fatalities

New York reports two rival accounts of Staten Island violence as drunken soldiers clashed with citizens. The rioters wounded and killed several, while two soldiers died, and officers face dismissal. The conflicting tales from the Commercial and Post leave the truth uncertain with no property damage reported.

New York Staten Island

Body of Worcester citizen found after two weeks at sea

The submerged body of a supposed Worcester resident washed ashore at Mannenneck after a two week drift. Vessels dragged anchors amid a fierce gale. The steamer Honduras grounded off Battery Enlargement and was freed by four tugs. A Brooklyn committee proposed half a million dollars to exempt drafted men with dependents, with supervisors likely adding two hundred thousand more.

Beauregard Lee Bragg Cooper Pennsylvania Hooker Army of the Potomac Charleston Washington Virginia N. Y. Com. Adv Richmond Blue Ridge Chester Thornton Culpepper Manassas New York Worcester Mass Mannenneck U.S Honduras Common Council of Brooklyn Patrick Marcy 26Th Street 29Th Street Boston

Cattle Bridge washed away by freshet near Albany

Damage from a freshet closes Cattle Bridge about 12 miles below Albany and causes a Hudson River Railroad train to turn back after a timely signal. Reports also describe canal breaks at Mount Morris and Sprakers, delaying transport and commerce.

Albany Hudson River Railroad Mount Moms Sprakers

New York Stock and Money Market Prices July 21

First Board prices show mixed trading with several railroads and banks quoted. Notable figures include New York Central at 120, Reading 1093, Erie 994, Hudson 1493, Pacific Mail 2394, American Gold 173, and U S One Year Certificates 993, with Sterling Exchange unsettled.

London Vermont Central Ogdensburg Rutland East Boston Cary Columbian Bank Freeman's Boston Merchants Washington Mills Broadway Railroad Worcester Cambridge Chelsea Eastern Middlesex Old Colony Wilmington Vermont and Massachusetts Western Nashua New York NEW York Stock and Money Market First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Illinois Central Raiload Michigan Southern Railroad New York Central Railroad Reading Railroad Hudson River Railroad Canton Company Missouri Sixes Erie Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Michigan Central Rairoad Harlem Railroad Michigan Central Michigan Southern Ialena Chi Cleveland Toledo Chicago Rocksland

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