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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1864

Page

2

Hood Believed Killed in Atlanta Front Battles

Information from an officer at the front reports two battles before Atlanta left the rebel Gen Hood dead on July 22. Gen Rosseau and staff arrived from Marietta after a highly successful raid. Losses were 5 killed and 13 wounded, with 2000 prisoners paroled and 200 killed or wounded. 800 horses and mules seized and 31 miles of railroad destroyed along the Atlanta and Montgomery line.

McPherson Atlanta Decatur Fourteenth Corps Peach Tree Twentieth Corps Newton Lee Hooker Palmer Poker Butterfield General Ward Williams Walker Bates Hardee Peach Creek Ewton Peach Tree Creek Chattahoochee River Speed Bean Stevens Weard Ward Geary Thirty-third New Jersey Col. Barne Col. Irwin Anson McCook Hood Chattahoochee W. J. Logie 151St N. Y George A. Cobham 11Th Pennsylvania C. B. Randill 149Th David J. Lindsay 149 Thomas H. Elliott John Ragan Ohio Radcliff N.Y Waterbury Apt Tidy O_ Warren M.Y Todd N. Y Wolf and Lavin Penn Lewis Indiana J. P. Seaman Wisconsin Robert Miller Pullman Michigan Stephen McGroarty Baker Attack Curtis Sterdmyer Wis Dickerson Post Connecticut Delaney Moore Bowen Colgrove Lathrop Baldwin Perisoner A. H. Jacobson Dunn BR. Bonesal Stultzenbaugh Illinois Montgomery Ala Rosseau Howard Schofield Sherman Stanley Wood Onem AIS O Docs Wr Ens Ers Nashville Tenn Marietta Atlanta and

War Department calls raid a humbug and militia draft question eyed

Washington dispatches report mixed war news. The War Department dismisses a raid as a humbug while the Post notes Solicitor Whiting drafting a new opinion on exempting the militia from the draft. Forces report reentering Martinsburg and skirmishing at Williamsport. Rebels do not hold Frederick or Hagerstown.

New York Washington War Department Post Whiting Martinsburg Williamsport Frederick Hagerstown Slough Alexandria

Indians Attack Santa Fe Trains as Gen Blunt Heads Field

The Despatch reports Indian attacks on Santa Fe railroad trains and large store losses. General Blunt takes command in the District of Upper Arkansas with forts Riley, Larned, and Lyon as militia mobilizes for defense while Gen Curtis leads a small force in the region. Defensive measures are being prepared.

Str. Louis Democrat Fort Leavenworth Santa Fe Road Curtis Upper Arkansas Riley Larned Lyon Gen Blunt

Refugees Stir Denver Kansas as Texas Migration Surges

The Santa Fe Gazette reports 57 Texas refugees landed in Denver City Kansas last week with 20 more families en route. Arizona Governor Goodwin sets July 18 for Delegates to Congress election. Maximilian's proclamation to Mexico is also noted in the Gazette.

Denver City Kansas Santa Fe Gazette Texas Goodwin Arizona Congress Maximilian Nevada Virginia City Carson City Gold Hill Silver City California San Francisco Sacramento Stockton Marysville Tennessee Memphis Nashville J. M. Bradstreet & Son John Vose, Jr Washington Street Boston

Belle brings cotton as Texas prisoner report emerges

The Belle from Memphis delivers 80 bales of cotton. A Texas arrival in Memphis says Tyler houses 4000 prisoners who are well treated.

Caro Ifa Memphis Texas Tyler

Market roundup on New York stocks and money market

First Board stocks rise led by Illinois Central and Reading with varied rail names. Second Board gains mirror strong utilities while commodities show mixed results in cotton, flour, wheat, corn, and beef markets with price shifts across several items.

NEW York Stock and Money Market First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Cumberland Coal Company Illinois Central Railroad Southern Railroad New York Central Railroad Reading Railroad Hudson River Railroad Erie Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Chi , Burlington and Quincy Railroad Michigan Central Road Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad US Treasury Issi American Gold Illinois Central Railroad Scrip Michigan Southern Railroad Michigan Central Railroad U S Canton Company New York State Canada Chicago Milwaukee Hanes Oil Liverpool U.S Merchants Bank Ogdensburg Eastern Railroad Boston Water Power Washington Mills Great Falls Bates Copper Falls Huron Isle Royale Albany Boston Phenix Central Quincy Pittsburg Western Worcester Providence Fitchburg Metropolitan Middlesex Maine Cambridge Lowell Eastern Wilmington London Phoenix

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