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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1862

Page

2

March Poem and Civil War News in Boston Gazette

A column mixes verse on March with news briefs from Boston and national events. Reports include Dumollard’s execution in France, a submarine battleship idea in Philadelphia, and legal notices. Union dispatches describe Winchester and Big Bethel reconnaissance, casualty tallies, and Gen Shields’s improving condition.

Confirmations and measures on imports and telegraph supervision

The Senate confirmed Lewis S. Ely as Consul at Acapulco and H. Jones Brooke as Captain and Subsistence Commissioner. A bill limits duty refunds on arms for States to contracts made before 1862 with proof of foreign purchase cost. An order restricts liquor passage at ferries without a General Officer pass. Telegraph supervision focuses on military movement secrecy while political and private matters remain free. Prisoners discharged at Nashville are listed.

Wendell Phillips Opera House Mr Phillips Samuel Reed the Gazette John P. Foote Wm. Goodman Judge Stallo Orson Murray Wm. Green Phillips Stailo Padena North South South Carolina Roanoke Potomac Lyons and Lancaster Missouri Kansas New England McClellan Warn Reer Murray Iskio Enema Pike Evii-Dis Cincinnati Augusta Committee On Naval Affairs Charleston Henderson Pearce Committee On Finance Senate House Sheffield Rhode Island Hooper Massachusetts Committee On Ways and Means Kellogg Diven New York Les Thomas E.poole United States J. B. Warton Matthew Plaskett Emerson Etheridge Nashville Wm. H. Polk Polk W. B. Stokes Johnson Washington Lewis S. Ely California Acapulco H. Jones Brooke Secretary of the Treasury Congress Secretary of War

Rebels gain strength near Island No 10 amid bombardment

A special despatch from St Louis reports 15 000 rebels near Island No 10 with 65 killed and 40 negroes. Fortifications are being strengthened while 2000 enslaved people work on the island. Union reconnoitering parties seized six prisoners and observed three rebel steamers and eleven transports along the shore.

St. Louis Republican Buford Illinois Regiment Missouri Trenton Steimer Memphis New Tennessee

Powder Mills Blown Up and Kentucky Provisional Government

The Nashville Patriot reports two powder mills on the opposite river side were blown up, with five workmen killed and about 3000 pounds of powder on hand. The provisional government of Kentucky is with Gen. Crittenden's brigade, with the capital in a Sibley tent near his headquarters. Federal forces advance toward Knoxville, with 4000 to 6000 troops reported 25 miles away. Rebel Congresses urge no cotton planting this year.

Big Bethel Winchester Fortress Monroe Cherrystone Strasburg Shields Mount Jackson Shenandoah Valley Jackson Woodstock Kentucky Sibley ChicaGo Nashville Patriot New Orleans Fort Donelson Crittenden Knoxville Louisville Col. Millicks Indiana Columbia Tenn Memphis Richmond Cumberland Mountains Congress

Texans seize Santa Fe as war moves west

New York reports March 27 that Texans have taken Santa Fe. Major Donelson neared Washington to push reinforcements for Col. Canhy at Fort Craig and Major Paul at Fort Union. Government stores and private books are taken. merchants flee to Fort Union. About 400 troops may reinforce Fort Union to repel Texans.

Santa Fe New York Donelson Kansas City Washington Col. Canhy Fort Craig Paul Fort Union Fort Wise Express

Cambridge and Union Railroads and city finance update

Market notes show government copper coupons and treasury notes at par with mixed rail stock bids. A Cambridge Cambridge Union Railways lease interpretation clarifies guaranteed nine percent rent, ten year lease terms, and conditions for continuation. Also includes Hadley Falls Bank dividend and a financial bank review for weeks ending March 22 and 15, 1862.

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