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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1861

Page

2

Blockade Preparations and Washington Dispatches Abroad

The State Department supplied proclamations of the blockade to the diplomatic corps. Commodore Stringham will command at least 50 war vessels with transports for 20,000 land troops to seal Southern coast inlets. The President hoisted the flag at the Interior Department.

Washington State Department Commodore Stringham Military Department of Washington Col. Mansfield Barnard Bunker Lieut Beckwith Lamb Interior Department New York Times Baltimore Wallis United States Times’ Washington Dispatch Marshal Kane Relay House Annapolis Junction Alexandria Arlington Hights Letcher Bowles Virginia North Carolina Ellis Tribune Washington Dispatch Wilson Hoar Navy Yard Norfolk Massachusetts Oaks Texas South Lynchburg Maury Commodore Armstrong Butler Annapolis Brooks Scott War Department Herald Boutwell Gordon Paris Faulkner France Dallas London Montgomery Pendergrast

Pensacola Fort Fickens Guns Removed Amid Unclear Purpose

Pensacola reports three barbette guns taken from Fort Fickens with a line of batteries built outside the work. Montgomery dispatches note heightened anxiety over clashes in Border States Maryland and Virginia. War Department orders fourteen more regiments, on top of thirty, with many volunteers offering service and Southern states to yield aid.

Montgomery Pensacola New York Mobile Advertiser Fort Fickens Especiallyaryland Virginia la Aderes

Texas-Capture of 450 U. S Troops

In New Orleans on May 2 Col. Van Dorn with 800 Texans captured 450 Federal troops at Indianola who tried to flee in two sailing vessels. He pursued them with three small steamers until a Galveston steamer with 120 men and artillery cut off their escape. Major Sibley surrendered. officers were paroled and arms turned over. The men chose to join the Confederacy or take an oath not to serve against it.

Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington Annapolis New York Philadelphia Wilmington Arlinctoe Union Heights Georgetown Virginia Barrett Cincinnati Gazette Helmick Congress Ohio Aso Frederick Hassaurek Ecuador Clay Talbot Sreetaarmenkuarters Army of the United States New Light Artillery Corps Moses G. Cobb P. S. Davis J. L. Henshaw Belknap John Bigelow Samuel Harrington George A. Gerrish T. Bigelow Lawrence Philo S. Shelton, Jr Luther Parks, Jr John N. Coffin O. F. Nims F. J. Witcher O. B. Smith T. H. Price H. P. Cheever J. N. Rodeca I. Ee Ee Unners E. W. Tarbell W. G. Tyler C. C. Henry G Trull Eth . Puffer J. H. Reed Brill Merchants’ Guard Thorndike Hall George W. Warren E L. Bird Boston City Guard Carlos Pierce, Esq Messrs W. H. Hebbard B. F. Stephenson John H. Thorndike Malden Weymouth Webster Hingham Quincy Braintree Holden Boston Street Dorchester North End Charter Streets Mahony Massachusetts Rodney French New Bedford Navy Department Union Hall Marshfield Sutton Adj Schouler D. W. Wardrop 3D Reg’t., Mvy. BI Fort Monroe Rickets DU. S. A Andrew Cumberland Memphis Tenn South Kentucky Lincoln Tennessee Stars and Stripes Fort Sumter Tennessee Convention Texas New Orleans Col. van Dorn Sibley Indianola Col van Dorn Galveston Confederacy

Insurrection in Yucatan Reported By Ruatan Arrival

From Yucatan and Havana, May 2. An arrival from Ruatan says an insurrection rages in Yucatan and five English officers were killed by Indians. A British regiment has gone to the scene. The English Government plans to give up the island on June 1, regardless of Honduras. A British war steamer left for Belise on the 22d and Gen Miramon arrived from Havana on the 28th. Sugars Nos 12 to 14 at 5 64 reals. Sterling exchange 8 to 8. Exchange on New York 2 to 3. Political news unimportant.

Annapolis Anannapolis Baltic Redter Rhode Island Artillery Washington Perryville 69Th N. Y Baltimore Sun Maryland New Orleans Ruatan Yucatan Honduras Belise Miramon Havana Sterling Exchange New York

Norfolk Steamer Denied Harbor Entry Returns to Old Point

A Nor folk line steamer from Baltimore with mails and passengers was not allowed into Norfolk harbor and landed at Old Point. A second steamer returned yesterday afternoon. The day saw many Government transports and a large Corn Exchange meeting where merchants urged immediate railroad bridge reconstruction and signed a petition to the Legislature.

Batimore Norfolk Line Norfolk Harbor Old Point Corn Exchange

Texas Mobilizes for Frontline War Effort

Advices from Galveston report active military preparations across Texas. McCulloch's regiment is being mustered on the frontier, batteries rise at Fort Bliss and Fort Quitman. Fifteen hundred volunteers enrolled at Galveston and a thousand more offered service.

Texas New Orleans Galveston McCulloch Forts Bliss Quitman

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