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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1863

Page

4

Battle Echoes and Brothers in Arms

A first person account recalls a failed assault and retreat. The speaker describes collapsing from wounds, a comrade Cheriey staying by his side with an arm around him, and a fellow soldier removing muskets to pass knapsacks along so the bearer could continue helping.

Cheriey Christian Heavenly Father Springfield Republican Hooker Richmond Whig Richmond

Circumstances of His Wound and Suffering in Richmond

A detailed account from Richmond describes the wounded man's condition, delirium, and last words amid funeral rites and grief in the city. Immense crowds, solemn processions, and mournful scenes are depicted as the community pays tribute.

Richmond

Local May Anniversaries Readies Across City

The city gears up for May anniversaries with multiple meetings from the Peace Society, Church Anti Slavery Society, Tract Societies, Colonization Society, Unitarian Society and American Board. Events include the Unitarian Festival at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday the 26th with Gov. Andrew presiding and several ministers speaking.

The Peace Society Church Anti-Slavery Society the Tract Societies Colonization Society Unitarian Society American Board Faneuil Hall Andrew

Conscription Headquarters Open in Mercantile Building

Provost Marshal Shaw in the Third District has set up offices in Mercantile Building Summer street to begin enrolment. Massachusetts is reported 11 000 short and Gen Schouler is sent to rectify the discrepancy. Enrolment will be by wards with men 20 to 45 split into two classes 20 to 35 and 35 to 45. Draft first targets the younger class, then the older if needed.

Richmond Inquirer ECW Stonewall Jackson Jackson Wormley Boswell Col Couchfield Major Pendleton Morrison Smith Gen Wilderness Run McGuire United States Vasappanot Chancellor’s House Guineas Depot Rhodes Stonewall Stonewall Brigade Guineas Pier Y Richmond Jim Praia Pendleton Virginia A. P. Hill Shaw Third Congressional District Mercantile Building Summer Street Washington Schouler Massachusetts

Fire at Poor & Co. Drug Store on India Street

A blaze yesterday near noon damaged the store of Charles W. Poor & Co. at 29 and 30 India Street. Most fire confined to the lower floor with heavy smoke injuring upper goods. damage estimated in the thousands, insured for 20,000. M Field Fowler occupied a counting room at 29 but escaped major loss.origin of the fire unknown. Dense smoke suggested a major fire at first.

India Street Charles W. Poor & Co Poor & Co Eliot National M. Field Fowler

Donation for So prers J Baxter Upham Gift to Soldiers

Boston physician Dr J Baxter Upham trustees $600 for Gen Foster to supply wine and luxuries for the sick and to serve Stanley Hospital New Bern North Carolina soldiers under Sisters of Mercy eight from New York. He served at U S Hospital by Gov. Andrew Boston. He funded an iron cemetery railing around the MA soldiers graves with cannons and bayonets and the gateway inscribed Dudice pro patria mori.

J. Baxter Upham M.D Boston Gen. Foster Stanley Hospital Newbern N. C Sisters of Mercy New York Upham U. S. Hospital Andrew Massachusetts

Atlantic Monthly June 1863 highlights and authors

Contents include Weak Lungs and How to Make Them Strong by Dio Lewis Violet Planting by Elizabeth Akers Pain Blecker by the Life in the Iron Mills author The Hancock House and its Founder by Arthur Gilman Why Thomas was Discharged by George Arnold Light and Dark by John Weiss Wet Weather Work by Donald G Mitchell The Member from Foxden Mountains and their Origin by Louis Agassiz Camilla's Concert by Gail Hamilton Spring at the Capital Horrors of San Domingo by John Weiss Reviews and Literary Notices Ticknor and Fields publishers.

Atlantic Monthly Dio Lewis Violet Planting Elizabeth Akers Pain Blecker Iron Mills Hancock House Arthur Gilman Thomas George Arnold John Weiss Donald G. Mitchell Foxden Louis Agassiz Camilla Gail Hamilton Capital San Domingo Ticknor & Fields, Publishers

Fortifications planned to strengthen harbor defense

Orders reached the Navy Yard to fit out the Receiving Ship Ohio with heavy armament for immediate use. She will operate near Fort Warren to deter privateers. Commissioners plan fortifications on commanding points and may deploy a fleet steamer in the bay to signal approaching craft.

Harper Navy Yard Ohio Fort Warren

Despondent Confederate Watchfulness Cited in Richmond Enquirer

The Richmond Enquirer portrays strong Federal advantages in number and supplies. It argues the North can endure long war, sacrifice more, and view defeats as strategic, while Southerners suffer houselessness and loss, urging no actions beyond stating facts. It references Jackson and Hooker, Fredericksburg, and Rappahannock as context.

Fortress Monitor Richmond Enquirer Fredericksburg Rappahannock Jackson Gen. Hooker

Washington News on Vallandigham Hooker and Enlistment

Special despatches discuss Vallandigham undecided fate with Seward favoring release and Union pressure to send punishment south. Hooker plans campaign from Fal mouth. July draft and $300 reenlistment bounty expected to bolster forces. Reports note shifting civil military leadership and potential changes, plus Buell case findings and Sickles’ rank restoration.

Washington News N. Y. Evening Post WaAshmnaton Vallandigham Seward Ohio Hooker Falmouth War Department Gen. Hooker Peterhoff New York the Tribune Washington Rappahannock Buell Gen. Buell Department of the Cumberland Preston King J. Madison Cutts Treasury Department Washington Republican Bayard Taylor Cameron Clay Senate Hoooker Halleck Herald Sickles 3D Army Corps

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