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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1863

Page

2

Mississippi Sentiments and Military Movements Across War Fronts

Readers receive notes on Franklin Blair supported by St Louis merchants, reshuffled corps commanders, Dahlgren's recovery, and a fatal 700 pound woman in New York. Dispatches describe Charleston bombardments, Chattanooga positions, Bragg vs Rosecrans, and Lee's Gettysburg era campaign with heavy losses and strategic aims outlined.

Telegraph Office Notice from Boston Post

A concise notice from the Boston Post telegraph office at State Street in Boston. Details unclear in this fragment.

American Telegraph Lines—Office State Street Boston

Cavalry attack routs Wheeler at Andersons Cross Roads

Despatch from Louisville dated Oct 5 reports Col. Edward McCook with the 1st Wisconsin and 2d Indiana cavalry defeating Wheeler's force of about 4000 at Anderson's Cross Roads. 120 killed or wounded, 87 captured, 800 government mules and other prisoners recaptured, including several officers. The enemy routed and driven ten miles.

Wheeler Martin Col Russell

Hospital boat R. C. Wood arrives with wounded in Cairo

The hospital boat R. C. Wood from Vicksburg arrives in Cairo with 418 sick and convalescent soldiers. She leaves Memphis with 387 more for St. Louis. Part of the Robert Campbell crew also arrives, noting 40 lives lost in the steamer fire.

Cairo R. C. Wood Vicksburg Memphis St. Louis Robert Campbell Catro H. D. Gully Kemper County Miss Congress Texas Jackson Logan Col. Colbaugh Dixie Gen. Grant Mobile

Rebels fire seven shots near Rapidan pickets

Washington reports that a Confederate battery fired seven shots at Union teamsters near Rapidan north of Clarke's Mountains. No injuries occurred. Rebels hold a strong brigade position north of the Rapidan near the railroad, with guerillas on the Potomac's southern side continuing raids.

Washington Rapidan Clarke’s Rappahannock Falmouth Potomac

Union families flee Missouri amid militia violence

Gen Blunt departs Fort Scott for Fort Smith as guerillas cut trains. Platte county refugees in Leavenworth surpass 100 Union families fleeing violence. Mayor issues relief proclamation. Kansas editors to meet in Leavenworth Wednesday to coordinate action against Missouri department military misrule.

Sir. Louis Leavenworth Blunt Fort Scott Fort Smith Parkville Platte County Missouri Kansas Department of the Missouri

Rebel movements and Union positions in Tennessee flare

A Knoxville despatch reports Col Carter in position at Bull's Gap while rebels hold Greenville with reinforcements. Bayard and Wolford skirmish below Loudon as Confederate flank moves threaten Rosecrans. Rebels attack McMinnville, are repulsed on the right, with many prisoners and mortification over Chickamauga losses.

Philadelphia Knoxville Tenn Col. Carter Bull’s Gap Greenville Bayard Wolford Loudon McMinnville Rosecrans Burnside Chickamauga

Expedition return from North Carolina raid destroys salt works

A Norfolk letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer reports Capt Kerr of the 5th Pennsylvania cavalry led a coastal scout to the North Carolina line. His party destroyed four salt works resupplying rebel forces, rebuilt since June after Major Murray of the 148th New York regiment had previously demolished them. No guerillas remained active in the area.

New York Norfolk Philadelphia Inquirer Kerr Sth Pennsylvania Cavalry Atlantic North Carolina Murray N. Y

Death of Wm W Snelling on Government Transport

Wm W Snelling formerly of the 9th Massachusetts Battery died aboard a Government transport after leaving Washington. His remains were brought to New York and are under Col. Howe’s charge. Snelling, a former Boston lawyer, seeks information on his effects. Also noted are arrival of the Sidon from Liverpool and the transport haze from Port Royal with no news. Town officers in Stonington carried by 150 majority. Boiler explosion at Washington Iron Works in Poughkeepsie killed and wounded seven, with $25 000 in damage.

Monttor New York Malford City Point Richmond Charleston Sumter Johnson Simpkins Fort Moultrie Chattanooga Rosecrans Bragg Missionary Ridge Atlanta Chickamauga Dalton Samuel Jones Knoxville Burnside Cumberland Gap Rice Graves Breckinridge Examiner Lookout Mountain Nashville, &c Jones Imboden Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington Rosecranus Lee Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Shenandoah Potomac Hooker Virginia Wm. W. Snelling Massachusetts Battery Col. Howe New England Snelling Boston Sidon Liverpool Port Royal Stonington Conn Poughkeepsie N. Y Washington Iron Works

Forces in the West Move Toward Critical Point

Cairo reports from New Orleans dated September 20 indicate a crisis developing as the 13th and 19th corps hold the western Mississippi flank. Herron’s division is moved to Brashear City, with one corps advancing west and the other north to cooperate. Banks is said to take the field personally and Franklin leads the 1st corps while Herron’s HQ sits at Atchafalaya.

Cairo New Orleans Mississippi Herron Brashear City Dick Taylor Red River Banks Franklin 1Th Corps Atchafalaya

New York Markets Open Higher on Stocks and Treasury Notes

The First Board stocks rise with gains in railroads and lines such as Illinois Central and New York Central, while Second Board also shows improvement. Treasury notes move to 106 with US Gold at 144 and Erie and Reading railroads among leaders. cotton, flour, and pork market activity noted with firmer prices and steady oils and freights to Liverpool.

NEW York Stock and Money Market Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Illinois Central Railroad New York Central Railroad Reading Railroad Hudson Railroad Missouri Erie Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Harlem Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship Company American Gold Treasury Exchange Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Alton and Terra Haute Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Ilinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Raiload Pacific Mail Steamship Co Cumberland Coal Company Canton Company American New York Weekly Gan C.cccreasecsvscesecsss New York State Weston Ohio Canada Chicago Milwaukee Liverpool Sterling Exchange Vermont and Massachusets Railroad South Shore Wilmington Eastern Middlesex Concord Maine Old Colony Western Essex Co Water Power East Boston Cary Washington Mills Everett Bates Hill Franklin Lewiston Pacific Merrimack Salisbury Great Falls Suffolk Pepperell Laconia

Ship Martha and Bark Thos. Arrivals at Liverpool and London

Notices announce discharging plans for ships Martha and Thos. Bark Whitney from London and Nonantum from New Orleans at Constitu tion and Battery wharves with required bills of lading. Tudor Co stores unclaimed merchandise. Institute at Lowell details drawing lessons and applicant deadlines for October 1863. Boston notices set. curators call for written applications by Oct 16 1863.

Whitney London Consignees Constitution Wharf PAGE Richardson & CO State Street Nonantum New Orleans Battery Wharf Tudor CO Institute Boston

Agencies to speed up Civil War enlistment efforts

The text notes thousands of colored men ready to fight within our lines and hundreds of thousands beyond them willing to labor for the rebellion. It outlines arming these men and using citizen-funded agencies to expedite recruitment beyond the slow regular-army process.

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