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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1862

Page

3

Rebels seize livestock and raids reported along Potomac

Dispatches describe cattle taken from the army of the Potomac and a rebel raid near a town outside Washington. Grants orders to seize unoccupied dwellings and stores are reported from Memphis. In Kentucky a two hundred guerrillas attack Mount Sterling but are repulsed by Home Guards with several casualties.

New Army of the Potomac New York The Tribune Mem‘phis Grant Sherman Military Commission Haa Louisvvitz Boone County Col Burlett Mount Sterling Home Guards Major Bracht 8Th Kentuky Twn

Ironclad Gunboats Reach Mobile Harbor Opening City

Memphis dispatch notes 28th rebel sources say ten ironclad gunboats built in England have arrived in Mobile Harbor with three more en route. Each vessel carries ten to thirty guns and is reportedly clad in six inch iron. The blockade held by superior metal power. Mobile now viewed as open to the world with its new strength.

Cucaco the Times Memphis England Mobile Europe

Iron plated river warships ascend Yazoo with ram and guns

Report from Yazoo River country notes Star of the West armed with 22 guns and plated, W l Webb iron clad ram, a Mobile boat with one gun, and a raft battery site up river. In total 108 guns carried by Star of the West and Webb at New Orleans capture, with thirty river steamers noted along the Yazoo.

Wiexsporo Yazoo River Star of the West W. l. Webb Ocean Yazoo Sumter Webb New Orleans Liverpool Yazuo

Recruiting and blockade news from Washington despatches

The War Department plans to appoint recruiting officers to muster in men from old regiments while the Navy reports a British steamer Tubal Cain captured off Charleston and a blockade at Nassau. Proctor in Vera Cruz notes French blockades of Tampico and Alvarado. Lincoln favors expanded old regiment recruitment over new units. Prisoner exchange agents report a large rebel force assembling at Richmond. An advertisement promotes Herrick Allen's Gold Medal Galeration for digestive relief.

New York the Tribune Washington War Department Navy Department Heet Tubal Cain Charleston York WasuinoTon Hantaville Abaco Agnes Nassau Reliance Cobay Bay Naseau Lieut. Gladding United States Service Chas. M. Proctor Vera Cruz Tampico Alvaredo New York Committee Lincoln War, Department Richmond Ardand

Fruit adornments and Indian cotton claim new profits

A German journal notes Vienna fruit dealers decorate ripe fruit with armor bearings and initials, later revealing white fruit. A French firm ages short silk cotton from India to compete with American varieties, potentially raising Indian cotton production. New Orleans reports sugar arrivals down but prices up, with rebel pay issues and desertion fears. A Boston to Greensboro report details fires destroying a Shetack bridge, and a privateer chase near Bermuda. Cherokee treaty loyalties and cotton arrivals in Providence are also noted.

Stauprna Faurr Vienna Tuvan Carron Alsace France India Journal Des Debats New Orleans America New Oalxans New Orleans Picayune

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