Jubilation over Union victories and battlefield shifts
The article proclaims Union triumphs from Fort Henry to Roanoke Island and predicts further gains, noting surrender at Fort Donelson, evacuations, and major advances into Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. It questions Confederate endurance and cites British press and a command change in Gen. SchesSwick to Gen. Stone.
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Abraham Lincoln
Zollicoffer
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
She
Bowling Grean
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Gen. Price
Missouri
Sloas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Weldon
Burnside
Fort Pulaski
Savannah
Cumberland Gap
Atlantic
Texas
Mever
Kwhy
Johnson and
Buckmert
Rognoke Island
Secessia
Turning Point in War Declared After Union Victory
The narrative lauds General Grant and Commodore Foote for a decisive May battle. Union troops endured rain and exposure as they pressed a sea and land assault, capturing nearly an entire army and inflicting heavy rebel losses. The piece calls the victory a turning point and honors the commanders and troops.
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Tedano
Ing
Ida Jour
Forthina Evergade
Foote
General Grant
Commodore Foote
Washington's Birth-day Celebrations Nationwide
The 130th anniversary of Washington's birth is marked with 100 gun salutes in Bristol and New Bedford at noon, bells rung, and dinners and fairs. Washington Farewell Address will be read in Congress, followed by parade reviews by Gov Sprague and General staff. In Providence a grand military display features First Light Infantry, American Brass Band, and National Guard regiments staged at Exchange Place. New York hosts a monster mass meeting with Gen Scutt attending.
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Washington
Bristol Artillery
The
Congregational Society
Congress
Adjutant General
Providence
First Light Infantry Corps
National Guards
Sprague
Robbins
Staf
New Bedford
New York
Scutt
Sword for Gen Burnside Presented by State Assembly
The General Assembly unanimously voted to present General Burnside with a sword for his gallantry energy and skill in leading the Roanoke Island expedition. Gov Sprague prepared the address and the Providence Press lauded the tribute as fitting and brave in tone and reception by the Assembly.
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Burnside
General Assembly
Roanoke Island
Sprague
Providence Press
Public Lectures Highlight Weather Affects Attendance
A large crowd welcomed Mr Geo W Canris last Wednesday despite bad weather. The topic National Honor drew applause though not all agreed with its views. The lecture is praised as among the course’s best with the speaker noted as polished. Mevay Gites, famed sarcastic humorist, will speak next Thursday evening.
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Geo. W. Canris
Mevay Gites
Speech on the Rebellion Praised by Public Salute
Hon William P Sheffield receives high praise for a congressional speech on the Rebellion. The piece urges all to read it, lauds his service to Rhode Island, and notes strong sentiment from exchanges. Also mentions territorial bills for rebel state governments and Fort Donelson wounds and the Ninth Rhode Island Battery sailing from New York to Port Royal aboard the Charter Oak.
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William P. Sheffield
Congress
Sheffield
Rhode Iland
Rhode Island Battery
New York
Charter Oak
Port Royal
Boston
Appleton
Episcopal Church
Massachusetts General Hospital
Welieve
Boston Journal
Ode to Wasntraron and Washington in Providence 1789
Fragment of lines praising General Washington on his 1789 Providence visit. The text extols civic virtue, liberty, and national unity, interweaving hymns to Columbia and Neptune with paeans to the hero and the coming peace. It invokes music, triumph, and sacred imagery to honor the nation’s leader and its future.
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Wasitraron
Providence
Wasninaroni
Columbia
Itia
Nannons
Gmijea
Great Washington
Proclamation Marking Washington Birthday Observance Noted
The nation widely approves Lincoln's call to honor Washington Birthday with public readings of his Farewell Address. In town, St Michael's Church reads at 10:30, Town Hall at 12, urging all to listen and remember the Father of His Country. Camp Brightwood plans include Sheffield address, salutes, races, chowder, and illumination. Two Rhode Island prisoners in Tuscaloosa are named. tobacco valued around $100,000 reaches St Louis from the Tennessee River.
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Lincoln
Washington
St. Michael's Church
Town Hall
Camp Brightwood
Goff
William P. Sheffield
Rhode Island
Ae “Carcaga
Itoh
Nore Monsldson
Donaldson
Buckner
Johnson
Pilléw
Floyd
Smith
Ee Cationa
Fort Henry
Pillow
Sanitar Commission
Cairo
Fort Donelson
Lille
Abettes
Dover
Lectures on National Honor Impress Local Audience
The speaker outline praises patriotic duties and civil responsibility, urging citizens to engage in government and attend meetings. It notes this is the first time Air Corpis lectured locally and hopes for more, thanking organizers for arranging the lecture series.
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George WY
Curtis
Eorror
Bae
Ellie Sctine
Melanguigs
Sania
Gand
Corpis
Rhode Island General Assembly Session Notes
Report covers Rhode Island General Assembly actions February 17 and 18 with Senate and House proceedings. Mentions surrender news at Fort Donelson, boundary amendments, militia organization, and highway liability changes. Also cites New York dispatches on Civil War developments and Burnside’s report.
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New York
Washington
Burnside
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