Mary and William Elliot plan Continental summer trip
A correspondent recalls Mary and William Elliot preparing to travel to Dover and then France for the summer, with hopes their stay will improve Mary’s health. The narrator notes a letter from Mary reporting she is well and happy, while Lady Elliot expresses gratitude for a wakeful renewal of happiness and household arrangements.
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London Bridge
Dover
France
Mary
William Elliot
Thomas
William 2
Teater Halliwell
Rebellion, foreign interference, and the Union’s fate
A 1862 editorial warns England and France against meddling in the American Civil War. It urges unwavering support for the government to crush the rebellion and defend human liberty, arguing foreign intervention would widen war and ruin the American Republic. The piece laments peril to the flag and calls citizens to consecrate themselves to God and country.
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British
India
England
France
Europe
Review of the Normal School Visitation Friday
The article reports a Friday visit to the Normal School reviewing studies from the term. Twenty eight pupils attended, half were mature young men, with recitations from geometry chemistry botany entomology and English literature. The principal fosters broad knowledge for educators and daily exercises included vocal music gymnastic routines and concluding addresses from visitors.
Portsmouth Grove Hospital News Amid War Relief Efforts
The Indies of Bristol praise care for sick and wounded soldiers at the Grove hospital where daily aid reaches men. Albert I. Stone of Scituate, a 24 R. I. regiment member, died there after a relapse from typhoid fever. Typhoid fever and wounds still affect some patients, but overall condition improves under attentive nursing. Barracks construction progresses rapidly and will soon supply cots to those in tents.
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Portsmouth Grove
Bristol
Grove
Albert I. Stone
Scituate
R. I
Ilo
Cresting Barracks
Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard Open Next Month
The annual Camp meeting at Martha’s Vineyard begins next month with Rev. George M. Carpenter of Providence likely presiding. The grounds host a two and a half story association building, preacher’s stand, and space for four thousand people amid forty seven tents, all set in a sylvan, serene landscape.
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Tse
Letter from Mound City crewman recalls deadly explosion
A private letter by William B Burna a seaman on board the gunboat Mound City recounts a devastating catastrophe. A single 8 inch shot struck the forward section and passed through the steam drum releasing scalding steam. Of 167 sailors and 21 officers only 24 men and 2 officers survived.
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William B. Burna
Mound City
Godeys Lady's Book August Issue Engravings Noted
The August number of Godeys Lady's Book includes an engraving showing Daniel Webster at Shakespeare’s tomb. Subscribers in New England will find the likeness of Webster accurate and the design beautiful. The issue also features fashion plates music patterns embroideries and varied reading matter.
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Gowry
New England
Daniel Webster
Shakepeare
Webster
Godey
Rebel prisoner escape attempt at Ports mouth Grove Hospital
On Monday a rebel prisoner tried to flee Ports mouth Grove Hospital wearing citizen clothes and went to the dock to board the Perry but was identified and returned to quarters. A Bar rington town meeting on Saturday offered a $380 bounty to residents who volunteer for any regiment from this state.
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Portsmouth Grove
Barrington
Burnside Bell Linked to Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting
Ex Boston Theatre treasurer Henry W. Fanno died in Boston on Tuesday. The article notes one of the bells taken by Gen Burnside had been purchased for Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting uses.
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Gen. Burnside
Martha’s Vineyard
Henry W. Fanno
Boston Theatre
Boston
Late Sergeant Henry J. Cole remembered for bravery near Richmond
An obituary tribute to Sergeant Henry J. Cole of Bristol praising his courage at the Bull Run and near Richmond on June 25. It notes his Puritan ancestry, education, and Christian character, with testimonies from officers, a Taunton pastor, and a letter from Rev. T. H. Vail. The piece closes with religious reflections and a memorial couplet.
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Henry J. Cole
Bristol
Richmond
Jane
Sickles
Palmer
Henry
Fair Duke
Ointzelman
H. J. Cole
Cspt
Goff
T. H. Vail
Taunton
Liia
Prisoners on Baltic Found with Revolvers
Report describes prisoners taken near Fort Delaware and searched aboard the Baltic. Many were found armed with revolvers.
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Fort Delaware
News Items of War and Society Amid Civil Tensions
Postage stamps replace change in England and Col Cass of Massachusetts dies at 41 from wounds in near Richmond. Col Stokes raises a Tennessee cavalry battalion. Teazer gunboat found obstructions plans. Helper confirmed as consul to Buenos Ayres. Saginaw reaches Mare Island for repairs. Enlistment term cut to one year. Fall River votes bounty for volunteers. Twiggs and son-in-law linked to rebellion. Captain Stanhope captured, Burnsides visits Washington. McClellan losses and gains in guns. Recruiting brisk in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Widow Robinson starves at Newburyport Almshouse. Jeremiah Clemens praised for loyalty. Georgia rebel paper denounces him. Smallpox claims many northwest Indians. Connecticut corn and potato crops delayed by labor shortage. Farm wages rise to 150 dollars per day.
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Col. Cass
Massachusetts
Boston
Richmond
W. B. Stokes
Teazer
Jamies River
James River
Helper
Buenos Ayres
United States
Saginaw
San Francisco
Whampoa
Whampoa, Via ‘Shanghae and Hakodadi
Mare Island Navy Yard
Washington Dispatch
Fall River
New Orleans
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A. C. Myers
Texas
Stanhope
12Th Regular Infantry
Newport
Burnside
Washington
Ile
New York 7Th Regiment
Baltimore
Butler
Congress
Itig
McClellan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Newburyport Almshouse
Robinson
Jeremiah Clemens
Alabama
Southern Confederacy
Northwest
Connecticut
Rally to Encourage Volunteers for Rhode Island War Effort
The notice urges a town meeting on Friday to urge full attendance and prompt enlistment following the President’s call. It stresses an urgent need for more troops and declares Rhode Islanders must act now to sustain the state’s glory and aid in crushing the rebellion. Bristol is praised but urged to do more.
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Rhode
Donisville Teavenue and Huntsville Paper Censorship
A clipping from a Huntsville Alabama weekly paper by M. P. Gaddin Jr announces military censorship of its columns. The senior editor says he is responsible for all content and that the paper will publish truth even if it angers rebels, willing to stand by facts under any terms.
Fortifications under Halleck grant use contrabands in Memphis
General Halleck orders fortifications in Memphis with contrabands pressed into service. General Grant directs General Hovey to employ able bodied enslaved people owned by secession supporters to build defenses. Owners receive receipts and the enslaved are to be returned after work ends.
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Memphis
Halleck
New Orleans Keeps Yellow Fever At Bay
Reports from physicians say yellow fever has not appeared in New Orleans this year despite rebel predictions. Last summer’s outbreak was mild and Gen Butler's sanitary measures are expected to prevent a pestilence. Maine offers a bounty of 30 dollars per new recruit and 35 dollars per veteran in U S service, with total advances of 70 to 75 dollars including federal payment.
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New Orleans
Butler
Maine
U. S
United States
Jacob Barker
Jacob
Creecent
Richmond and Buckingham Signaled Shifts in Civil War Era
Major Lewis Richmond, Burnside's assistant adjutant general, reports a refined air from New Bern clerks. Buckingham of Connecticut declares plans to close his extensive factory so workers may enlist.
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Lewis Richmond
exrGor
Buckingham
Connectticut
President's draft bill to compensate abolition states and sugar tax act
The message to Congress includes a draft bill to compensate states abolishing slavery with bonds equal to the 1860 slave census value and penalties for reintroducing slavery. It also reports a sugar tax bill imposing a one cent per pound duty on brown Muscovado sugar and a note on insurrection-area collection. Additionally, the Surgeon General protests the removal of 1700 sick and wounded from Yorktown to Rhode Island against orders and an inspector is sent to assess hospital conditions.
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House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Beit
Yorktown
Rhode Island
Caribbean Refugees Report Curtis Attack in Arkansas
Southern items from July 11 note Arkansas refugees reporting Gen Curtis attacked and cut to pieces. Vicksburg items claim 3200 shots fired, six killed and one wounded as bombardment grows. In Mexpuis July 12 the Vicksburg Whig says city damage severe and publication suspended.
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Menyruis
Arkansas
Gen. Curtis
Grenada
Vicksburg Canal
Mexpuis
Burnside Correspondent Praises New Union Regiments
A New York Tribune correspondent at Fortress Monroe lauds Burnside’s force describing them as second to none in drill and discipline. He notes every engagement with victories and cites General Foster’s remark praising New England and New York regiments for superior fighting spirit.
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Burnside
New York Tribune
Fortress Monroe
James River
National Army
Foster
Newhern
New England
New York
Mexico
Fort Sumter
Tax Conciliatory Policy Debate in Civil War Era
The Nashville Union condemns conciliation during war, arguing coercion of treason is essential and compromises fail. The piece notes fears of a New Orleans paper claiming McClellan’s defeat and Confederate advances, plus Paris circles opposing intervention and pressuring neutrality.
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The
Nashville Union
Georgetown Bride Weds Army Officer Despite Family Opposition
A young Georgetown woman married an Army officer amid family opposition. The rebel kin sent a loaded bombshell as a gift to the couple, reflecting tensions surrounding the match.
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Georgetown
D.C
Rebellion Dispatches From Murfreesboro Fight Losses Reported
Special dispatches note Union stores worth thirty thousand dollars captured at Murfreesboro. Union forces involved include the 3d Minnesota Calvary Lelia 800 men six companies of the 9th Michigan 300 men 8th battalion Pennsylvania Cavalry 255 men Hewitts Battery 60 men and convalescents 4th Kentucky 25 men. Rebel forces total 3000 to 4000 with Georgia mounted infantry Texan Rangers and cavalry from Georgia Alabama Tennessee. The Pennsylvania 7th suffered two hundred casualties. Captains Andras McCormick and Mooney among those reported to escape. New orders permit enlistment in the Navy for one two or three years.
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Tenn
New York
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Andras
McCormick
Liént
Mooney
Rédnois
Murfreesboro
New Yorky
Richmond
Col. Holmes
30Th Virginia
Frederickeburg
Washington
Navy’ Department
Navy
Union forces move against rebels in Arkansas theater
Dispatches report Gen Curtis with about 14 000 men arriving at Helena after daily skirmishing near Clarendon and Round Hill. Col Harvey of the 33d Illinois led a forward attack at Ooch river driving rebels toward Little Rock, with Duval s Bluff evacuated and troops resting at Helena.
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Gen
Curtis
Clarendon
Ooch River
Round Hill
Col. Harvey
Illinois
Steele
Little Rock
Duval
St Louis
Helena
Halleck in command as divisions in fine shape for spring operations
From Gen Halleck's division in St Louis on July 13 reports say Halleck was at Corinth with divisions in excellent condition and ready for native operations. Bragg is listed with about 60,000 troops at Nuthalls Holly Spring and nearby as movements suggest offensive actions. Cano July 16 notes water in the canal near Vicksburg with a deeper channel not yet achieved and three feet of work begun.
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St. Louis
Corinth
Halleck
Bragg
Nuthalls
Holly Spring
Cano
Vicksburg
Siege and naval action at Harrison's Landing and Richmond
From Gen McClellan command Fortress Mongox July 13 a schooner seized at Harrison's Landing by order of Gen McClellan and sent to Baltimore with cargo including liquor. A skirmish occurred at Williamsburg Friday between federal and rebel pickets. Rebel losses and captures reported. News from Mr William Corry says rebel forces near Richmond estimated 237,000 to 260,000 with reinforcements from Petersburg area. Beauregard ill in Richmond, some troops returning. An ironclad near completion at Richmond with armor production notes. Unionists hopeful of capturing Richmond. rebels retreating toward the capital.
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Gen. McClellan
Fortress Mongox
Harrison's Landing
Spottswood
Curry
Richmond
Capture of an Important Prize
The British steamer Ann arrived under Partridge at Mobile Bay after being found under Fort Morgan guns. The Suequehannab engaged the fort while Kanawha freed the Ann’s neutral crew. The cargo included gunpowder arms tea coffee and paper. Deserters escaped after a failed attempt to sink the ship.
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New York
Partridge
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Suequehannab
Kanawha
Geesel
Engagements and partisan notes from Arkansas dispatches
A Memphis dispatch reports Col Fitch’s command engaging a hostile force on July 6 with about 450 opposing troops. casualties include killed and wounded and several missing. A second engagement on July 7 saw Fitch capture the enemy camp, equipment, and provisions. A Washington note on Senator Simmons discusses a judiciary committee report and a retroactive penal law cast in a critical light.
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Trifune
Memphis
Fitch
Ejtch
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