Rebel army threat looms as Lee crosses the Rappahannock
The piece argues Lee leads about 90,000 toward the loyal states after crossing the Rappahannock. It warns of a broader raid to burn cities and desolate homes, praising Union resolve, and notes Pennsylvania troops gathering to defend the north as July mustering for the 12th Regiment approaches.
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Lee
Rappahannock
Loyal States
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorville
Richmond
Maryland
South Mountain
Antietam
Hooker
Fredericksburg
Salem Heights
Chancellorsville
Union
The
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Imad
High School Seeks Donations for Insect Cabinet
The High School aims to form a cabinet of insects shells and curios for the school and town. Families are asked to contribute useful items, with donors recorded in a book at the school. Several citizens have already given valuable articles and more help is urged.
Fourth of July Committee Appointed in Town
At a special Town Council meeting on Monday, a $50 appropriation was voted for Independence Day celebrations. A committee to organize the event was chosen including John B. Pearce B M Lincoln BE M Wardwell W G Barclay John P B Watson and Wm H Douglass. They are soliciting subscriptions to fund suitable town celebrations. The effort has been reportedly successful so far.
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Haqnor
Frederickeburg
John B. Pearce
B. M. Lincoln
BE. M. Wardwell
W. GC. Barclay
John. PB. Watson
Wm. H. Douglass
Aerr Say
C. B
Attan, Ray & Co
Quebec
St. Paul's Teland
McMasters
Government Humane Society
Campbell
Joan Wallace
Grant
Wavnisdrin
Satie
Vicksburg
Pembertin
Canton
Yasco
Godeys Lady's Book Issue Highlights Fashion Plates
EF Godeys Lady's Book for Joly features six colored fashion plates and a semi fashion-plate on a Watering-place. The season's steel plate is Grandfather's Portrait. the issue includes eighteen full pages of content, 100 pages of reading matter, and sixty three engravings with stories by Marion Harland and others.
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EF Godey
Joly
Containa
Tate
Grandfather
Marion Harland
Mise Frost
Miss Townsend
Marion Douglaw
Onion Maggot Pests Hit Local Onion Crops
Residents report onion maggots, small yellowish grub about half an inch long, invading onion stalks near the root and moving upward to wilt the tops. In some cases eight to ten pests were found in a single top, threatening yields.
Arms Arrive for State Militia in Late February
The Providence Post notes between three and four thousand stands of arms have arrived in the State and will be distributed pro rata to regiments after returns are made to proper authorities. Adjutant General has prepared officers commissions. An order mandates militia officers to provide themselves sleep with regulation uniform under penalties by law.
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Providence
Yast
Asparagus Bunch Seized from Locust Valley Growers
From Locust Valley on Long Island Meters C H A Waldron deliver a bundled asparagus lot of twenty seven stalks cut to eight inches weighing about five pounds total. Three stalks weighed one quarter of a pound each.
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C. H. & A. Waldron
Locust Valley
Queen's County
Long Island
Soldier John B Sweet Joins Company A 7th RI Volunteers
The Lovell Hospital Portsmouth lists Private John B Sweet of this town as sent from Lovell Hospital to join Company A 7th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers.
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Lovell Hospital
Portsmouth
John B Sweet
R. I. Voluntesss
General Assembly Adopts Troop Call Agenda in Providence
The General Assembly met in Providence on Thursday with the Governor’s troop call message referred to a joint special committee. Senate prayers were led by Rev Dr Swain and both chambers communicated organization updates. Members named to the committee include Eames Grosvenor Pendleton Lawton Sheffield Harrie Reynolds Remington Perry Saylee Lapham, as sessions adjourned to Friday morning.
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General Assembly
Smith
Providenice
Senate
Ray
Swain
House of Representatives
Shore
Messrs. Eames
Providence
Grosvenor
North Providence
Pendleton
Westerly
Lawton
Warren
Sheffield
Harrie
Reynolds
J. H Remington
Perry
Saylee
Lapham
Our National Independence 1863 Fourth of July Reflections
A 1863 newspaper piece recalls the eighty seventh anniversary of American Independence. It contrasts early wartime celebrations with the current crisis where internal enemies threaten the Union as brothers wage the bloody drama. The author laments the lack of inspiration compared to 1776 and hopes for a meaningful renewal.
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Belle of Freedom
Independence
Philadelphia
Union
Sen
Beroen
Barrington Town Meeting Rejects Town Hall Plan
At the Barrington Town Meeting held Friday last the proposition to build a Town Hall was rejected by 29 in favor and 34 against. Sergeant Edwin Peck of the 4th Rhode Island returned to his regiment at Newbern yesterday. A yearling sheep belonging to Mr. T. W. Bicknell of Barrington was sheared this week with a fleece weighing 1.34 pounds in Bristol County.
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Barrington
Edwin Peck
4Th. R. I
Newbern
T. W Bicknell
Bristol County
Warren Light Infantry Company Formed Under Militia Law
A new unit named Warren Light Infantry Company is formed in Warren under militia law. Officers elected at Friday evening’s meeting include Captain, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Goff Jr, First Lieutenant Dr. Preston Day, and Second Lieutenant Dr. J. M. Merchant.
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Warren
Nathan Goff Jr
Preston Day
J. M. Merchant
Bristol Steam Mill Estate Sold in Providence
The Bristol Steam Mill estate on Thames Street Providence was sold at sanction on Wednesday last for $36,100. Messrs G M Richmond & Son were the purchasers.
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Bristol
Thames Street
Providence
F. J. Sheldon
Méssia
G. M. Richmond & Son
Fourth of July Oration to be Delivered by Rev. Upham
Committees arranging the town celebration have engaged Rev. S. F. Upham to deliver the oration for the coming Fourth of July observance.
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S. F. Upham
Seconet Hones in Little Compton to be Torn Down
Fall River News reports the Seconet Hones at Seconet Point Little Compton will be torn down after closing for two to three seasons due to a lack of patronage.
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Fall River News
Seconet Hones
Seconet Point
Little Compton
Barrington Guard Parade Planned June 25
Brigadier General designates June 25 for parade and review of the Barrington Guard led by Capt. Henry Staples near Nayatt Station with a public ceremony planned.
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Barrington Guarde
Henry Staples
Nayatt Station
Lawrence honors Lemuel A Bishop for public documents
The city of Lawrence expresses thanks to Lemuel A Bishop Req., Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, for delivering a package of valuable public documents.
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Lemuel A. Bishop
Req
House of Representatives of
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Union says Port Hudson fell before Banks arrival
An officer on the steamer McClellan arriving in Boston from New Orleans reports that the battle of the 27th at Port Hudson was a reverse for the Union but asserts Banks has captured Port Hudson by now.
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McClellan
Boston
New Orleans
Port Hudson
Gen. Banks
Rhode Island General Orders call for volunteers to defend free States
The Rhode Island Adjutant General announces six month volunteer service to resist invasion threats. Three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment will be organized, with arms, rendezvous at Dexter Training Ground, and officers elected as troops form. Governor urges prompt public response with draft exemption for volunteers.
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Providence
United States
Free States
Dexter
Rendeavous
Chas. T Robbins
3D Regiment
Cavalry
Nelaton Viall
Nathan Goff, Jr
George L. Cooke
3D Regiment of Cavalry
Willard Sayles
Congress
Edward C. Mauran
Warrgas
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Abbatiam Lincoln
Wa. H. Swarp
War on the Ocean Claims Blockade Success
The article argues the blockade has captured 855 vessels to prove its rigor while many ships evade it by following rafts. It notes Alabama and Florida’s destruction surpasses capture and criticizes Captain Wilkes for inactivity, suggesting a bold naval officer could end the privateer threat.
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Alabama
Florida
Wilkes
Vanderbuils
Navy P Department
Dry Tortugas Fort Jefferson Gardens and Shell Beach Description
The Dry Tortugas Fort Jefferson lies in the Gulf off Florida in a twelve mile nautical area. The islands are sand heaps rich with shells and coral reefs hosting sea turtles. The grounds feature flower beds trees including red oak and cocoa palms with a long palm canopy path through the grounds. Mosquitoes appear but are not a major issue.
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Fort Jefferson
Florida
Private Defeats General Hooker In Fete Pole Prize
A private tricked General Hooker during a Civil War era fete by fastening a twenty dollar greenback at the top of a grease slick pole. He used improvised ladders and leg irons to reach the prize, then claimed furlough and another twenty dollars before revealing the ruse to the crowd. Governor Curtin and General Hooker witnessed the stunt.
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Gen. Hooker
Gen Hooker
Gov. Curtin
Gen. Honker
Antietam
Sanitary measures cut army mortality during war
The record notes that current army mortality has not exceeded six percent, while the Crimean corps suffered twenty three percent and Wellington era forces on the Spanish peninsula sixteen and a half percent. It attributes the decline to Sanitary Commission efforts providing health information, battlefield resistance to wounds, nursing in hospitals, and proper government clothing and food.
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Spanish
Wellington
Hospitala
Government Strikes and Labor Unrest Affect War Efforts
The Government faces repeated embarrassment from laborers and longshoremen in New York who quit work by the thousands demanding higher wages. Violence drives workers away from Government stores and loading duties. Military guards and extra pay for soldiers are used to continue loading ships, signaling a determination not to rely on longshoremen in future operations.
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New York
Redumel
Connecticut 1862 vital statistics show deaths marriages births
Record notes 1862 in Connecticut with 8.54 deaths, 3,801 marriages, and 10,703 births. The figures reflect demographic totals from the period.
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Connecticut
War News and Shipping Movements Across the Atlantic
Reports detail Lt. H C Mowry of the 73d Regiment killed at Vicksburg while cheering his men. The Navy ships a flotilla from New York and Boston to hunt privateers along the coast. New Jersey faces reduced troop requests, and a range of Civil War era items and notices appear, including ship sightings, tax decisions, and local dispatches.
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H C. Mowry
Tuineig
Charles, C. Mowry
Providence
Vickeburg
Navy Department
New York
Boston
Tacony
Healthful Bread Brand Warns Against Imitations
An editorial warns readers against counterfeit loafs and praises Herrick Allen's Gold Medal Salerntus as the only safe bread product. It notes many grocers stock the item and provides the depot address at 112 Liberty Street in New York for genuine purchases.
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Herrick Allen
Liberty Street
New York
Union forces reinforce at Milli ken's Bend prepare expedition
From St Louis on June 13 reports General Dennis now commands at Milli ken's Bend has been largely reinforced and begins an expedition toward Richmond Louisiana to attack McCulloch who is said to have about eight thousand troops nearby.
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Vickeburg
Dennis
Milli_ken's Bend
Richmond
McCulloch
Rebels Cornered at Wilsons Creek Near Boston Ky
On June 16 near Boston Kentucky, Lovuvitug and a mounted guard attacked Hinee’s guerrillas at Wilson’s Creek. Four rebels were killed and five captured along with 25 horses and rifles and equipment. No losses were suffered by the defenders.
New Regiments Forming Rapidly in New York
It states that at least twenty five new regiments are being organized in New York and quickly filling up. Nine months and two year men are enlisting in large numbers.
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F. Tt
New York
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