The marvel of republican genius and the war
A polemical piece praises republican institutions and universal opportunity while criticizing the era’s excess of self styled geniuses. It argues that selecting a single competent plan is better than many competing ideas in guiding the nation through the Civil War, citing Bull Run and military limits.
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Washington
Bull Run
Maryland
McClellan
Lee
Genilla
Napoleon
England and France May Recognize the Southern Confederacy
The New York Express cites semi official European circles claiming England and France intend to recognize the Confederacy if mediation and an armistice offer to Mr. Seward are not accepted. They fear a slave insurrection and seek protection for their citizens by recognizing the new government. The Navy Department pushes rapid ironclad builds. one monitor launched at Chester.
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The
New York Express
Europe
England
France
Seward
South
the Express
Smuggling by Secesh Women on Memphis Train
The Memphis Bulletin reports a female passenger disrupting a line checkpoint. She and others concealed bottles of whiskey and brandy in garments and under clothing, with twelve boots containing liquor and five gallons of brandy found, reflecting extensive civilian smuggling in the area.
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Mémphis
Dixie
Memphis
Canadian-born soldiers enlistment in Vermont regiments grow
A Canadian gentleman now in Washington asserts many Canadian men enlist in the American army. He notes a Vermont regiment includes over one hundred French Canadians and that several surgeons were educated at McGill College in Montreal.
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Washington
Solldiers
Canada
Vermont
McGill College
Monifext
Murder at Suffield Hotel Ends in Drake’s Death
James Drake the Suffield hotel keeper was fatally shot by James McCullen who entered the hotel and fired a pistol at Drake. The ball struck Drake in the heart causing instant death. The killer did not attempt to flee and offered no reason for the act.
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James Drake
Suffield
Conn
James McCullen
Drake
Death or a Sotprer Edward J Wilbur Killed Near York Penn
Edward J Wilbur of Apponaug member of Company O 12th Regiment was killed during transit near York Pennsylvania. He was on top of a car and struck under a bridge, instantly killed. His body sent to his parents whose company funded costs. He was son of Henry J Wilbur of Apponaug.
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Edward J. Wilbur
Appenaug
Co. O
12Th Regiment
York
Penn
Henry J. Wilbur
Apponaug
Snow Storm Harms Western New York Apple Crop
A Saturday to Monday snow storm left eighteen inches on the ground in Western New York with five inches remaining after melting. Fears arise for the apple crop not yet gathered. Fire destroys four Barrington buildings on Joseph Bradford’s premises causing about $2000 in losses. An engine from Warren aided firefighting. News from Chicago cites an unreliability report that Van Dorn was killed by a staff officer of Price after a confrontation.
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New York
Barrington
Joseph Bradford
Bny
Warren
Chicago Tribune
van Dorn
Price
Connecticut
Robin K. Smith
New London
San Francisco
Sanitary Commission
Washington
Maine
War Department
John Knox
Rao Sahib
Nana
Cawnpore
Portland Advertiser
Delaware County
Iowa
Mississippi
Searsbury
N. H
Philadelphia
Innsburg
Andover Bank
Andover
Mass
Anna Bishop
St. Paul
Bragg
Perryville
Jeff. C. Davis
Nelson
Harper’s Ferry
Caleb Cushing
Costa Rica
Republic
Chicago
Ilinois
H. A. Wilson
Leopold
Louis Blanc
Belgium
M. Blanc
Brussels
Victor Hugo
Judge Campbell
Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Col
T. G. Damar
Charleston
Vance
North
Caroline
Wilmington
Texas
Sabine Pass
F. ‘J. Warner
Car lis e American Volunteer Office Seized by Soldiers
Soldiers and others seized the office of the American Volunteer at Carlisle Pennsylvania on the night of the 24th, destroying the type and presses for alleged sympathy with rebels and disrespect toward President Lincoln.
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Carlise
American Volunteer
Reflections on Buell After Perryville Battle
All accounts of the Perryville battle indicate it was not a victory for us. The enemy numbered vastly fewer than our force, while our captures were trifling. Severe reflections on Gen Buell are voiced by all.
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Perryville
Buell
Boston Board approves small change bills proposal
At a Boston Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday afternoon the measure to empower the Treasurer to issue city bills for fractions of a dollar was adopted to meet demand for small change.
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Board of Aldermen of
Boston
Roof collapse floods War Department building in Washington
Sunday rain damaged the War Department in Washington as a storm overwhelmed an unfinished addition. The roof was removed for another story and no sheltering provisions were made, causing substantial damage to the structure.
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War Department
Washington
Eleven States Set November Election Dates
Eleven states schedule their November elections with Louisiana New York New Jersey Massachusetts Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Minnesota and Delaware voting on the 3rd New York on the 4th and Maryland on the 5th in a slate of annual ballots.
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Louisiana
New York
New Jersey
Marsachusetts
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Minnesota
Delaware
Marylund
New Bedford Treasurer to Issue Fractional Change Checks
The City Treasurer will issue checks for fractional parts of a dollar to facilitate tax payments. Checks will be received for taxes and cashed at banks when even dollar amounts are presented.
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New Bedford
Dreadnought Ships Into New York After Northern Route
The packet ship Dreadnought arrived in New York from Liverpool on Sunday, having skirted far north to elude a rebel cruiser whose captain vowed to destroy the vessel. Manchester businessmen agree to a silver coin premium of 20 percent, allowing 5 cent pieces for six, and 10 cent pieces for 12 cents.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
W. H
Governor and Mayors Act to Stop Substitutes Exports
The Governor of New Jersey with city mayors moves to prevent substitutes from being procured in the state for shipment to other states. An order has been issued forbidding this practice.
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New Jersey
Citioa
Final Sale of Circassian Cargo Nets $100,000 in New York
The cargo of the captured steamer Circassian was sold in New York on Tuesday. The total proceeds from the sale reached about one hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Portland Press Hints Government May Requisition Steamers
Rumor from the Portland Press states the Government plans to take into service steamers from the port that were recently under charter authorities may be mobilizing vessels to support official needs.
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Portland
Corwin gravely ill in Mexico City as draft totals rise
The American Minister in Mexico, Mr Corwin, is very ill in the capital and unlikely to survive. Reports say his health is broken down. Draft figures in New York about ten thousand and in Philadelphia about two thousand five hundred.
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Tar Mr. Corwin
Mexico
New York City
Philadelphia
Town Meeting Called for Monday at Town Hall
Notice states a town meeting will be held Monday at 10 o clock at Town Hall. Citizens urged to attend as no major business is listed, with funds to support families of volunteers to be appropriated promptly.
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Town Hall
Court of Common Pleas Adjourns Sine Die After Dismissals
The Court of Common Pleas under Judge Sherman met in town on Tuesday with no business for grand or petit jurors. After resolving the few docketed cases by rule reference or default, the court adjourned sine die.
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Court of Common Pleas
Sherman
Local Schooner Ontario Bought for Coastwise Trade
A. T. & T. J. Usher have purchased the schooner Ontario built at Cape May in 1850. The 134 ton weever will be kept in the coastwise trade under Captain Wilson, formerly of the schooner Mexico.
Weather Improves Prompting Smiling Grumblers
The weather has been pleasant over the past few days, lifting the mood of even the most persistent grumblers. Yesterday and Thursday resembled early September conditions with bright skies and comfortable warmth.
Bristol tax assessment under Assessor David Waldron progresses
The External Revenue Tax assessment moves forward in Bristol under Assessor David Waldron. An advertisement notes the Bristol and Providence Railroad winter arrangement takes effect next Monday.
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David Waldron
Req
Bristol
Bristol and Providence
Sound steamers depart New York earlier at four
On and after Monday next November 3 the Sound steamers leave New York at 4 o clock instead of 5.
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New York
Vanderbilt steamship readied for sea at Brooklyn yard
The steamship Vanderbilt arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard Tuesday for sea preparation. Her beams are strengthened and she is described as a formidable, serviceable ship faster than any vessel in the navy. Under Navy Department orders she will be fitted for sea with dispatch.
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Tux Vandebirt
Vanderbilt
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Navy Department
Recruits Discharged and Cotton Trade Updates in Civil War Era
Shirty nine month recruits were discharged from service Thursday, mostly minors, with others transferred to the Cavalry. Reports note two submarine batteries may be built at the Columbia river mouth. In Adams county seven doctors are among draftees. Cotton arrivals rise with about fifteen hundred bales received in five days. Guerillas burn bales destined for Memphis. Cotton trade remains brisk with three hundred bales at the depot and prices around forty eight to fifty cents. Shipments to Columbus or Cairo priced higher by recent orders.
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Columbia River
Oregon
Adams County
Memphis
New York Herald
Unva
Memphia
Jackson (Tenn
Bays
Jackson
Col. Faulkner
Island No. 10
Columbus
Cairo
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lewis Cass
New Orleans
Millandon
Hawks
Christ Church
Baltimore
United States
Tuscarora
Craven
Cadiz
John A. Clifford
New Bedford
Congress
People’s Party
St. Charles City
Flood County
Iowa
Key West
Isabel
St. Marka
Florida
James L. Davis
War atrocity alleged at Chaplin Hills reported
The Louisville Journal asserts a claim about a battlefield incident in Chaplin Hills during a night battle. It alleges Bishop-General Polk and a hidden force robbed and stripped wounded or dead soldiers as friends searched for their companions, describing the act as disgraceful and fully attested.
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Louisville Journal
Chaplin Hills
Polk
California and the War Emancipation Proclamation News
A San Francisco letter reports local support for the war effort with $100,000 donated to the Sanitary Committee and another $100,000 to be sent. It notes strong public approval of the President’s Emancipation Proclamation and plenty of sympathy for the sick and wounded.
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Californnia
San Francisco
Sanitary Committee
California
Boston
Death of General George B. Anderson
The Raleigh Standard reports the death of General George B. Anderson a gallant officer wounded at Sharpsburg Maryland He died Thursday morning at his brother Colonel W E Andersons Raleigh home He was a Wilmington native about 35 years old and left a wife and infant child behind
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Anderson
Raleigh Standard
George B. Anderson
Sharpsburg
Maryland
Homse
W. E. Anderson
Raleigh
Wilmington
Death of Mrs Manchester in mysterious shoreline drowning
The wife of Rev George H Manchester of Pastamouth drowned near the shore during a storm. She wandered away Monday and was found hours later on the beach, partly buried in sand. Domestic relations described as pleasant. no signs of mental disturbance. Br Manchester a clerk in the Providence Peat Office.
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George H. Manchester
Pastamouth
Manchester
Providence Peat Office
Salt cargo from Tripani enters customs house
A cargo of salt from Tripani was entered at the Custom House yesterday. Its cost at shipment was $750, and the importer paid £840 premium on notes for the duty, $90 more than the cargo cost. Total duty was about $3000 in gold or its equivalent. Duty on sale is 18 cents per 1000 pounds.
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Tripani
Yeaterday
Boston
Old Town regiments vote split and wartime notes amid chaos
A collage of Civil War era items reports Republican gains in older regiments while Democrats lag. Highlights include Whittier's nomination, slave uprisings, naval searches for rebel pirates, California to Connecticut dispatches, weather, and stock prices.
War time journey amid tears and resolve in Pennsylvania lines
A Boston Journal correspondent describes a PennsylvanIa Central route trip to Washington as families at stations bid farewell to soldiers dying in hospitals and on fields. The piece frames the voyage as a moral witness to national transformation driven by freedom and God’s laws, foreseeing a radical, inevitable shift away from despotism.
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Carleton
Boston,Journal
Weat
Philadelphia
Cincinncci
Penn‘aylvania Central
Steubenvillé
Diyton
Col. Scott
Pennsylvania Central
Eden
Eis
Washington
Pennsylvania
Hoe
Frederick City
Antietam
New York
Indy
Foresterday
Gulfa
Arma
Insane episode rocks Glastonbury couple and kin
The Hartford Press reports that a Glastonbury woman, grieving two child losses, went insane after weeks of trouble with church matters and spiritualism. Her husband, and her parents Mrs and Mr Talcott, then fell under a mesmeric influence. Talcott and wife later died at the Frame Retreat.
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Hartford Press
George L. Ford
Glastonbury
Lucius Talcott
Talcott
Mr.Talcott
Recantation of Edwin Price Denounces Rebellion
General Edwin Price son of Major General Price of the Confederate army takes the oath of allegiance to the United States. Captured near Warsaw Missouri last winter he was exchanged for General Prentiss and after visits to Grenada Mississippi and Gen Curtis headquarters resigns his Richmond commission and vows to observe the oath. He believes the rebellion nearly ended and the Confederate army cannot endure long.
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Renza
Edwin Price
Price
United States
Warsaw
General Prentiss
Grenada
Mies
St. Louis
Gen. Curtis
Richmond
Opium Trade Fearlooms Over British Revenue
A Hong Kong report warns Britain may lose half its revenue tied to opium with China. The non English piece notes China could soon cultivate poppies itself, reducing demand for British opium and threatening supply.
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Hong Kong
China
Laing
M. P
Young Lady Sees Her Name On Hotel Bed Linens
A Washington visitor stayed at a hotel and found her name on a blanket margin that matched linens she had sent to her husband in the army, which he had never received. The discovery occurred during her stay several weeks ago, highlighting a curious mix up in the hotel.
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Marx. Branzra
Washington
Jook
Lincoln era proclamation anticipates emancipation
Secretary Seward forwards a Washington circular to diplomatic representatives abroad dated September 22. It argues Union forces are rebounding and that war aims shift to abolition of slavery, with the President to publish a proclamation by January 1 declaring slavery will not be recognized in rebel states, signaling a strategic move to preserve the Union.
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ntSrate
Cinconan
EwaNcrris Erate
Adarity
Department OF Statt
Celbe Washington
Union
Witt U1
Sewarp
Deprivation in Rebel Armies Revealed by Richmond Whig
The Richmond Whig attacks the rebel government for neglecting soldiers with bare feet ragged clothing and vermin hospitals at Winchester lacking cot sheet pillow or clothing until mid month. Wounded and sick receive minimal care with scarce shelter while private homes and wealthier citizens provide some aid.
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Lee
Richmond Whig
Winchester
Thuad
York Hospital
Hollinsworth Grove
Arrest of Brown in Frederick Sparks Confederate Recruiting Bust
A Philadelphia Inquirer dispatch from Frederick Missouri reports Brown, a warehouse keeper employed by the government, was arrested by detective S B Perkins and taken to Washington on charges of feeding rebels. Lieutenant Shearling of the First Maine Cavalry investigated rumors of a Hyattstown Md recruiting operation and, aided by Major Cook’s Battery, secured five recruits and four horses near a house, while the major captains were absent.
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Swart
Or & Maine
Philadelphia Inquirer
Frederick, Mo
Brown
S. B. Perkins
Washington
Frederick
Hyattstown
Shearling
First Maine Cavalry
Wyattetown
Rhodes
Nearyattstown
Stuart
Shurling
British reaction softens to United States after Birmingham gathering
A London letter in the Boston Traveller cites growing British sentiment against the U S noting astonishment at a Birmingham meeting where a resolution to recognize the South failed and a majority blamed southern arms for the distress.
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Enxottio
Boston
London
Birmingham
South
United States
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