General Scott resigns from Army command in 1861
A memorial of General Scott's resignation is detailed with praise for his long service, the cabinet's decision to place General McClellan in command, and the President's and cabinet's sympathy. The formal order places Scott on the retired list effective November 1, 1861, with full pay and honors. The exchange between Scott and Lincoln closes with gratitude and mutual respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Cep
United States
McClellan
Wasurxctox
S. Cameron
Congress
Winniett Scott
A. D
Army of the
Axsrapam Lincoly
Spirit of 1812 echoes in naval commanders report
A Norfolk sailing Merrimac ironclad with heavy armament is challenged by Com. Galdeborough of the Minnesota who would board the foe if contact occurs. State Military Central confirms about forty two Home Guard companies with roughly four thousand members statewide.
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Norfolk
Com
Galdeborough
Minnesota
Doon
Severe gale across coast ends in widespread damage and loss
A strong northeast gale over the weekend caused extensive flooding and wrecks from Cape Hatteras to New England. Vessels were lost or damaged, landmarks inundated, and several lives were reported missing or drowned including Captain S Barnum.
Carriage Capsize Injures Four Women at Hope and State
A Thursday incident near Hope and State streets left a carriage overturned and its four young female occupants scattered amid wreckage. The horse was uninjured, and the ladies were pulled free with minor injuries.
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Hope and
State Streets
Boston Pastor Rev Edmunds Credibly Endorsed by Miss Ide
The piece endorses Rev Edmunds of a Boston church, attesting to his piety and kindness. It notes Dr E Smith of 23 Pleasant Street Boston and Miss Ide’s certificate on page three, plus readers should see the doctor’s ad and testimonies about restoration of health after years of pulmonary distress. The report of Commissary Secretary absconding with plans is revived, while Gen Scott travels to New York with Chase and Cameron amid greetings at stations.
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E. Smith
Pleasant Street
Boston
Miss Ide
Mr. Edmunds
E.*bos
Smith
Com. Immani
Washington
New York Commercial Advertiser
Scott
New York
Chase
Gameron
State Normal School Bristol Rhode Island announces winter term
The Winter Term at State Normal School Bristol Rhode Island begins on the fourth Tuesday in November the 26th under Joshua Kendall with Miss H W Goodwin and Miss Ellen Luther in charge. The institution trains youth of both sexes to become teachers with strong recitations lectures library and apparatus. Over five hundred have attended since inception. Public examination set for November 15 at 9 A M. Also note Navy appointments Capt Spencer Pratt Acting Master at Brooklyn and Capt Gilbert Richmond Acting Master at Boston with Burnside expedition transport command selections by the Navy Secretary.
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Joshua Kendall
A. M
H. W. Goodwin
Ellen Luther
New England
Spencer Pratt
U.S Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gilbert Richmond
Warren
Boston Navy Yard
Richard S Pearse
Isaac Liscomb
Wm. M. Bly
George Coggenhall
Secretary of the Navy
Thurlow Weed and Archbishop Hughes Prepare for Europe
Thurlow Weed Esq and Archbishop Hughes sail for Europe to counteract the mission of Mason and Slidell, rebel commissioners who fled Charleston and seek English and French recognition of the Confederacy. Reportedly the leading rebels now prefer a monarchy to remaining in the Union.
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Thurlow Weed, Esq
Archbishop Hughes
Europe
Thor
Mason and Slidell
Charleston
England
Rumors on Naval Expedition Destination Reach Charleston
circulation reports claim a fleet sailed from Chesapeake Bay last Tuesday and was seen entering Bull's Bay near Charleston. No firm details available yet though government dispatches may arrive soon.
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Chesapeake Bay
Suime
Bull's Bay
Charleston
Rev Henry Ward Beecher to visit England for discourses
Reportedly the preacher plans soon to travel to England to deliver discourses in major cities about the origin and progress of the U S rebellion. The aim is to enlighten the English about northern affairs and counter prejudice against the North. The article expresses hope that the report is true.
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Henry Ward Beecher
England
United States
Resignation of Rev. Asa Bronson from Providence church
Due to feeble health Rev. Asa Bronson of the Stewart Street Baptist Church Providence resigns. A church meeting passed resolutions praising his character and Christian service and expressing sympathy for his affliction.
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Asa Bronson
Stewart Street
Providence
Christ
Long Island Swindler and Rhode Island Losses Cited
Government exposes swindles by a quartermaster who bought hay below market price, later found twenty tons short. Reuben Tourtellot of Barrillville Rhode Island dies at Columbian College Hospital in Washington age 27? The report notes Gov Sprague’s return from Washington. Government plans to sink old whalers loaded with stone at rebel port entrances.
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Dearn Oy
Reuben Tourtellot
Barrillville
Rhode Island Regiment
Columbian College Hospital
Washington
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Rebal States
Warren Correspondence From Waxega 1861 Notes
In Waxega dated November 7 1861 notices report ladies knitting and sewing gowns for wounded soldiers and stockings to ease their hardship. Post Office has moved back to Baker Street under Postmaster Sargeant. office modernized and central. Warrens Drill Corps to parade Saturday at 2 PM with eighty muskets. The Dromo ships on whaling voyage. Dr J M Rand sails as passenger to Valparaiso seeking new practice.
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Baker Street
Sargeant
Warrens
Wantina
Dromo
Thid
Dr. J. M Rand
Valparaiso
Letters for Tux Toire Regiment in Naval Expedition
All letters and papers for soldiers in the Third Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers in the great naval expedition should be directed to the commandant and forwarded through official channels to ensure proper delivery and record-keeping.
Sherman division transportation agent letter routing
Mr Tompkins serves as the transportation agent for General Sherman's Division. Letters addressed to care of D. D. Tompkins at No. 6 State Street New York City will reach the division more quickly than mailing to Washington.
Kentucky Praise of Ruppx Island
Louisville Journal urges Kentucky women to support Rhode Island volunteers, praising the state for its generous contributions. It notes Kentucky's large heart and self funded aid, including munitions and clothing, with no federal request, and calls sisters of Kentucky to rival the effort.
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Kentucky
Louneville Journal
Clay
Rhode Island
Commonwealth of
Roger Williams
Bitty Willson's Report From Santa Rosa Island
The letter by Colonel Witt Wilson describes Pensacola scenes and war detachments. He notes hair on display and a flagstaff relic, claiming uniforms and swords captured, plus a threat of being exhibited in a cage if captured. He says they rest with arms at night and suffers illness including diarrhea.
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Bitty Willson
Pensacola
Thas
Witt Wison
War reflections and pay figures from the era
A late London letter praises Spurgeon prayers for peace yet urges eradicating slavery by force if needed. It notes English clergy sympathy for Americans and mockingly cites clergy power at work for the cause. The piece lists Lt Gen Scott’s current monthly pay of 270 and subsistence 360 with servant and horse allowances totaling 9240 annually.
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London
New York Evening Post
Spurgeon
United States
Grant
England
First Malaga fruit arrives at port aboard Young Turk
The bark Young Turk with Captain arding brings the first cargo of Malaga fruit to port. It sailed from Malaga on September 29 and passed the strait in October. The cargo totals 11 100 boxes 5100 half boxes 51 quarter boxes 100 casks raisins 200 boxes lemons and 25 kegs grapes. A Chicago to Buffalo corn rate of twenty two cents per bushel is noted.
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Malaga
Young Turk
Arding
Boston Transcript
Loss of Ship Maritana during gale near Boston Light
The Maritana of Providence commanded by Capt. G W Williams foundered after striking rocks near Boston Light in a Sunday morning catastrophe. Eleven passengers and thirteen crew vanished. many saved reached shore, later cared for at the Sailors' Home. Names of the lost and saved include Captain Williams, first mate W B Carnes, and several passengers. ship owned by Suchet Mauran of Providence.
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Cape Hatteras
Boston
Maritana
Nathaniel Voguwell
Hamblin
Malaga
Scituate
Lion
Lewis’ Wharf
Sohr
Emma Wadsworth
Spectacle Island
Canton
Chelsea Beach
Eastern
Saugue
New Bedford
Newport
Thames Street
Ferry Wharf
Perry Mill
Easton
Chesapeake Bay
Havre de Grace
Locust Point
North Point
Baltimore
New Jersey
New York
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Providence
G. W. Williams
Liverpool
Suchet Mauran, 2d, Esq
Boston Journal
Minot
Williama
Thomas Haney
James Donnough
Mr. Rhodes
Var iMiams
Ile
Mr. Carnes
Mary Flanagan
John
Purchase Street
W. Williams
W B. Carnes
Maria Byron
Elizabeth Byron
Dublin
Ireland
Patrick Reagan
Thomas
Cook
Cambridge
Mass
Pratt
Lucy
Concord
Christopher Rhodes
John Flanagan
James Donagh
John Manning
Henry Tucker
Richard Moore
Walter Munson
John McDonald
Thomas Harney
William F. Marble
Charles Hanson
Joseph Rodan
Captain Williams
Eliza Bozier
Lacy Pratt
William Jackson
Indy
Bishop Whittingham urged to resign at Baltimore convention
The letter praises Bishop Whittingham of Maryland for duty under troubled times. It notes secessionists plan resolutions at the Episcopal Convention in Baltimore on the 27th, urging him to resign. Ananias is mocked as unlikely to resign.
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Whittingham
Maryland
Baltimore
Ananias
Peter
Fortaris Moxroz reports Belvidere wreck in storm and slave contraband influx
Nov 4 dispatches detail the Belvidere disaster with twelve horses killed and crew uncertain of fleet status. Contrabands arrive at Fortress York and troops withdraw from Great Bethel Yorktown and Norfolk area. News from Shipping Point notes continuous firing, batteries exchanging shots, and Rebel losses in clashes near Quantico Creek.
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Great Bethel
Yorktown
Norfolk
U Boat
Fisg of
Floot
Uregard
Richmond
Herald
Washington
Shipping Point
Doubleday
Geo. Page
Quantj Creek
Page
Massachusetts
Navy Yard
The
Tribune
McClellan
Virginia
Col. Young
Kentucky
Noriety
Floyd
Forger Huntington Freed Then Jailed In Civil Suit
Huntington New York forger released from state prison by pardon but soon jailed again in a civil suit for twenty thousand dollars. Other items note four saddlers and an oysterman sentenced to six months in New Orleans’ workhouse, Seward’s refusal on Helm's back pay, and various brief notices on stamps, crops, and weather.
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Huntington
New York
Lodge
War House
New Orleans
Seward
Charles J. Helm
United Stateonan
Havana
Paris
Atlantic
Manchester
Davis
Confederate States of America
Warren
Conn
Gov Blair
Michigan
Cowan
Cowan’s Gap
Lancaster County
Chillan
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Alleghany County
Kansas
Massachusetts Governor Receives Civil War Aid Letter
Gov Andrew acknowledges a public letter from James Smith of Boston soliciting aid for the Twentieth Regiment. A one hundred dollar check from A D J Y Smith & Co is enclosed to be used for new supplies lost in battle near Ball’s Bluff.
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Andrew
Boston Journal
Provingnce
John A. Andrew
Massachusetts
Ball’ Blaff
B . James ¥. Smith
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Crowell
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State Normal School
Bristol
R. I
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N. H
John Benson
Randall Street
Tr Patrick McCabe
Gov
Sprague
Scott Ware
John Eldred
Conanicat
Newport Mercury
Chicago
Buffalo
Washmoron
Potomac
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