Confederate Alabama sails on final trip amid British links
The article reports on Confederate efforts to arm vessels abroad, focusing on the Alabama under Capt Semmes as it departs Liverpool on a final voyage. It discusses English neutrality, possible English complicity in flag use, and calls for protection against the rebel trafficking, with updates on other war news and troop movements.
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Sommes
Retract on Democracy Principles Said to Seek National Unity
The editorial withdraws a prior claim that the Democratic party lacks principles and accuses it of seeking unity for power. It condemns surrender of freedom, honor, and the Constitution for unity and power, warns of slavery’s national adoption, and calls for a complete national purge for humanity and future generations.
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Democratic Party
A Goon Succession
The Providence Journal urges the town to host a simple nutritious supper for convalescent soldiers from Portsmouth Grove Hospital arriving at four and leaving at seven before trains to Groton. It asks hospital staff to inform in advance to ease arrangements and lift soldiers’ spirits on their journey.
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Portsmouth Grove Hospital
Groton
Vast Potomac Camp Signals Civil War Mobilization
A Washington letter in the New York Commercial notes a vast camp across the Potomac with regiments arriving and departing daily and no winter quarters yet. Troops are brigaded and drilled in field movements as grand reviews begin echoing last autumn. The Louisville Journal questions corn prices and war-time stores as famine looms across the South. New York banks will receive postage currency on Wednesdays and Saturdays via assistant U S Treasurers for business needs.
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Potomac
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U. S
Randall Pullen Pays Off Mother's Debts After Enlistment
The Newport News youth Randall Pullen recently enlisted and received a $500 bounty. His mother, widow with several small debts, faced numerous creditors. He used his bounty to settle all $100 in outstanding claims, clearing his mother’s accounts.
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Newport News
Randall Pullen
Randall
Military retreat estimates after Corinth victory noted
Gy' Price reportedly told civilians along his retreat line that of 30 000 troops in action only about 8000 remain. most others are fed wounded or prisoners. The victory at Corinth is described as decisive and creditable to all units. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes coal shipments to New England, especially Boston, have risen after prior low demand. A.T. Stewart bought Townsend property on Fifth Avenue for 73500 over mortgage 52112, and the Seventy-third Illinois regiment includes twenty five Methodist clergy among officers and captains.
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Foul Swasey Funeral Held At Taunton For Naval Officer
Funeral services were held in Taunton for Lieut Silas Swasey Jr of the U S gunboat Saiota who was killed near Donaldsonville La when his vessel came under rebel fire. About fifty naval officers from the instruction ship Macedonian at Charlestown Navy Yard attended.
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War era notes and local updates from national to harbor
War Department allows drafted men twenty days to procure substitutes. Reports on financing and mobilization, medical orders for amputees, and ship losses. Descriptions of Semmes and the Alabama pirate tactics. Population and economic notes across Massachusetts and New York, with local shortages and harvests.
Funeral for Gen Charles T James Held in Providence
The funeral of Gen. Charles T. James was solemnized on Tuesday afternoon in Providence. Attendance by relatives and friends was very large, with the Masonic fraternity, of which the general was a member, turning out in strong numbers.
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Arrival of steamer Buapie State at Fall River
A sailor named John Anrrison from Brooklyn, N Y, was found dead in his berth aboard the Buapie State after it arrived at Fall River on a Wednesday morning. The Post reports theft of three pianos by army officers in Alexandria and shipments to friends at home, calling for severe punishment.
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Railroad Survey Window for Fall River Taunton Line
The tar line proposes a new railroad from Fall River to Taunton shortening the Fall River to Boston route by about seven to eight miles. Officials announce surveys are now underway to evaluate the project and its potential benefits.
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Boston
Rebel Reconnaissance and Battlefield Movements Reported
The Herald and Times detail Gen. Stahl’s recon party returning after pressing through Thoroughfare Gap to White Plains and Salems, capturing rebel cavalry and paroling infantry. Wyndham charged rebels at the Gap at dawn, driving them from position as they attempted to occupy the pass. Separately, reports from Amesville and Culpepper describe fears of a slave revolt, conscripts in Winchester, and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation fueling unrest.
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Rumors of Peace Propositions Deemed Forgery
Washington dispatch reports rumors of peace offers by a rebel general were traced to a cranny forgery rejected by the White House. Officials note calls to destroy the pirate Alabama with rewards. department would buy the vessel or pay 300000 if destroyed, subject to congressional appropriation.
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Parson Brownlow Attacks War Dept Over Cumberland Gap Move
Brownlow vents to the Philadelphia Press about a War Department order sending troops under General Morgan into Western Virginia. He claims East Tennessee is starved and frozen, warns of rebellion, and urges seizing Tennessee before Christmas to control railroads and troops.
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General requires time before command due to injury
The general cannot assume command of his army corps for some time. He injures his foot and travels on two crutches in Washington, hindering his ability to lead.
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