Fort Dodge man proposes Senate resolution on war stance
Greener Duncombe of Ft. Dodge introduces a Senate resolution urging hostilities to cease until after Congress meets, opposing the war. FD Hall in a medical journal advocates swinging as a cure for ption, suggesting it could serve as a remedy for Treason. The government chartered the City of Louisiana, of the St and Keokuk Packet Co, to service at once as Memphis rebels seize the steamer Dr Kane.
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Greener Duncombe
Ft. Dodge
Senate
Congress 2d
Hall
Medical Journal
Louisiana
St& Keokuk Packet Company
Memphis
Dr. Kane
Eve
Adam
Solomon
Col. Ellsworth
Alexandria
Chicago
Col. Elsworth
Kestern
West Point
House
Virginia
Missouri
P. H. Dowling
Manhattan
Millville
Ray County
Lexington
Dowling
St. Louis
Camp Jackson
United States
Stars and Stripes
North
Baltimore
Ellsworth
Upborne
N. Y. Tribune
St. Francis
Taylor's Creek
St. Francis County
Arkansas
B. Lips
Lips
Committee of Safety
South
Lip
Keystone
Portsmouth
Vt Ll. Y. Bate Jornal
W. H. Thomas
Jackson
Uis & Company
Indiana
Col. Thomas
North Carolina
Union Voice Reports Troop Moves Near Kentucky Line
A Journal note cites 10 000 troops near Fountain Head and Michaelville in Tennessee under Davis government, aimed at Kentucky and its Union supporters if the U S army enters the state. Also reports a Tennessee agent buying horses with Tennessee money, and includes the 1856 Paris Treaty text on privateering neutral flag and blockades.
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Borrox
Kentucky
Fountain Head
Michaelville
Tennessee
Davis
Garter
Nashville
United States
Paris
Great Britain
France
Austria
Prussia
Russia
Sardinia
Turkey
Union forces cross Potomac in decisive Virginia advance
The North moves to crush Secession with a large army from Washington into Virginia and occupies Alexandria. Fort Monroe and a federal fleet block Confederate routes, isolating Harper's Ferry and Norfolk. The plan aims to restore the Union, deter foreign intervention, and elevate the U S position globally.
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New York Herald
Union
Washington
Potomac
Alexandria
Virginia
Old Dominion
Harper’s Ferry
Richmond
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk
Lincoln
Congress
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
United States
North Carolina
Tennessee
London Times
Ireland
Rome
England
William of Orange
United States of America
Africa
Republic of
Iowa Frontiersmen Question Harney Price Accord
From Southern To wa Anna Iowa May 24 1861 we discuss the Harney Price accord and its impact as families flee Missouri for the Union. The letter notes driven Missourians carrying property losses while some vote for Breckinridge others for Bell and questions whether agreement can curb chaos. It ends awaiting whether Harney Price will enforce and ease tensions.
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Gerrit Smith
Peace Society
Lincoln
Kentucky
Virginia
Gulf States
South
Executive
Congress
Slave States
Jeff. Davises
Rhetts
Yanceys
Confederacy
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Union
Fort Sumter
Free States
N. Y. Tribune
Bell
Breckinridge
Missouri
Price
Harney
Iowa
Eailly
North Star
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Towa
Cor
St. Louis Democrat
Telegram notes from Bermotox on grain receipts and prices
Friday market report from Bermotox notes rising grain receipts and stable to improving currency, with banks shifting to specie on demand. Prices listed for sugar, coffee, molasses, nails, fruit, soap, flour, wheat, corn, rye, beans, potatoes, oats, butter, eggs, onions, hay, wood, hides, lard, and bacon. Exchange rates for New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and St Louis included. Flour shipments heavy, wheat and corn prices up or steady, rye flour steady, whiskey and barley modest.
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Bermotox
East Burlington
Missouri
Chicago
Weommon
Cink
North Western Club
Winur Ia
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Minxix Bart
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Eaton
Ohio
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5 Point
Telegraph
Roberts
Beard
Casserday
Sont
Burlington Zouaves
Col
E. Elsworth
Lee
E. E. Woh
Zouaves
Aaetica
Inez
Ameri
Southern
Philadelphia
Boston Journal
Ohio Regiment
Fisch
Thorn
Germany
SPE
New York
Boston
Par
St. Lovia
Pormiore
Eyt
Jarvis
X. S.tarv
Jarvie
Mada
Matt James
H. J. Jarvis
Main Street
Hag & Hee
Burlington , Missouri River Railroad Company
Office Trike Company
Baton
J. N. Denison
D&wtd
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Wisconsin
Tizzard & Barhydt
Jefferson and
Main St
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Main
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