Naval Engagement Update and Norfolk Mobilization
News from March 12 reports Old Point arrival and a Norfolk Day Book account praising Cumberland crew bravery after the Merrimac fight. It notes casualties, Captain Buchanan's death, and a cautious view of the Monitor. Also, Bragg with 7,000 men is said to reach Norfolk from Pensacola, with 20,000–30,000 drafted soldiers and rebel forces massing to threaten Norfolk and possible final campaign battles to defend the city.
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Elbridge
Monitor
Crang Island
Merrimac
Virginia
Buchanan
Jolena
Norfolk
Congress
Navy Yard
Snother E
A. 8. Johnson
Tennessee
Atkins
Beaufort
Nashville
Morehead City
Hatteras
Burnside
Ocracoke Inlet
New York
Bera
Oeirginia Central Railroad
Potomac
Frederick
Pamenky River
Richmond
Counoy Senne
Ely
North Fork
sol_diers
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Federacrjban
Centerville
Manassas
Ball Run
Warren Turnpike
Cabin Run
Pennsylvania
Brentsville
McClellan
Fairfax C. H
Winchester
Manaseas
Post
Naval Committee
Senate
Grimes
Fox
Fortress Monroe
Battary
Old Point
Lieut
Hayward
Johns
Capt. Buchanan
Elizabeth City
the Tribune
Bragg
Pensacola
Newbern
Times
Washindon
Council of War
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Centreville
Cuantestows
Berryville
Gorman
Olvier Derantwent
John A. Kasson
New York Bankes
N.Y
United States
Department
Treasury
Conflicting War Measures and Naval Actions Reported in Congress
March 11 12 13 dispatches detail opposition to a Delaware member and passage of land sale expense reductions and confiscation provisions. Delegates discuss monitors naval commissions and fisheries protection while Senate and House consider loyalty rules military medical efficiency signals and provisional governance for rebel districts.
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France
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Senate
New Grenada
Costa Rica
Calvert
District of Columbia
Blair
Missouri
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Military Affairs
Signal Corps
House
Sedgwices
Naval Committee
Siam
Ashley
Committee On Loyalty
United States
Cravens
Senate Committee
Congress
Sexats
Trumbull
Judiciary Committee
Powell
Sherman
Latham
Panama
Aspinwall
Judiciary
Wilson
Mass
Secretary of War
Wasamatox
Hovex
Duell
Gen. Curtis
Pea Ridge
Richardson
Illinois
Iowa House receives Iowa Second Regimental colors in ceremony
Dus Mowns reports in Des Moines that the Iowa 2d Regiment presented its color in the House with Governor and staff. the crowd cheered as the banner was unfurled and dedicated to Donelson. Col. John Scott paid tribute, and the audience sang the Star Spangled Banner as Gen Halleck urged swift enlistment.
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Iowa
Iowa 2d
Senate
Donelson
Johh Scott
Blue Mills
Gen. Halleck
Cairo Dispatches Describe Fort Henry, Fort Donelson Fallout
Special Cairo dispatches report no change at Fort Henry and beyond as General Strong assumes command. The steamer Southwestern arrives with troops, 27 bodies from Fort Donelson are sent to friends, Col Logan improves, Gen Paine wounded mildly near Siketown, and Capt Blodgett takes command of the Conestogo after Capt Pritchard retires.
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51St Illinois
Pope
Waterhouse
Cullom
Halleck
Aaron
Island No. 10
Hiawatha
Tennessee
Times
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Winchester
Jackson
Loring
Ashley
Strasburg
Manassas
Shanandoah Valley
Virginia Central Railroad
Richmond
Gordonsville
Hamilton
Williams
Friends of the Union
Oxtongo
60Th Ohio
Fort Henry
Southwestern
Sen
St. Louis
Gen. Strong
Blodgett
Boston
Conestogo
Pritchard
Fort Donelson
Col. Logan
Logan
Paine
Siketown
Iowa
Fort Doneleon
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Buell
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Department of the Mississippi
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Tennest
Lovsviuts
Humphrey Marshall
Glaideville
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Denmark
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