Army of the Potomac advances near Milford and North Anna
May 22 reports Hancock’s corps driving 13,000 Rebel force from Milford and pushing toward Bowling Green and Mattapony. Grants dispatches note movements from Harris Store to Jennick’s, repulsed counterattacks, and pursuit of Lee toward Richmond. Warren, Burnside, and Hancock force intrenchments, capture prisoners, and seize papers. Sheridan sighted at Dunkirk.
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Army OF the
Washington
Grant
North Ann
Lee
Harris’ Store
Jennick’s
Warren
Hancock
Cannister
North Anna
Richmond
Burnside
Arren
Sheridan
Dunkirk
Milford
S. Ee
Moza
E. M. Stanton
Ohio Union Convention Elects Officers and Nominates State Leaders
The Union State Convention in ColumbUS Ohio elected T R Stanley of Vinton president and G A Benedict editor of the Cleveland Herald secretary. Wm Henry Smith of Hamilton became Secretary of State with W H Richardson attorney general and Col Moses Brailey comptroller. Delegates and alternates named. resolutions pledge Ohio to support the government with troops and funds to suppress the rebellion.
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Columbvus
Ohio
T. R. Stanley
Vinton
G. A. Benedict
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Herald
Tea Su
Kage County
Wm. White
Clark County
Judohlson
Horace Wilder
Henry Smith
Hamilton County
Wm. H. Richardson
Monroe County
Treasury
Col
Moses Brailey
Fulton County
Board of Public Works
Census bill advances in Thirty-Eighth Congress debate
Debates in the Senate and House cover census for 1865, Bank bill amendments, and revenue provisions. Discussion includes oath for Fishback, beer tax in barrels, and calls for a joint conference on differing measures. House moves to consider river and coast appropriation.
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Washington
Simwats
Trumbull
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Sherman
Lane
Kansas
Fishback
Howard
Harris
Finance Committee
Johnson
Argule
Powell
New York, World, and Journal of Commerce
Fessenden
Fn Finance
Washburn
Illinois
Committee On Commerce
Stevens
Baxton
Vermont
United States
J. Callen
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
J. Sweat
Maine
J. Davis
Congress
Canadas
Little
New York
Murrill
Great Britain
Ward
House Firat
Arnold
Rebel Army Moves Toward Richmond After South Anna
The Herald reports Hancock’s corps moved at midnight on the 20th from the Bowling Green line, forming on hill crests near Nottoway. Lee’s army withdraws toward Richmond as Grant pursues. reports note battles at Milford Station and North Anna with heavy Union gains and prisoner captures.
Copperhead Wailings At Democratic Union State Convention
The Democratic Union State convention at Louisville on May 26 reaffirmed union war aims and opposed arming Black troops while backing McClellan for president and Bramlette for vice president. Delegates were instructed to vote as a unit at Chicago. report mentions press notes on Sherman flanking Atlanta and moving toward Dallas in Paulding county.
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Louisville
Democratic Union
Congress
United States
McClellan
Bramlette
Chicago
M. Hanson
Gen
Hustin
Ward
Nashville Union
Sherman
Atlanta
Dallas
Paulding County
Porters voyage and cotton market report from Cairo
Admiral Porter moved from Memphis to St. Louis aboard the Black with 337 bales of cotton via the Platte Valley. The Memphis news notes two Ferguson brothers executed in Helena for murder. Gen. Tuttle travels up the Platte Valley to report to Sherman after relief from Natchez. Cotton remains active with small offerings. Receipts over 48 hours total 648 bales middling to strict.
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Cairo
Admiral Porter
Mound City
Platte Valley
Memphis
St. Louis
Ferguson
Helena
Gen. Tuttle
Sherman
Natchez
Rebel army concentrates between North and South Anna rivers
General Grant reports the rebel forces still hold a strong position between the North and South Anna rivers. It will likely take two or three days to reveal their intentions. The Ninth Corps has joined the Army of the Potomac. No other field despatches received.
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Washington
Diz
Grant
North
South Anna Rivers
Povey
Ninth Corps
Potomac
E. M. Stanton
Camden & Atlantic R. A. to aid Great Sanitary Fair
The receipts of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Athletic Association to be collected on Saturday the 28th will be donated entirely to the Great Sanitary Fair.
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Philadelphia
Camden & Atlantic R. A
Liberty Steamer Arrives From New Orleans
New York May 26 The steamer Liberty from New Orleans dated the 17th has arrived Papers received dated the 13th contain no news of interest and report only routine cargo and passenger details from the voyage.
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New York
Liberty
New Orleans
Impatient Public Seeks Quick War Victory
A reader notes that bulletins announcing real victories like Hancock's spark expectations the war will end soon. When outcomes contradict this, the public fears losses. The writer cites the Vicksburg and Mississippi campaigns as lessons in patience amid war reporting.
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Bulletin Board
Hancock
Vicksburg
Gavana
Missiaalani Wellow
The Campaigns and Retribution Across Virginia and Georgia
The article surveys Civil War movements with Grant’s army nearing Richmond and Butler’s siege. it notes Beauregard's strength, potential fall of Richmond, and Union pushes from the Kanawha Valley. It reflects on the Army of the Potomac, Georgia’s strategic role, and Cherokee vengeance at Chickamauga Etowah Coosa. It ends predicting Grant’s possible flank toward Fredericksburg and Richmond as rail lines constrain supply.
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Grant
Richmond
Butler
Beauregard
Petersburg
Manchester
Crooks
Averill
Virginia& Tennessee Railroad
Kanawha
Virginia
Lynchburg
Army of Georgia
Confederacy
Georgia
Chattanooga
Army of the Potomac
Vicksbur
Joe Johnston
Sae
Dalton
Resaca
Rosecrans
Murfreesboro
Johnston
Lee
Etowah River
Atlanta
Scoun
Bragg
Chicamauga
Etowah
Coosa
Supreme Court
United States
Chickamauga
Potomac
Fredericksburg and
Richm
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Ohio Union Convention
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Bowling Green
Forrest
Nottaylvania Court House
Wright
Milford Station
Frenche
The
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Poker
Schofield
Pelton
Stoneman
9Th Corps
Ferrero
Cumberland
Maryland Court House
Hunter
Charles E. Mix
Indian Bureau
Six Nations of Indians
Bulletin
Republican
South Anna
Jeff Davis
Heapqer
Port Royal
Ewell
Plymouth
Drury
Pamunky
Custar
Hanover Junctio
Heap
Army of
Gordon
N. C
Monts
Brook Haven
Banks
the Tribune
Hanover Junction
Longstreet
Hill
New Yore
Old Chestfield
Havana
San Domingo
Diabo
Sanitary Commission
Post
Chase
Chronicle
Seward and Dayton
Friends
Mexico
Wasb InNetTon
National Hotel
Senator Chantler
Michigan
D. W. Voorhies
Indiana
Hannegan
Voorhies
Chandler
Hannem
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Kentucky
Liberal
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