28 Dec 1864
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1864
Page
1
Unclear OCR yields a list of sealed circulars and postal notices with stray names and addresses. Mentions packages to elders, quartermasters, and an official, with scattered references to Seventeenth-century names and locations. Details are fragmentary and inconsistent across the text.
Fragmentary OCR describes hospital matters under Surgeon W. King with scattered names and notes. The readable text mentions medical figures, a reference, and partial titles but lacks coherent events or outcomes.
Brod Meunier announces a Mabagons Meet ag grees session for Kee Street requesting input on street improvements. Community members urged to attend at the Sycamore and Bow intersection to discuss plans, timelines, and funding sources.
From the New York Post account of Sherman’s march we read vivid depictions of staple war effects. Generals Howell Cobb and Sherman are linked with plantation scenes and displaced enslaved people. The narrative contrasts Union actions with brutal slaveholding conditions and notes arson, bloodhounds killed, and distrust among enslaved communities.
The U S Sanitary Commission submitted a Northile hospital list dated the 19th detailing wounded Ohio and Indiana soldiers. Entries include Conrad Menth K Gist Ohio neck John Nelson 120th Ind thigh and scalp injuries among many others across multiple regiments and ranks.
Authorities describe a dramatic raid with leader Ouny and three associates rearrested while fleeing toward New Brapewick. A large border detachment and many detectives press the chase, with a court case involving William H. Crawford referenced in the extraordinary proceedings.
Report states the Chicago lake tunnel progresses twelve feet per week with seven hundred thirty feet already completed. As work advances, various earth and stone specimens are catalogued and stored for exhibit, while findings include petroleum traces and soft clay in the excavations.
Telegraphy reports Porter's operations commence with furious bombardment of Fort Fisher. Richmond bulletin notes Confederate counterfire and an enemy attack on Lattaet Bank and the Navy Yard. Sherman plans Sa vannah river movement toward Augusta to cut rail lines and seize ports.
Cold night battles around Fort Fisher and Cape Fear. Yankee 2th Corps under Bauer repulsed with heavy losses. Reports place Gen Wilson and Steedman at work with transports and pontoons while Grant’s army shifts toward Decatur and Savannah.
The California arrived with dispatches from General Sherman confirming Savannah’s impending fall. Sherman’s forces have invested the city, captured Fort and other works nearby, and placed siege batteries close to Rebel lines threatening bombardment if surrender is not immediate.
Rebel sources recount Union raids in Georgia with destruction at Sherman headquarters and looting. Southern papers claim Kilpatrick halted at a Burke County house, forcing captives to sit by fires. Richmond reports discuss Lee and Jeff Davis, negro troops, and wartime political measures amid mounting strain.
From New Orleans and the Gulf region dated the 27th steamers from New Orleans note tring dates the 18th 19th and 20th. The steamships George Cromwell and Cahawba from New York arrived at New Orleans on the 6th. The New Orleans correspondent reports a Robe force movement on Black River on the 15th Semmes curves the Mississippi. Col Farrar learned they were eighteen miles below Vedsita on the 16th but mission to attack could not be obtained. Cotton moving briskly but prices vary. Steamers from Memphis to Cincinnati report 123 bales of cotton. J B Datie a notorious guerrilla is mentioned as captured at Fort Pickering on the 23d.
An ear-splitting blast was heard along the coast late last night stirring alarms of an explosion. Residents described a rumbling sound arising from the area near Beaufort as authorities assess the event and possible origins.
rie Berne. Another of the St. Albans raiders was arrested here today.
Unclear OCR text from a New York item mentions a Wien special and a Mr Fesaunden with vague references to frames and people. The readable fragment lacks coherent events or names to form a solid summary.
The piece discusses North and South attitudes toward Confederate prisoners and wartime terms. It references Savannah cotton and French accounts, plus a debate on whether the government should offer terms to rebel leaders. It notes ongoing Spanish actions and a Dominican message about independence and peace negotiations.
In December 27 dispatches Colonel J H Baker of the 10th Minnesota is named Provost Marshal, succeeding Davis who assumes the role of Inspector after Colonel Carr’s move. Colonel J M Wider of the 4th Missouri becomes Post Commander. The river near Cairo is mostly open and mail service to St Louis resumes posthaste.
Report from Justenson Cirx shows a December 27 meeting where adjournment was pursued, Judge Osot of Pike County elected Secretary, and other sessions aimed to conclude Gov Hall's message tomorrow. Briggs, defeated via Democratic ticket, seeks a future appointment as Frank Crimmins’s successor.
The Navy Department has no latest intelligence from Rear Admiral Porter's fleet. Advices from Wilmington and rebel sources report a battle near the Potomac with progress toward Fort Fisher and Cape May. The Potomac River remains navigable amid ice, with loans totaling 373000 and 1500000 subscribed to the 10-40 and 7-30 bonds respectively.
Arrangements are made for the reception of Minister Dayton's remains by army navy and civil service officers as the Lafayette from Havre is expected to dock in New York.
A Fortress Monroe letter reports a heavy coastal storm on December 24 causing ship damage along the coast. Three St Albans raiders fled by car across the line into Lebanon New Hampshire, enlisted in the army, collected bounty, and were later captured and jailed in Concord. A sizable sum of money was found with them.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a blockage or impasse near a river crossing along the Tennessee river. The fragment mentions a location near a bridge or ford and hints at a stalled passage or congestion affecting movement.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a fatal incident involving a person named Gaur Weether and a reference to ether. The text also mentions a Fiat vehicle and Moseby being wounded, with unclear context and partial names.
The Ways and Means Committee introduces a tobacco tax bill. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate bonded warehouses across tobacco districts and require manufacturers to swear to sworn statements of various kinds. The measure seeks to regulate duties and disclosures in tobacco production and shipment.
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