Civil War Dispatches and Fraud Reports Include River Campaign Notes
Telegraphive summaries report Union advances along the Rapidan and heavy fighting near Jacobs Ford with Lt Col Hessee among the slain. Prisoner relief efforts by the Sanitary Committee proceed to Baltimore and Richmond, while revenue fraud nets arrests in Cairo and Memphis. Col. Gibson returns to Washington as Meade’s news trickles in.
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Richmond
Army of the Potomac
Germania
Culpepper and
Jacob’s
Fredericksburg
Iswells Corps
Rapidan Fork
Orange Court House
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Hessee
Pennsylvania Regiment
Rapidan
Jeff Davis
Gregg
Cairo
Revenue Départment
Memphis
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Columbus
Smith
Nellie Moore
Silver Wave
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Simithland
Nashville
Mississippi
Gettesburg
Maryland
Washington
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Sanitary Committee
New York
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Richimond
City Point
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Norfolk
Army of the Potomac pauses amid quiet as Meade advances
Soldiers report no general engagement near Washington with the Army of the Potomac, heavy cannonading declines, and rainy weather may hinder movement. Dispatches note Meade's encouraging progress, patrols across the Cumberland river, and the ill fate of Col Langdon. President Lincoln shows signs of improvement. An engineer board inspects the ironclad Sangamon at the Washington navy yard.
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Army of the Potomac
Washington
Richmond
Cox
Duke
Hawkins
Cumberland River
Fort Donelson
Langdon
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Ohio
Long
Wheeler
Cumberland
Chattanooga Dispatch Reports No Frontline Fighting Today
Telegrams from Chattanooga note no combat on the front with the enemy massing near Dalton to mount a stand. Our line remains beyond Ringgold while Bragg issues orders recalling Longstreet from before Knoxville on the 25th. Measures to join the Dalton area are underway as Knoxville to Bridgeport situation is favorable.
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Crartanooga
Dalton
Beyord' Ringgold
Bragg
Longstreet
Knoxville
Bridgeport
Washington
Republican
Lee
Hanover Junction
Gordons- WU
Burnside
Grant
Lang Street
Virginia
Tennessee
Knoxville fire devastates rail depot on north side
Nov 29 dispatches report Knoxville suffered a major blaze on the town's north side destroying the railroad depot and surrounding structures. Burnvide's appears cheerful and confident amid the chaos as fire crews battle the flames.
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Knoxville
Burnvide's
Steamer Morning Star Seized For Whiskey Emigration Plot
New York dispatch reports a deputy marshal stopped the steamer Morning Star sailing to New Orleans after attaching 60 birds of allegedly pork meant for the Southern army, containing whiskey. The cargo bond set at 30,000, allowing the voyage to proceed. Assistant Provost Marshal General notes a surge in new volunteers enlisted in the city during the first week of the call.
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New York
Morning Star
New Orleans
Voluns
Grant drives Rebel forces near Orange Court House and Knoxville
Reading of Gen Meade and Gen Burnside reports, with long summary of Civil War operations. Dispatches describe cavalry skirmishes near Orange Court House, a retreat by Longstreet, and Union gains around Knoxville and Gordonsville. The era notes weather delays, Confederate losses, and captured prisoners.
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