Proclamation Sparks Southern Resistance and Negro Soldier Policy
From Washington Lincoln's emancipation push intensifies Southern anger. Reported by Eorein, the piece notes Southern legislatures opposing the proclamation and predicts political blowback for Lincoln. It details Confederate attitudes toward black soldiers, including orders to execute prisoners and fear of Union victory.
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Eorein
Washington
Davis
Maryland
Anc
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Lincoln
Virginia
Alabama
United States
Georgia
North Carolina
Abe
Tio
Congress
Union Armiey
New York News Refutes Herald War Platform Claim
The New York News denies the Herald's report that a Democratic caucus adopted a war platform. It argues Congressmen have not lost their senses and would see the awkwardness of such a move if attempted by the party.
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New York News
Herald
Newburyport Declared Sole Democratic City in Maggachusetts
A fragmentary report asserts Newburyport remains the only Democratic city in the state as Boston shifts political stance. The note references pride in the borough and hints at celebratory sentiment, though text is garbled and many phrases are unreadable.
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Newburyport
Maggachusetts
Boston
Jewel
Wartime profiteers in New York merchants listed for excess gains
Washington correspondence reports numerous citizens have profited during wartime through legitimate trades. Auctioneers C McGuire & Co. netted 300000 from contracts for trunks and iron. Siblay & Guy, store dealers, similar sums. Evans & Co. hardware 200000. J J Owens tailors 75000. Lutz saddler 360000. Rapleo blacksmith 100000. others including Taylor in Poughkeepsie invested profits in a house. landowners of major hotels clear 30000 to 100000 yearly since 1861.
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C. McGuire & Co
Savage & Co
Siblay & Guy
OG. B. Woodward
Uth
Jith
John
BR. Evans & Co
J.& J. Owens
Lutz
Rapleo
Bhadson
Taylor
Philip & Solomon
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Washington Cor
Gale Ravages Holyhead Coast Killing Dozens
Report of a powerful gale near Holyhead leaves 36 bodies recovered and many more feared drowned. Ameri can vessels among wrecked ships as debris and damage spread inland with roofs and trees toppled.
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England
Holyhead
NMA Aauprese
Revolt of Colored Troops At Fort Jackson Reported
Boston Courier cites New Orleans correspondent on the 12th describing a revolt at Fort Jackson where five hundred colored soldiers and officers, plus twenty white men, were in control. Officers claim a lack of authority would have led to killings, prompting the decision to muster out the regiment.
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Boston Courier
New Orleans
Hort Jackson
United States
Nettles falsehood challenged by contemporary
The Louisville Journal calls a recent claim that many deserters from Lee's army used amnesty fiction. It argues deserters are fewer now than before and suggests Heenin relied on Augging rather than skill in arming, a claim tied to Ada Isaace Menken's statements about his supposed husband.
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Imes
Heenin
Ada Isaace Menken
Louisville Journal
Charleston and Havana Dispatches Signal War Delays
Reports from Charleston and Havana detail delays in the ironclads program due to engineer strikes and winter seas. The Monitors Lehigh and Patapsco near completion and ready to relieve Nantucket at Warsaw Sound as the Navy girds for renewed action.
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York
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Weehawken
Grant
Gilmore
Lehigh
Patapsco
Spain
St. Domingo
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spsine
Startling Ireland Revolution Rumors Spread in Dublin Cork and Treland
A Cork paper claims Ireland is near rebellion with an anticipated invasion from America. It reports a secret Dublin headquarters and branch networks in Cork and Tralee organizing the populace and teaching military drill to ready for action.
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New ‘York
Cork
Bacntier
Ireland
America
Treland
Dublin
Tratee
Edrill
Packing Committees and Westward Internal Improvements
The piece argues the Democratic fear that Speaker Colfax is packing committees for jobs, noting the Roads and Canals panel pushing a wide Western internal improvement program. It cites plans for rivers canals and a Lake Erie Ontario canal, with broader Mississippi projects. It also mentions a Richmond inquiry into New Orleans capture and a Lovell report exonerating Gen Mansfield.
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Ontario
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Cor
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Mansfield
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Hay
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