17 Sep 1863
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1863
Page
1
Fragmented OCR hints at a quirky phrase about dirt being trumps in a card game context involving a governor named Kirkweed at LSU. No clear event or outcome is established in readable text.
Telegraphic dispatches report General John S. Smith's division marching 4,000 strong with two artillery batteries toward Steele, already en route. Gen. Steel’s reports are favorable as Stevens and Crocker return from Moore and Harrisonburg expeditions, enemy evacuating toward Shreveport and destroying stores. Confederate paymasters seized on White River with $2,200,000. Mary Sanford carries dispatches from Charleston. Morris Island defenses rise amid heavy bombardment from Forts Johnson and Moultrie. Sumter silenced but garrisoned. Port Royal repairs underway. Welland Canal gates carried by a propeller disrupting navigation.
The Post reports the first 100 tons of railroad iron from El Mira for the Union Pacific Eastern Division. A California dispatch notes the first 30 miles of the Western California section completed with a trial trip from San Francisco to San Mateo. Ft Moultrie sighting of a white flag is deemed noncritical by Charleston observers. no official word by 2 pm.
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