Fremont to Command Western Division in Mississippi Move
A Washington dispatch reports Major General Fremont will accept and be placed in command of the Western division of the army moving down the Mississippi River. A gunboat flotilla will support landings. attacking rear units while another force engages fronts. Fremont’s orders will be discretionary to details but firm on occupying rebel territory and cities.
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Fremont
Washington
New York
Timonanys
Mississippi River
I Ion
Fone
Ramont
Liverpool
Number of Troops From War-Torn States Rise
The article notes the government accepted troop numbers from New York and other states, listing regiments and home states. It states total commitments may push numbers toward two hundred thousand, with additional troops from new regions swelling the count.
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Wayne
Maly Gruinants
New York
Wossetat
Regimentn
Tee Hare
Heme Tee
Tilinsie
Mopotal Views Exults Over Confederate Prospects
A Georgia journal lauds the Southern Confederacy’s potential after secession. The piece asserts independence from the North, calls for regional expansion, and endorses slavery as a system that shapes labor and social order, predicting prosperity and growth for the new nation.
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Georgia
Thas
Virginia Secession Struggles and War News Fragments
An old Fairfax resident recalls Virginia occupation by United States troops as surprising to Secessionists while better informed men feared a peaceable settlement. The Washington Republic reports on Confederate beliefs, fears of Union advances, and vivid scenes of troop movements near Washington with drum alarms and makeshift retreat measures.
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Washington
Fairfax Try
Virginia
United States
Potomac
Virginia Noil
Irene
United State
Biel
Raémain
Surrender and Die With Grace Staged by Volunteer Company
A Buffalo Commercial summary recalls a Friday musket drill in which a lieutenant attempts to teach surrendering arms with grace. The captain intercedes, demonstrates, and the company cheers for a ruthless surrender style. The anecdote frames the regiment’s readiness amid looming conflict.
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Siiough
Herf
Rumors of Confederate War Struggles Reported From Norfolk
A Baltimore American correspondent describes Portsmouth women and families of soldiers facing starvation as weekly rations fail to reach them. The Baptist minister advised departure, leaving many to return home hungry with no work prospects.
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Norfolk
Baltimore American
Portsmouth
Confederate States
Huma
Baptist Church
Gen Scotts View on Slavery Letter Sparks Debate
A fragment from Gen. Scotts View on slavery discusses masters and slaveholding, urging moral duty, equality of races, and the appointment of Congress to examine master and slave relations. The letter, once widely copied, is reprinted here to refresh reader memory and provoke reflection on emancipation and virtue.
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Scotts
Pebromy
Beat
Virginia
Plaveholdier
Erie
Gun Boats and Public Service Debate Quoted
Fragmentary OCR notes describe naval gun boats and public service costs. Mentions universal mobilization and calls for higher finance, with references to volunteers and debates on capacity and burden.
Confederate arms offer to Missouri governor hinted in letter
A Jefferson City letter to the St. Louis Democrat cites a posi official source claiming a Confederate commissioner discussed supplying Missouri with thirty thousand men and fifty thousand arms if Governor Jackson pledged to support secession this fall. It notes September legislature reconvening and warns of mounting war readiness among troops, who were sent home under guard after dispersal.
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EL Makers
Jefferson City
St. Louis Democrat
Jackson
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