Richmond Evacuation Report Prompts War News Dispatch
A Washington dispatch dated Aug 4 notes widespread belief that the enemy is evacuating Richmond possibly due to pestilence. Gen Pope's headquarters report corroborates evacuation and a shift to the South bank of the James River as a defensive line. Rebel cavalry under General Robertson is said to have withdrawn from the Shenandoah Valley.
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Grain binder innovation praised by Dixon crowd
A Chicago Tribune correspondent notes W. W. Burson of Oxestixz Ohio has invented a grain binder hailed as revolutionary. The machine, attached to a six foot cutter, reportedly binds twelve acres in a day, with four men shocking as fast as cut.
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Rebel War Talk and Emancipation Arguments Across Kentucky
Long dispatch from June 1802 discusses Gen Pope and Rebel retreats near Port Republic and Shenandoah Valley. Includes Leonidas Metcalf letter urging Kentucky loyalists to act against abolitionists, defend the Union, and punish slaveholders while condemning the war as tied to slavery.
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War News From The Front As Rebels Shelled River Town
Reports describe McClellan’s forces driving rebels from homes and woods across the river with gunboats shelling shores. Five enemy shells killed two soldiers, and nine were killed with three wounded elsewhere. Gouverneur and fort details, German volunteers urged, and a war meeting planned at the Capitol. Federal boats remain uninjured.
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