List of killed and wounded from Capt Carskaddons Company
March 27 1862 Fhe Line County Register lists casualties from Arkansas fight. Killed: William Axtell Daniel A Darrow James K McCoy Henry A Ross. Wounded: Oliver B Cone seriously in back William A Austin in elbow Daniel Horn in foot John Cone in head. Privates Abbe Crook Dresser Who Greenly Gray Hughes Kerns McKee Mills Nicholson Richmond West Whitenack Wing Young etc. Letters suggest some wounded may die. Oliver Cone expects to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Axtell
Daniel A. Darrow
James K. McCoy
Henry A. Ross
Mr. Darrow
Dubuque
Marion
Young Axtell
Caleb Axtell
Mr.Rosa
Barnett Lutz
Mr. McCoy
Mr. Marsh
Oliver B Cone
Wm A. Austin
Daniel Horn
John Cone
A W Abbe
Wm C H Crook
Ezra Dresser
Greenly
John W Gray
Aston Hughes
Daniel Kerns
John S McKee
Marvin Mills
T P Nicholson
RM Richmond
James K West
Andrew P Whitenack
A S Wing
Oliver Cone
Emancipation Hope in Congress Faces Slavery Debate
A newspaper commentary urges quick passage of a bill for emancipation in the District of Columbia. It criticizes Doolittle of Wisconsin for delaying the measure with a Colonization argument and calls for removing slave owners rather than slaves through a sensible plan.
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District of Columbia
Congress
Doolittle
Wisconsin
Dabuquy
Merrimac exploits described in Herald article
A private Baltimore letter republished by the Herald discusses the Merrimac's actions at Fortress Monroe with claims of heavy damage to Union ships and the Monitor. It notes fear in New York and speculates on ironclad construction in New Orleans and Mississippi defense plans.
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Baltimore
Merrimac
Telegraph
Fortress Monrog
Monitor
Mallony
Crald
Marion
Chicago
Iridune
Osiro
Paducah
New Orleans
Jackson
Tenn
Safetty
Ife
Murray
Lincoln
Mississippi
Island No. 10
la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Levy
Augusta
Augusta House
Reelect Gov Sprague in Rhode Island war leader backed
An editorial extols Gov Sprague as a war leader who first sent a Rhode Island regiment in 1861 and frames his reelection as essential to ending slavery. It recalls his April 1861 vigor, cites his wartime stance, and argues the Union and abolition are inseparable. It contrasts pro slavery factions with anti slavery principles.
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Rhode Island
Lincoln
Sumter
Sprague
Washington City
Democratic Party
Illinois
Iowa
Ilinois
Dubuque
Slaves in the South Census Figures Noted
The Chicago Tribune reports the 1801 census figures for slaveholding states showing 8,000,585 slaves with 317,595 holders. The average per owner is eleven and a half, with seceded states averaging thirteen and one sixth and nonseceded states five and three quarters.
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Chicago Trib
Battle of Pea Ridge Day One Amid Heavy Fighting
The account details Gen Curtis ordering Start to Sugar Creek and Sigel from Bentonville to protect trains as 2 500 Rebel cavalry attack Sigel’s forces. Sigel steadies two Missouri battalions and a cavalry group, fights through, and the Union gains ground. At Sugar Creek intense combat, cannons and bayonets clash, reinforcements arrive, and the day ends with the Union retaining the field and the rebels retreating toward Boston Mountains.
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Curtis
Start
Cross Hollows
Sugar Creek
Ifo
Sigel
Bentonvilla
Yng
Aly
Murat
Henry of Navarre
Bentonville Road
Keetsville Road
Care
Price
McCulloch
Carr
Eilis
Dst
Missouri Cavalry
Jeff. Davis
van Dorn
Pea Ridge
Leetown
Davis
Boston
Ben
McIntosh
Arkansas
Missouri
Sigal
Louisiana
Vung
Winchester Dispatches Describe Early Civil War Skirmish
A telegraph report from Winchester notes skirmishes near the Srasbourg road with Gen Shield and rebel cavalry. Four artillery pieces fired, one Union casualty, Gen Shoulds wounded by shell fragments as rebels retreat. A second dispatch claims a complete victory over Gen Jackson with about 150 Union casualties and rebels retreating with guns and prisoners.
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Washington
Winchester
Srasbourg
Shield
Shoulds
Wischeston
Jackson
Cissons
Wiscassion
Jackson Smith
Longstree
Rebel Batteries Silenced on Island No 10 Aboard D L Wilson
Special Dispatch reports Island No 10 quiet as mortars pound upper battery with limited fortification. Rebels drowned from some batteries while attempting new works. transports remain, river rising, island flooded, and Western troops praised for swift adaptability and courage.
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Chicago Tribune
D. L. Wilson
Island No. 10
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Union Party
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Bug
Florida
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Maryland
Carolina
Tennesse
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Graphic
Tite N. Y. Tribune
6Th Missouri
36Th Illinois
Cross Timber Hallw
Jand
Orm
Osterhaus
St. Louis
Tatred
Herron
Col
Leonidias
Potomac
Gen. Shields
Oriante
Rawue
J. Ries
SOOO
Il Drugg
Canevully
Dore
McElvenny Nory
Owa Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Will Can Don & CO
William Don
G. Um, Higgins
Island
Mr. Webster
East
N.Y. Zibuns
Ike Partington
Tisano
Beleetings
Bess
Coats
Wests
Boo’s
J. ¥. Hervey & A
Fairbanes
Fairbanks & Greenleaf
Lake St
Loult, Perruy
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