Richmond Reflections on McClellan Retreat and Losses
A Richmond transcript mocks Northern reports of victory after the Peninsula fight. It notes Captain M. R. Rogers in a depleted regiment, wounded but surviving, and questions the Confederates’ communications and post office failures. The piece contrasts White and Black hardship as a wounded soldier buys shoes from a conscripting black vendor amid war's hardship.
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M. R. Rogers
Richmond
Massa
Picayune Butler Arrests Baton Rouge Citizens
Picayune Butler visited Baton Rouge aboard the steamer McClellan and, on arrival, arrested locals including Mayor B F Bryan who was forced to take an oath of allegiance. Bryan criticized the oath as worthless and prepared to join Scott’s cavalry in Chattanooga. Butler boasted of crushing guerrillas in minutes and offered rewards for guerrilla heads. He also consigned a preacher to Fort Jackson for praying loudly and arrested Magra and a Yankees-minded cotton supporter.
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Picayune Butler
Baton Rouge
McClellan
B. F. Bryan
Fort Jackson
Bryan
Chattanooga
Scott
Picayune
Louisiana
Guerrila
George Keeller
Budd
France
United States
San Domingo
Cravens
Magra
Hymes
Jackson
Richardson Speech Warns of Lincoln Opponents Rise
Ex Speaker Wm A Richardson of Illinois argues in a written speech that the opposition to Lincoln will mount a bold campaign this fall with Black Republicans. The piece claims Southern subjugation under the Lincoln administration would have followed, including insurrections crushed by force. It also reprints the Atlanta Intelligencer card accusing military interference of delaying a State Road train collision, asserting soldiers caused delays and deaths.
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Richardson
Wm. A. Richardson
Ilinois
South
Union
Lincoln
State Road
Atlanta Intelligencer
War Department
Western and Atlantic
Johnson
Dalton
J. S. Rowland
Adairsville
Cartersville
Chattanooga
Ooga
Knoxville
Errupm
Iggold
Cheepees
Bragg Assumes Command of the Army of the West
General Bragg issues the general order announcing his taking command of the Army of the West in succession to General Beau. He calls for brief further preparation and organization before launching renewed Confederate efforts and urges unity and steadfast labor.
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Army OF the West
Bragg
Beau
Confederacy
The Battle of White River Described in Graphic Terms
A Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent portrays the White River battle, describing the Mound City explosion from a pig iron shot that ruptured the boiler area. Steam filled the ship killing many below, forcing survivors to jump into the river where about seventy to eighty attempted to swim to safety and were targeted by rebels. The report condemns Confederate conduct and praises Union sailors who sought to aid the wounded as the Mound City drifted powerless.
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White River
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mound City
Theers
Steward
Teon
Memphis
Lovell
Fry
St. Louis
Vicksburg Whig
Col. Jackson
Enemys Position at James River Under McClellan Guard
The Richmond Enquirer reports McClellan at the head of the Army of the Potomac entrenching on James River near the Chickahominy confluence. Federal gunboats protect the flank as transports arrive with provisions and material. Observers estimate a large force at Berkeley and think McClellan plans to wait for reinforcements before a new advance.
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Europe
Richmond
Massachusetts
Capitol
Virginia
James River
Richmond Enquirer
Grand Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Chickahominy
Fortress Monroe
Petersburg
Prince George
Berkeley
Staberkeley
Monroe
Old Tom's prayer at Memphis African church 1862
Prayer from an African church service in Memphis on a Sunday evening in June 1862 asking for mercy rain crops kindness to enslavers and families, blessing Jeff Davis, and protection and success for soldiers and the nation in troubled times.
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Memphis
Massa
Jeff Davis
Private jetter notes 2d Battalion near Petersburg in heat
A dated private note from Tun Ip Barratsos reports the 2d Battalion near Petersburg awaiting orders to return to Drury's Bluff. The weather is described as intensely hot in Georgia, never hotter according to the writer.
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Tun Ip Barratsos
Petersburg
Drury’s Bluff
Georgia
Bombardment devastates Vicksburg as city endures shelling
The July 1 account describes a dawn river battle with the Confederate gun batteries repelling a mortar and steam fleet. Casualties were few, but the city suffered extensive damage and frightened civilians fled as fires and shelling raged for hours. Mrs. Gamble is named among the casualties.
The Contest Before Richmond Aims at Enemy Posit
Richmond Examiner reports RV repairs on Monday and hints of an imminent assault on the enemy. Louisiana Artillery briefly outflanks and fires on transports eight miles below the lines, signaling possible cut of river communications. A soldier letter from Tupelo laments missed opportunities and questions high command, urging bold action to end campaigns in Mississippi and push into Kentucky.
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Richmond
Squires
Louisiana Artillery
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Memphis
Private Despatch on Jack Brown Wounding
Ricmonp hears Col. Jack Brown is reported mortally wounded. The message requests publication in the Daily Telegraph and to notify John L. Smith that his son Jack is in critical condition.
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Ricmonp
Jack Brown
Daily Telegraph
John L. Smith
Jack
T. Oriver
Martial law expands in fifteen counties near Vicksburg
Special despatch from Jackson Mississippi reports Gen Van Dorn declares martial law across fifteen counties surrounding Vicksburg and Eastern Louisiana on the ninth. Disloyalty and speculation are punished, newspapers barred from publishing troop movements under penalties. Passengers claim Hindman captured Curtis, a report spreading in Memphis.
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Momuz
Mobile Daily Register & Advertiser
Jackson
Mississippi
van Dorn
Vicksburg
Louisiana
Memphis
Hindman
Curtis
Major Cartis Relates Fatal Train Collision and Aftermath
In Rovcorp Ga dated July 7 1862 Major H D Cartis reports a collision between his command train from Atlanta to Chattanooga and a freight train near the station. Five men killed nineteen wounded and twenty four bruised. cause under investigation with suspected official negligence.
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Rovcorp
James Gardner
Atlanta
H. D. Cartis
12Th Georgia Battalion
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