Cannons roar at Island No. 10 amid river fighting
Reports from Miggsburg and New Madrid detail Union gunboats shelling rebel batteries on the Tennessee shore as Federal troops cross the Mississippi. Fierce actions near Island No. 10 leave a battered landscape, with fortifications spiked and stores seized while casualties appear limited.
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Maria
Tennessee
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Garo
New Madrid
Pittsburgh
Eatory
Phillips
Lansing
Island No. 10
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New York
Paine
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Mississippi
Kentucky
Pension doubt and war pensions debate in 19th century text
The document discusses whether widows of soldiers and those now serving may receive pensions beyond the bounty under the July act. It notes militia pensions for wounded or disabled under the 1861 proclamation and references a Senate motion to pursue a confiscation bill. An official War Department bulletin designates new military departments under Banks and McDowell in Virginia.
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Potomac
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Richmond
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Dewartusent
Appahannock
McDowell
Congress debates bankrupt net and tax bill clash
The Senate discussed petitions for a general bankrupt net and a lager beer tax cut proposal while considering District of Columbia measures. House allies and opponents rewrote tax provisions, including iron and machine parts duties, and debated export drawbacks and internal revenue rules before adjourning.
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Hats
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Unclear OCR fragment on cotton and distribution plans
Fragmentary text mentions fourteen hundred bushels of cotton seed near Newbern North Carolina and bags for distribution. Mentions Bidworth North Carolina and Mexican phrase, but context and details are unreadable.
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Newbern
N. C
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