Winchester Battle Dispatches and Civil War Update
The dispatch reports intense action around Winchester with Shields division moving from Manassas to defend the town as Confederate forces under Jackson approach. It notes Grant near Corinth and fierce rumors of upcoming confrontations, plus reports from Island No. 10 and Pen Ridge movements.
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Army of the Potomac
Grants
Corinth
Mississippi
Beasregard
Buell
Grant
Waterloo
Borndino
Benham
Hunter
Port Royal
Sherman
Haileck
Louis
Desperate Civil War Action Near New Madrid and Cairo
Guards describe a brutal night assault as Union troops charge a fortified Confederate battery along a stone wall. The 7th Indiana and 42nd Brigade lead a gallant breakthrough, routing the enemy, taking hundreds of prisoners, and driving rebels from their positions near the town.
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7Th Indiania Reement
Shields
Apar
Unio
Indiania
Tyler
Syehind
Caps Turing
Jackson
Felandd
St Rautt
Gol Murray
110Th Penn
Failen
Harper's Ferry
Baltimore
Wisconsin Batteries March to New Madrid from Camp Benton
A letters recounts the Wisconsin Batteries at Camp Benton near St Louis on March 17 to 19 1862. Soldiers march through a crowded city with Union cheers while observers note fortifications and the city’s sickly appearance. They board the Jake I Dickey bound for New Madrid 275 miles downriver, observing Fort Donelson veterans aboard the City of Memphis as the convoy sails.
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Chester
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Kaskaskia
Illinois
Ship
Liberty
Contierce
Gladiator
Donelson
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Cairo
Bird's Point
Sykestown
O'Brien
Charleston
Alton & Follon Railroad
New Madrid
Pinney
Geneva
Pope
Bird’s Point
Feland No
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Massa
Fot
Mississippi River
Union
Uncle Sam
Fremont
Bremen
Gamp Berton
Camp Benton
14Th Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Sue
Camo
Carversta
City of Bricks
Memphis
Fort Donelson
Michigan
Manassas and river guns spark fears of ree of heavy siege
In a hostile river region skirmishes left over a hundred rebels dead or captured. Union forces report heavy guns and fortified river positions near Island No. 10, with Commodore Ponte reportedly preparing to cut rebels off. Officers criticize weak claims of impregnable defenses at Manassas and describe the contested terrain, trenches, and rifle pits as decisive factors.
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Commodore Ponte
O'Brien
Weasball
Long
BJ. B
Cestrevine
Philadelphia Inquirer
Manasgas
Cals
EL H. Wright
J. J. Astor
Bull Run
Centreville
Sonnerts
Potomac
Stone Bridge
Minnesas
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
Isfield
Cub Run
Tf McClellan Adt
Manassas
Ar Quader
Butternut Secesh
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