Rebel Attack on White House in Great Contest
A Civil War dispatch reports an all day contest with Rebel assaults against the White House position. Glorious Union repulse described with heavy enemy losses as Grant and Butler plan movements and Lincoln visits the army en route to City Point.
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Rebel Gunboats and Petersburg Lines in Civil War Dispatch
A Civil War era report describes naval and land actions along the James and around Petersburg. Rebel rams are engaged by Union forces near Tecumseh and Port Clifton, with Hancock's corps and Grant’s army maneuvering to encircle Petersburg while Sherman advances toward Marietta and Kenesaw. Reports detail hospital scenes, prisoner counts, and the morale of commanders including Hancock and Sherman as Union forces press toward Richmond.
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Rebels Spread Destruction Across Missouri Frontier
A special correspondent reports ongoing Confederate activity in Missouri during June 1864. Guerrilla bands led by Quantrill murder unarmed civilians and raid settlements from Lexington to Independence, targeting militiamen and travelers. Local sentiment remains split as Copperhead and Radical factions maneuver ahead of Chicago. rumors of Confederate advances persist, while provosts prepare for further clashes and reprisals.
Arrival of the New Ironsides at Fort Jim PurLapeurhita
A fragment notes the iron clad New Ironsides arriving at Fort Aili on a June 2, 1864 date. The text is garbled but indicates a naval event involving the vessel New Ironsides reaching a fortification location during the Civil War era.
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Rebel Attack On White House Sparks Gunboat Fire
Rebels under Gene Fitshagh Lee and Wade Hampton attacked Union lines at the White House entrenched under Gen. Abercrombie. Union gunboats Commodore More and Capt. Babcock dispersed the attack with heavy fire. Rebels briefly pressed bakery guns before retreating.
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