Sece ssia notes and wartime industry reports
Union and Confederate positions are sketched from the travelogue of Philadelphia merchant Nelson R. A. Biddell. Savannah alarm over Port Royal attack, scarce defenses, taxed citizens, and suspected Unionists’ forced funding are outlined. Porter's mortar fleet plans and sutler reforms are discussed amid Army pay and supply regulation.
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Secessia
Nelson R. A. Biddell
Philadelphia
Savannah
Nashville
Bowling Green
Louisville
Biddell
Port Royal
Virginia
Hoadohai
Ward
China
Jasc Welled
Sorrow and resolve amid Civil War dispatches and rumors
A Newark correspondent reports Gen Phelps’s proclamation provoked deep dissatisfaction yet duty and discipline restrained protests. Kentucky sworn oaths bar any rebel sympathizers from power, while reports claim Gen Lane sought a Major General post via Hunter. Dispatches describe Prentiss routing Dorsey’s force at Mount Zion with heavy Confederate losses and captured arms. The Philadelphia Inquirer urges using live oak yards for ship timber. Letcher condemns Northern soldiers as hired, while McClellan seeks lighter bronze artillery. Mason and Slidell’s possible surrender to avoid foreign war draws mixed reaction. The paper notes the murder of A Smith Peters and calls for vengeance, records camp incidents including a host of regimental events, prisoner hearings, and local orders as year’s end nears.
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Lane
Washinton
Hunter
War Department
Halleck
Sturgeos
Hudson
Prentiss
Glover
Birge
Dorsey
Mount Zion
Boone County
Jossin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Navy
Letcher
Ben McCulloch Speech in Savannah Defiant on Independence
Ben McCulloch told Savannah crowds on the 12th that the South had won every battle and would prevail until independence was recognized. When asked about reverses he declared no need for doubt and proclaimed they are the natural masters. He also explained cannon casting as a solid iron piece bored out.
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Ben McCulloch
Savannah
Ben
Local Juror Finds Carl Horne Guilty of First Degree Murder
Carl Horne was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the District Court for Leavenworth County Kansas and sentenced to be hanged on the 24th day of next January.
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Illinois Thirty Sixth Regiment
William Walker
Co. I
Carl Horne
Leavenworth County
Kansas
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