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Civil War Dispatches From January 1862 Weekly Update
A digest from January 1862 reports Union forces under Col. Dunning defeating Confederates at Blue's Gap Virginia with prisoners and captured stores. It notes Senate debates over emancipation petitions and Kansas seating, Vallandigham's critique, and Burnside's Navy recon in Kentucky and Mississippi. Also covers Grant McClernand expedition to Kentucky, Tennessee militia calls, burnt bridges, and arrests amid western turbulence.
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Kelly
Dunning
5Th
Ohio
Romney
Blue’s Gap
Virginia
United States Senate
Kansas
Senate
Vallandigham
Mason
Slidell
Great Britain
Hutchins
United States
England
Foote
Mississippi
Columbus
Kentucky
Second
Virginia Federal Cavalry
Col. Bowles
Marshall
Paintsville
Jennie Creek
James A. Garfield
H. Aninsel
Sutton
A. E. Burnside
Department of North Carolina
Poindexter
Roan
Union
Cheat River
Randolph County
First
Sedalia
Lexington
Missouri
St. Louis
Col. H. Aninsel
Clarksburg
Second Virginia Cavalry
Burnside
Annapolis
Fortress Monroe
Sumner
Massachusetts
Trent
Prestonburg
Grant
McClernand
Cairo
Essex
State of
Tennessee
McNairy County
Y-O-To-Wah
Leavenworth
United States Army
Trusten Polk
Waldo P. Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Louisville and Nashville
Munfordville
Bowling Green
St. John
Fort Jefferson
Mississippi River
Florida
A. E. Maxwell
I. M. Baker
Alexander
Garfield
Humphrey Marshall
Hammond
Horse Cave
Cave City
Polk
Blandville
United States Sloop of War
Pensacola
Potomac
W. T. Truxton
St. Helena Sound
S. C
Bailey’s Island
Bailey’s Landing
North Edisto River
North Carolina
Sigel
Rolla
New York State Senate
House
Congress
New York
Edwin M. Stanton
Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
Hatteras
Roanoke