Episode of the War at Ship Island Nantucket?
A Civil War account details Colonel Daniels leading about two hundred men from the 2nd Phalanx to Pasagoula on April 9 to destroy a railroad to Mobile. Confederate cavalry attacked, Black troops held bravely, major Dumas and officers distinguished, two killed and eight wounded on the American side, with captures and a flag taken.
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Ship Island
Miss
Maine
Neal Dow
2Nd Regiment Phalanx
Daniels
New Orleans
Mobile
Charleston
Pascagoula
Jackson
Dumas
Tyree Bugs
Department
F. E. Dumas
Villeverd
Jones
Martin
N. A. Daniels
N. G
Maj. Dumas
Wilson
Native Guards
Francis E. Dumas
France
Gen. Butler
Union
Separate Car Bill Sparks Louisiana Racial Battle
R L Despunes questions motives behind the sepa rate car bill passage in the Senate and warns Democrats plan punishment for Afro Americans. He blames Lottery Democrats and urges black voters to boycott railroads, predicting retaliation and urging accountability at the polls. He praises handful of Democrats who voted against the measure.
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Demag
Senat
Wash‘ton
Senate
Morris
New Orleans
Louisiana
Democratic Party
R. L. Despunes
Opposition to class legislation in Louisiana echoes rail progress debate
The piece denounces a Separate Car bill as backward and discriminatory, arguing progress will prevail. It recalls English railway debates where fear of new technology failed against progress, noting Louisiana’s cosmopolitan ties and the peril of hindering commerce. It warns future generations will judge such laws harshly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Dixie
Paris
New Orleans
Germany
England
Liverpool
Manchester
Europe
Dts
Mney
George Stephenson
Memory of gallant deeds inspires duty to preserve
The passage urges citizens to value and safeguard the memory of their predecessors brave actions, marking it as a duty to honor and cherish the sacrifices and achievements of those who served the community.
Race Riots and Murders Across Southern States
An article recounts late 19th century race violence. In Fayette County Georgia eight Negroes killed and six wounded after white provocation. eight whites shot, one fatally. Barnwell County South Carolina reports a fresh race riot with one white dead. Oakridge Louisiana sees 36 Negro laborers shot by a mob. seven killed, six wounded, others forced back to the plantation. The piece questions slavery-era parallels and underscores harsh treatment of Black workers.
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Fayette County
Barnwell County
S. C
Oakridge
Arkansas
Col Pitkin Plans Brief Apology Leave And Brazil Mission
Col J R G Pitkin minister to the Argentine Republic will be home for sixty days on leave. He has been offered the Brazil mission but may choose to stay and work for the party at home. Advertise in Tus Crvsapzn.
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J. R. G. Pitkin
Argentine
Brazil
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