Emancipation on Port Royal Isle Marked by Hunter Order
The Warren Mail reports Gen. Hunter’s approval of the Port Royal labor plan for contrabands, noting extensive cultivation progress and early free papers issued to emancipate enslaved workers. It highlights a shift toward freedom as a war aim and cites names like William Jenkins and notable Democrats opposed to the slave oligarchy.
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Port Royal
N.Y. Herald
Hunter
Gen. Hunter
Port Royal Island
N. Y. Tribune
Department of the South
William Jenkins
United States of America
South Carolina
United States
Congress
Atlantic
Chief Quartermaster’s Office
Quartermaster’s Department
New Iron Clad Galena Commissioned At Brooklyn Yard
The mail clad steam sloop Galena built at Mystis Connecticut was commissioned at Brooklyn navy yard and towed by Baltic to Fortress Monroe. Reports describe Galena’s armor design, submerged joints, bolt heads hidden, and heavy deck protection as experiments in ironclad warfare.
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Galena
Mystis
Connecticut
Brooklyn Navy-Yard
Baltic
Fortress Monroe
Hampton Roads
Monitor
Look
Pilot House
Parson Brownlow Accepted Chaplaincy for 69th Ohio Regiment
Col. L. D. Campbell tendered the chaplaincy of the 69th Ohio to Parson Brownlow who accepted. He intends to pray and preach to the regiment until Tennessee and to take part in any fights they join.
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L. D. Campbell
69Th Ohio
Parson Brownlow
Tennessee
Pecuniary Sufferings of Butler King and Confederate Plenipotentiaries
Excerpt from a letter-book on the rebel steamer Caloun outlines the Europe hardship of Butler King and other Confederate leaders. Entries from 1861 cite efforts to gain foreign recognition, money troubles, and threats of arrest, with comments on Bowen and Yancey’s roles and an incident of a debt claim in Liverpool. The piece also notes Senator Benson receiving an ebony cane with an equality inscription.
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Caloun
N.Y
Post
Europe
Butler King
Great Southern Confederacy
A. E. Cochran
Macon
Lincoln
J. Cowles
New York
Fort Sumter
Pickens
Confederacy
Georgia
J. M. Vernon
Brussels
Vernon
King
Robert Hutchinson
Liverpool
Yancey
Half Moon Street
Picadilly
Thomas Butler King
U. S
Harrisburg
Benson
Isaac Benson
Pennsylvania Senate
Democratic Candidate John Hughes Mentioned in Rebel Letters
The report notes John Hughes Esquire as the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Schuylkill and Northumberland district. Gen Burnside found Hughes’s former Pottsville home and Rebel fugitive letters from Virginia reveal a local Democratic hopeful for Assembly from Allegheny County. The piece casts Union loyalty as conditional on election outcomes.
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John Hughes
Esquire
Congress
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Burnside
Esq
Breckinridge
Preass
Pottsville
Newbern, . C
Virginia
Assembly
Allegheny Co
Breckinridge Turned Rebels Like Tadpoles Into Frogs
Brownlow compares the Breckinridgers to natural changes as he remarks on their transformation into rebels. The remark frames a political shift with vivid natural imagery and a sharp, speculative tone.
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Brownlow
Breckinridgers
Rebels Upgrade Guerrilla Tactics Along Tennessee River
Cairo reports rising waters and guerrilla activity as rebels fire on boats near Fort Henry. Union forces under Pope advance toward Corinth with a recon in force eight miles from the Landing. Buell Beauregard arrange prisoner exchanges. evacuation of Corinth suggested. movements shift to Columbus, Mississippi.
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Cairo
McClellan
Pittsburg Landing
Tennessee River
Fort Henry
Corinth
Pope
Memphis
Fort Wright
Shiloa
Buell
Beauregard
Columbus
Miss
Turechin
Tuscumbia
Huntsville
Gen. Mitchell
Guerrilla War Progress Near Shenandoah and Webster Counties
General Fremont reports successful movements against guerrillas in Webster County. Lawson’s detachment killed 17 guerrillas and captured 19 prisoners in seven miles of fighting. Addison was burned after being deserted by guerrillas. Milroy’s scouts killed one lieutenant and two men, captured another. Rebel conscripts deserting in large numbers swear Unionism and return home.
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Wuee
Fremont
Webster County
Lawson
Addison
New County
Braxton
Webster
Milroy
Shenandoah Mountain
President's historic visit aboard French frigate Gassandi
On April 26 in Waeuineron the U S President boarded the French frigate Gassandi in Washington's approaches. The occasion featured full honors, flags, and a national salute at arrival and departure with Admiral Reymond greeting the party. Capt Gaudier hosted the President and officers in his cabin as seamen cheered Vive le President.
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Waeuineron
Gassandi
U. S
Washington
Admiral Reymond
Gaudier
Seward and Lyon treaty ratification to suppress slave trade
The ratification of the Seward and Lyon treaty for suppressing the slave trade will soon be exchanged. Key points include a mutual right of search regardless of vessel numbers and the summary trial and punishment of those in the illegal traffic.
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Washmerton
Tur
Seward
Lyon
Death of Major General C F Smith at Savannah
Pritssuren Lanpine reports Major General C F Smith died in Savannah Tennessee on April 25 at 4 PM after illness from dysentery following the Savannah occupation. He could not take part in Shiloh and had been gradually failing for weeks. The piece also notes territorial bills favoring Arizona and Louisiana and contrasts party stances on slavery.
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Pritssuren Lanpine
Via
C. F. Smrru
C. F. Smith
Savanah
I’enn
Savannah
Shiloh
Cumberland crew discharged at Port Royal muster
On Sunday morning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard the Cumberland crew were discharged from service with pay due Monday. Commodore Paulding and Gregory attended. Captain Morris urged volunteers to join Port Royal, and many sailors answered, with some already following him. The ship should be ready within a week to return to duty for the country and its flag.
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N. ¥. Tribune
Fort Jackson in Union Hands Threatens Savannah Move
Report from New York notes Fort Jackson, four miles from Savannah, under Union control with pickets deployed between the fort and the city. The fort is a small brick work on a low marsh, armed with ten 24 pounders, three field pieces, five eight inch howitzers, and mortars. Burnside praised for North Carolina exploits but remains unused in campaign as debates on strategy continue.
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New York
Fort Jackson
Savannah
Georgia
Pro-Union Sentiment and War News from the Era
An Indiana private interrupts a St Louis sermon urging peace with a demand to keep the South in the Union. Huntsville Alabama now hosts ex-secretary of war L P Walker amid Union troops. An American exile condemns slavery, calling to abandon it as a mad dog. Stoneman Cavalry mustered out. Kentucky Nicholas County locals vow traitors may not return. Mrs Partington quips about paradoxical churches.
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St. Louis
Indiana
Revival of Nashville cotton trade and prices noted
The Nashville Union reports brisk cotton movement with loads passing to the river. Good Middling trades at 16 to 17c in specie or US notes, 22 to 25c in Tennessee paper, as planters trade actively amid revived commerce and assurances about private property.
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Nashville Union
Union
Unite States Treasury
Tennessee
Nashville
The French Iron Clad Navy Powers Ahead
The French Navy now leads worldwide naval strength with iron plated ships surpassing Britain. Four frigates La Gloire L Invincible La Normandie La Couronne each with nine hundred horsepower and 30 to 40 guns. Corvete Pei Ho 14 guns. Floating batteries La Devastation La Congreve. Frigates Magenta Solferino ready in three months. Ten more frigates building each one thousand horsepower plus six corvettes and sixty gunboats. Plongeur to sink ships with wrought iron spur.
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Farnce
la Gloire
la Couronne
la Devastation
la Congreve
Magenta
Solferino
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Warren Mail
Howerout
Democratic Party
Col. Forney
Robert J. Walker
George Bancroft
Daniel Dickinson
Tod
W. F. Packer
Andrew Johnson
Amos Kendall
Francis P. Blair
Lewis Cass
New Orleans
Yorktown
Curiaco
Times
Porter
North Carolina
East Tennessee
Sherman
the Mountain Department
Tor
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Nebraska
Colorado
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Newbern
N. Tomes
Gor
Gen. Banks
Harrisonburg
Jackson
Shenandoah
Rockingham County
Richmond
Staunton
Ala
L. P. Walker
Sumter
Faneuil Hall
Foote
Department
Charles H. Davis
Stoneman Cavalry
United States Service
Joseph Miller
Seventy-fifth
Seventy-fourth
Nicholas Co., Ky
Siecle
Paris
France
Tunis
Algiers
College of Philosophers
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
America
Hazeltine & Co’s
F. A. Randall’s
L. L. Spencer
Henry Rice
Riceville
Helen M. Crosby
Pittsburgh Landing
Crandall
Warren
Barclay
Variety Hall
Hazeltine & CO
Elk Township
Warren County
Allegheny River
Fik
WM. Smarsh
R. D. Bennett
Mlnery
David M’kelvy
Carver House
Curtis & Guthrie
Busness
Wirren
Thomas F. Chapman
Pelatareau
Broadway
C. A. Lambert
Greenpoint
Long Island
Charles A. Lamb
A. C. Blodget
Youngsville
Mar
A. Crandall
Arch Street
Third
Philadelphia
Upton S. Newcomer
UST
Mitchell
Otto
Randall's
Express
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