War Dispatches From Beaufort and Port Royal
The Warren Mail reports Union success at Beaufort and Port Royal with forts silenced and the town captured. Du Pont’s fleet and Sherman’s forces push toward Savannah while rebels mutiny at Norfolk and Lincoln refuses pardon for pirates. Also notes a Presbytery ordination in Warren and election results for local officers amid ongoing Civil War mobilization.
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Washinaron
Port Royal
Beaufort
P. S
Dupont
Sherman
South Carolina
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk
Union
Pig Point
Newport News
Cairo
Memphis
Savannah
Hilton Head
Bay Point
New Orleans
Ship Island
Bravery of the Federal Troops amid Civil War Battles
The report lauds Federal troops for courage after defeats at Edwards Ferry Ball’s Bluff and Ball’s Bluff. It compares their bravery to Lyon’s Springfield fight, notes heavy losses among Rhode Island and Massachusetts units, and condemns the last battle’s unequal odds while praising soldiers from officer to private.
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Bull Run
Edward's Ferry
Ball’s Blot
Lyon
Springfield
Ball's Bluff
Leonidas
New York Evening Post
Baker
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Fifteenth Regiment
Fremont Receives Substantial Homecoming in St Louis
Gen John C. Fremont returns to St Louis after dismissal with a grand ovation. Twenty thousand people and a torchlight procession escort him to headquarters as German citizens present resolutions praising his service and impartial leadership. Fremont assures the crowd he will respond to charges at a later time and relies on their support.
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Erie
Old School
Robert Taylor
Presbyterian Church
Warren
Reynolds
Washington
Warren Guards
Raftmens Guard
Cowan
Bates
Lacy
Farrelly
Yates
Willson
Nathaniel Gordon
New York
Lincoln
Gordon
U. S
Frankfort
John C. Breckenridge
Benj. Deshay
Robt
J. Breckenridge, Jr
Humphrey Marshal
Kentucky
C. B. Curtis
Camp Grossman
Fremont
St. Louis
Gen. Fremont
John C. Fremont
Springfield
Battle of Belmont Expanse on the Mississippi River
From Cairo Illinois November 8 reports an expedition under Generals Grant and McClernand landed at Belmont Missouri at dawn. About 3,500 Federal troops faced 7,000 Confederate defenders. The battle lasted to sundown with Confederate trenches overcome and camp goods captured. Federal losses around 500 with unknown Rebel casualties.
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Cairo
Grant
McClernand
Belmont
Pennsylvania Supreme Court halts Philadelphia election returns
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted a special injunction today restraining Charles D. Knight Prothonotary of Philadelphia County from delivering the returns of the Thirty ninth regiment and barring the judges from computing votes included in the return. James Gowan and Geo W Biddle spoke for the complainants.
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Pitrspurcu
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Charles D. Knight
Thirtyninth Regiment
James Gowan
Geo. W. Biddle
Battle Near Kansas City Sees Rebel Forces Routed
Kansas City dispatch reports Col Anthony with 150 mounted men attacked at 10 A. M. by 600 rebels led by Upton Hays on a prairie ten miles from the city. After a fierce fight the rebels retreated into the woods and were again driven out. Anthony withdrew six miles to await reinforcements promised to be sent promptly.
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Kansas City
Anthony
Upton Hays
Fremont Arrives in St Louis Amid Torchlight Welcome
Gen. Fremont reached St Louis on a special train this evening and was met by an immense, enthusiastic crowd. Germans from city wards led large delegations in a torchlight procession to his quarters.
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St. Louis
Fremont
Fight at Guyandotte Ends in Mass Confederate Action
Gatutrouis November 11 Guyandotte Virginia on the Ohio River was attacked by 600 rebels. Of 150 Union troops, about 50 escaped. others killed or captured. Rebels fired houses as they attacked. Steamers attempted relief with 400 Federal troops from Point Pleasant, later reports show scant survivors. Empire City reports Zeigler burned the town with 800 rebels present. Casualties include eight Union dead and many prisoners. rebel losses unknown.
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Kentucky
Pikeville
Nelson
Lxxington
Thomas
Paris
Pike County
Lake Moore
Col
Harris
Second
Ohio
Moore
Gatutrouis
Guyandotte
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Gallipouis
Empire City
Secesion
Jenkins
Col. Zeigler
5Th
Virginia
Zeigler
Hisp
Price in retreat and rebel moves near Washington
Reports from Rotua and Cassville describe Price’s 30,000-strong force with 30 artillery pieces moving south while Union troops relocate wounded to St. Louis. Washington pickets show Confederates packing south, Beauregard leaving the Potomac, and Union calls for stronger action to avoid rebel rallies at Charleston.
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Springfield
St. Louis
Price
Cassville
State Line
Mississippi Valley
Columbus
Line’s
Hunter
Fremont
Cassvile
Memphis
Potomac
Washington
U. S
South Carolina
Beauregard
Army of the Potomac
Charleston
Generals Question Fremont and General Scott Fitness for Command
Adjutant General Thomas reports Generals Hunter and Curtis say Fremont is unfit to command any army. The writer notes others may share this view about Scott and McClellan in the Potomac department, but refrains from naming those generals.
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Hunter
Gener. Thomas
Fremont
Comand
Gen. Unter
Missouri
Chicago Journal
Thomas
Curtis
Scott
Department of the Potomac
McClellan
Fragmentary Names Enter Prothonotary Ledger List
A compiled list of names including Grandin Jacy Newkirk Foster Booth Son Nixon Crabb Whitnes Doty and others appears in a Prothonotary Office ledger. The readable fragments suggest committee, trustee, or filing roles but lack clear context or actions.
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S. Grandin
A. Jacy
H. Newkirk
A. J. Foster
H. Booth & Son
S. Nixon
W. A. Crabb
W.F. Whitnes
J. Doty
Owen
Com'tee
J.P. Houser
S. Ketchum
S. Dupoan
Phillips & Belkna Gee
A. Cobham
E. Willison
J. Steadman
J.C
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McCall
Mite Society
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Erie Gazette
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Philadelphia Board of Trade
Thomas Kimber
Board of Trade
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Keziah Sill
Nathaniel Sill
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Mrs. Sill
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Fort Miller
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Great Britain
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R. B. Sprague
James Dennison
H. McOuay
M. J. Kennedy
John Conklin
H. W. Morrison
J. Y. James
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Charles Thompson
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