Jefferson Davis address to Confederate Congress May 1864
Jefferson Davis delivers the Confederate Congress address from Richmond May 2 1864. He condemns Union actions and foreign interference while praising Confederate soldiers and officers, discusses currency policy and war strategy, and urges continued unity and defense ahead of the coming campaign.
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Treasury
Congress
Trans-Mississipi
Olwiaw
War Department
Secretary of War
Provisional Army
Army
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
Mobile
Charleston
Georgia
Virginia
Jefferson Davis Ricumoxo
Paris fashion turns outdoor dress into buttoned great coat
Theatest Paris fashion in ladies dress features a garment like a man's great coat for outdoors. It fits close and is covered with brass buttons, many for ornament and some on the shoulders. Several ladies appear in the street in this strange vestment, its glare producing an odd effect.
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Paris
The Battles of Piswath and Ransom’s Plymouth Charge
An extract from a Confederate war correspondence recounts General Ransom’s left center assault near Plymouth. It praises his brigade’s steadiness under heavy shelling, describes a dawn march through a fire-swept open field, and notes Fort Williams’ fall and the renaming of Fort Jones after the capture. The report credits Ransom’s men and artillery, with several officers singled out for gallantry.
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United States
Confederate States
Amerea
France
Great Britain
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Piswath
Aplic Plymouth
Hoke
Kemper
Ransom
Richmond
Malvern Hill
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Rangom
James Branch
Petersburg
Bravch
Dearing
Branch
Durham
N. CO
Jones
Gev. Ransom
Joe
M.W. Ransom
Columbia Road
Canaby Creek
Fort Williams
Plymouth
Cooke
List of killed and wounded of the 56th N C Regiment
The Confederate record lists the 56th N C regiment casualties at Plymouth N C during the night of April 18 and the morning of April 20 1864 Field and Staff killed or wounded include Co A Samuel Sawyer killed and multiple wounded across companies B C D E F G H I and K totaling six killed and four died of wounds and seventy six wounded for an aggregate of eighty five.
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56Th N.C
56Th
N.C. T
Plymouth
N. C
Samuel Sawyer
Sergt Samuel Smith
T G Terrell
Wm Garrett
J C Hughes
J H Johnson
Henry Williams
Kinney Sitton
Wm Galloss
Wm Gilbert
W Thornton
Wm Handy
Seret LH Horst
Warren Carver
John T Moore
R IL Averitt
Co. C
J . Sawyer
Baisil Hackney
Jez
John Howard
P Pendergrast
Levi Williams
John Parker
J W Holsemback
C B Wilson
T W Montgomery
Sheelds
Ije
HL ‘Turner
IT McNeil
H Wheeler
W H Holland
W A McBryde
W H Thomas
Jas Banks
Shell
W J Palmer
Corp A Nolan
Allen Cogdale
Adney Cogdale
Wm Chitwood
H M Gladden
Peter Price
J G Webb
J W Lindsay
P Cabaniss
N W Ross
Thos W Noblin
Ozark
H Allen
Elishery Carlan
Jas Hollingsworth
L M Green
Henry Perry
Leroy Smith
D Kinzey
Stephen Taylor
SR Holton
C D Donoho
T J Darwell
Noah Fox
This Gately
James Mills
David Miller
B J Page
Wm Thompson
D Thompson
J Chisenhall
Co I
Wm Daves
TR Campbell
Samuel Green
H Harrill
J P Philbeck
H W Price
R H Wall
Co. K
John Strider
J B Sossaman
W Aiten
Fort Jones charge earns high praise from eye witness
An eye witness lauds Col. J. G. Jones and the 35th North Carolina Regiment for a bold assault on Fort Jones near Plymouth on April 20. The attack breached ditch and stockade, with 100 of the 85th and 250 men in the assault, earning the fort the nickname Fort Jones.
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Plymouth
N.C
J. G. Jones
86Th Regiment
N. C
Fort Jones
Col. Jones
Wives Bear Desertion Appeals Fuel Army Critique
An army correspondent reports that deserters are often excused by wives appeals to soldiers to return home. The article notes desertion carries harsh penalties and warns women to avoid influencing husbands or brothers to leave the army, lest kin suffer consequences.
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Columbus Times
Confederate War Telegrams and Northern News Update
A summary of Confederate and Union dispatches from May reports. Confederate Senate and House actions, troop movements near Culpeper and Chancellorsville, Red River and Shreveport activity, and Lincoln cabinet shifts. News from Louisville to Liverpool notes, with numbers on corps strengths and river conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Red River
Grand Ecorse
Lincoln
Chase
Union cavalry threats near Ely’s Ford and Frederickburg
Reports from Ricuwoxa May 4 indicate a Yankee cavalry force crossed Ely's Ford and moved toward the plank road near Frederickburg. Grant is said to command a very large force while Lee's Army holds the Peninsula. News states the Yankees occupy West Point and repair the wharf with pickets six miles out.
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Weat Point
Desertion Executed Among Johnston's Troops Amid Skirmishes
From Gen Johnston's Army at Datrox on May 4. Fourteen privates from the Isth and 60th N C regiments were shot for desertion. Two others were executed in Stuart's division. The enemy massing at Red Clay with skirmishing on Ringgod and Cleveland roads. Our forces retire toward the latter road as the engagement likely to start tomorrow.
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Datrox
Tho Isth
60Th N. C
Stuart
Red Clay
Ringgod
Cleveland
Tangipahoa Fight Near Olive Branch Reported
Tangipahoa operator describes a long battle at Olive Branch yesterday between about 1500 Federals and 800 Scott’s cavalry. The clash lasted eight hours, with the enemy driven across Thompson’s Creek. No Confederate losses recorded. reinforcements arrive and a possible resumption is anticipated today.
Senate Action and Army Honors in Plymouth and Olustee
In the Senate a resolution fixed the adjournment day for the sixteenth and was laid over. A joint resolution thanked Gen Hoke Cook officers and men for Plymouth victory and Gen Finegan for Olustee victory. In the House personal explanations were given on peace and habeas corpus. A resolution declaring it inexpedient to put five dollar notes on par with new issue was adopted by 67 to 8.
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Confederate Congress
Ricumoyo
Senate
Burnweil
Oldham
Sparrow
Crown
Hill
Chilton
Williamson KB
W. Cobb
Yeas
Mays
J. Cruikshank
Lps
Habeas Corpus
New Confederate Prints Offer Vast Southern Library
Branson and Farrar advertise an extensive Confederate era catalog including Myrtle Leaves Hill's Poems Dixie primers and world fiction like Les Miserables Fanzine and Lady Audley's Secret. They list military and religious works with prices and note mail orders incur extra postage. J Robt Jeffreys promotes hide tanning services and leather production for soldiers families with free tanning.
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Lady Audley
Dicken
Robert and
Harold
Eleanor
Ee Marius
Jean Valjean
Morgan
Men
Silas Marner
Munten
Lander
School of the Guides
Warren
Hill
Morven
Linda
8. W
Vicksburg
Texas
Maryland
Neeley
Deems
Age—A New Monthly
Southern Literary Messenger
Confederate States
Vicksburg, Engraving, Dr. Deems
Soldier Boy
Pearin Jackson
N. B
Branson & Farrar
Raleigh
N. C
AVING
Woodward
Mary
The
Confederate
J. Robt. Jeffreys
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Confederate States of America
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Sacerdos
Hia Holinesa Piue IX
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William Smith O’brien
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Ireland
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Gee
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Applewhite
Johnson
Rutledge
Lumbey
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J. 8
Tweasues
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Anmegannaisten
Smith End
New York Herald
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New Orleans
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Bar
Quantrelie
Karane
Yankee Senate
Gen. Lee
Uange C. H
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Darton
Louisville
Lee
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9Th Army Corps
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Mekes
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Liverpool
Votton
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Ringgeld
Prince Polignac
Ilis
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Monton
Wharton
Green
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Menxipian
W. K. Wren
Petrel
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