Official Report Recounts Bull Run Defeat Details
Gen McDowell’s official Bull Run report outlines delays from wagon shortages and supply issues, the retreat spawned by disorganization, and heavy casualties. It notes 18 000 troops engaged, reinforcements from Johnston and Beauregard, and a panicked withdrawal as batteries and food ran short.
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Bull Run
McDowsax
Parrenson
McDowst
Miles
Richardson
Blackburn
Centerville
Schenck
Tyler
Stone Bridge
Manassas
Johnson
Patterson
Butler
Johnston
Beauregard
Fairfax Court House
Fairfax Station
Germantown
Manscet
Davis
Richmond
Masas
Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers
of Volunteer Artillery
New ‘York
Warrenton Road
Heintzelman
Wilcox
Howard
Porter
Palmer
Franklin
Sherman
Koyce
Burnside
J. E Johnston
Rickex
Griffin
Riot in Concord prompts shooting at paper office
The Boston Journal recounts a riot in Concord New Hampshire after soldiers of the 1st Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers read scurrilous articles in the Democratic Standard. A revolver fired through the floor injured sewing room workers as the mob clamored for action. The marshal read the riot act and tried to disperse the crowd while publishers remained on view.
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Dirksers
Secession
John Foss
Palmer
Concord
Manchester
Boston Journal
N. H
Democratic Standard
N. H. Volunteers
Virginia
John M. Lill Beg
Uhey
Iowa Democrats Fault New York Style War Talk
Iowa leaders mimic New York with treasonous loyalty rhetoric denouncing secession yet opposing forceful Union preservation. The piece contrasts Democratic woes with a Republican stance praising men and money for war, pledging loyalty to restore law, order, and constitutional supremacy, as Northwest sentiment cheers.
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Iowa
New York
Abolition Republican Party
Jaws
Astor House
Congress
United States
Towa
Northwest
N. Y
Secretary Chase in New York City to secure loan funding
Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase visits New York to advance understandings on U S government loans. He meets with leading Wall Street bankers at John J. Ciscy's residence to foster personal ties and gauge willingness to supply funds at the established rates. Chase plans to stay until Tuesday to finalize negotiations with bankers.
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Chaer
Wall Street
Chase
Chaco
N. Y. World
McClellan Prayer Admission Questioned by Report
The claim that Gen McClellan prayed with his pastor before moving into Western Virginia is disputed by several sources. Some believe he sought no publicity, while others push for confirmation of the event’s occurrence.
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Carerstian Gawsnat
Gen. McClellan
Western
Virginia
Heroic St Lawrence engages privateer off Charleston
The St Lawrence disguise as a merchantman to lure the privateer Aikin near Charleston harbor. After a close encounter with grapeshot and cannon, the St Lawrence opened a broadside driving the pirates from their schooner, with four men killed or wounded and several captured. The captured crew were taken aboard and confined. The Aikin, formerly the Gen Aikin, was seized in Charleston harbor after Fort Sumter’s surrender.
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Philadelphia
Charleston
U. S
Lawrance
Lawrance Wheely
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Savannah
St. Lawrance
V.sitore
Largees
St. Lawrence
Sim
Harvey
United States Service
Sartori
Carpenter
Southwark
Petre
Gen. Aikin
Fort Sumter
Old New Orleans Paper Shows Decline in 1860s Era
A critical review of a New Orleans newspaper reveals seven columns of reading matter and five of advertisements for perishable goods kept in type to save costs. The issue notes no mail or express deliveries, praises Manassas and condemns Old Abe, with outdated Virginia letters and telegraphic dispatches, painting a bleak picture of the city’s wartime press as once proud and prosperous.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Spaulding
Expresn
Manassas
Abe
Virginia
Richmond
Whch
New Orleans
Discoveries of Modern Exploration Across The World
Bayard Taylor notes rapid discoveries in travel and science over the last quarter century. He cites Central Asia traversals, South American river surveys, Arctic and Nile breakthroughs, the Niger course, the Mountains of the Moon, and British, Russian, and American movements reshaping maps, borders, and perspectives. The era’s feats include opening Japan and advancing Australian exploration.
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Bayard Taylor
Central Asia
Bukhara
Oxus
South America
Poukes
Ses
Niger
Nile
Kingdom
Borneo
Leichardt and Stuart
Australia
Irkuutsk
Amoor
Japan
General Lrom's Military Career Across Oceans and Frontiers
Ges Lrom was born in Ashford Connecticut in 1819 and graduated from West Point in 1841 with honors. He commanded a lieutenant's post after graduation, fought in Florida, then served on the western frontier. He joined the Mexican war, fought at Vera Cruz, Contreras, and Cherub. After peace he remained on the western frontier before Kansas troubles sent him to Fort Leavenworth and later the St. Louis Arsenal where the present rebellion found him.
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Ges. Lrom
Ashford
Conn
West Point
Florida
Vera Cruz
Contreras
Cheru
Mexico
Caliornia
Kansas
Ft Leavenworth
St. Louis Arsenal
New York Herald praises Lincoln and fate in presidency
The New York Herald lauds President Lincoln and his policy, noting that he must prove himself or surpass past leaders. It predicts he will eclipse the past greats and, when peace returns to the Union, his name will join Washington in the hearts of Americans.
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New York Herald
Lincoln
The
Herald
Union
Washington
Beeston Man Repairs Wagon For Congressman
A Beeston resident, Mr Alexander H Rice, traveling with civilians at Bull Run, stopped in Centreville Sunday. He aided a warrant officer while a blacksmith and four soldiers shoeing horses, earning seven dollars that morning and later repairing the Congressman's wagon for 160 dollars plus breakfast. Owen Courier.
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Yasnee Boacxemira
Bout Aux
Bull Han
Alexander H. Rice
Beeston
Centreville
Boston
Mr. Rice
Beaton
No. & Summer Street
Kies
Owen Courier
Hon. John A. Gilmer Said Stripped of Power at Greensboro NY
New York Tribane reports Hon. John A. Gilmer in Greensboro facing loss of influence yet he remains unthreatened and loyal. He is surrounded by devoted friends who defended and admired him throughout a long political career amid pressure and inaction.
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A. Gilnen
New York Tribane
John A. Gilmer
Greensboro
Litv
Mining Plot at Richmond Rumors Stir Public Fear
The Richmond Whig on August 1 reports Northern critics claim Richmond is mined to blow up the Yankee army arriving town. The piece calls for authorities to act, urges completing any unfinished mining, and notes Old Scott McClellan and Butler are expected soon, with readiness demanded.
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Richmond Whig
Gaye
Richmond
Scott
McClellan
Batler
Iowa Orchards Grow in Iowa Says Dr Weed's Farm Report
Mr J. Hatch reports from Muscatine that Dr Weed, living near the city, expects ten unves and bushels of apples from his Sea farm. The Iowa soil and climate promise fruit and the finest varieties. Care and science will make orchards valuable.
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Iowa
J. 9. Hatch
Liwa City
Weed
Muscatine
Iowa City
Crop reports from St Ans and Mitchell Gazette
The St Ans gar Journal notes wheat barley and oats crops at average yield with hot but favorable weather for gathering. Mitchell Gazette reports crops even more favorable. Pansonar Ranthay Burns ordained as pastor over St Catherines Colored Church Cuneda West.
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St. Ansgar Journal
Pansonar
Ranthay Burns
St. Catherines
Cuneda West
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Simes
Dubuque
Gen. McDowell
Rund
Ayer
Warrenton
Centreville Ridge
McDowartt
Potral
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