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August 6, 1861 – From the Guards
We received a letter yesterday, from Lieut. JORDAN, under date of July 31st. The 5th Regiment was still at Burlington. They were to receive their arms the next day, and…
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The Affair at Pocotaligo
Charleston, Oct. 23. The enemy advanced yesterday morning in two columns, against Coosawhatchie, and the other against Pocotaligo. He was repulsed from Pocotaligo by our forces. At Coosawhatchie he succeeded in gaining…
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August 5, 1861 – The Retreat at Bull Run
Capt. Weston. This gentleman, captain of the Peterborough company, writes in regard to the retreat at Bull’s Run : "Could we but have had an officer to ride along the…
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August 4, 1861 – Four Prizes Captured!
Norfolk, July 31.—The privateer Gordon, of Charleston, on Sunday last captured and carried into Hatteras Inlet, the brig McGilley [William McGilvery], of Bangor, Maine, with a cargo of Molasses. Also,…
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August 3, 1861 – Arrest of a Rebel Bearer of Dispatches in New York
We take the following from the New YorkWorld:— Edward R. Ruggles, a young man, 17 years of age, is at present detained at police headquarters by order of Secretary Seward,…
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August 2, 1861 – A Narrow Escape
During the fight at Manassas, says one of our most respectable exchanges, one of the Tiger Zouaves, belonging to Wheat's battalion, while skirmishing with the Sixty-Ninth Regiment of New York…
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August 1, 1861 – Col. Frank Siegel
Col. Frank Siegel, commander of the Federal troops in Missouri, was invited to take the command of a German regiment raised in New York; but declined under the plea that…
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July 31, 1861 – Army Inventions
The War and Navy Departments are overrun with parties with new war weapons and inventions pertaining to the army and navy. One man has a new projectile, whose destructive merits…
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July 30, 1861 – Death of Col. C. F. Fisher
The gallant Fisher sleeps in the family burial ground, peace to his ashes. We knew him and admired him. He was brave, chivalrous, and good. He had his enemies as…
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July 29, 1861 – A Statement from Col. Walrath
Headquarters Twelfth N. Y. Volunteers, Camp of the Onondagas, Arlington, July 24, 1861.—Editor Washington Star: Sir—After my arrival from Bull Run with my regiment, I perused the dally papers published…