Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Shields” in article 30 of The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...o flood.
The water has been from two to twelve feet deep in almost every house in that city.
Over one-third of the city was overflowed.
The water, however, at last accounts, was receding.
Gen. Shields has accepted the appointment of Brigadier General, and is on his way to Washington in the steamer Golden Age.--The steamer has $460,000 in treasure for New York.
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