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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 44 14 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 24 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 6 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 2 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 5 3 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 4 2 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 4 0 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 3 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Affairs at the South. (search)
nformation: Two thirds of the thinking population of the West are in favor of acknowledging the Southern Confederacy, for the sake of peace, but at present have no power to act. Having nothing else to do our informant took a trip up to Davenport, Iowa, and there conversed with men — secretly of course — who were confident, if they had the opportunity, that they could get 5,000 men to aid the South. When, a short time ago, the Governor of Iowa, finding it impossible to obtain the required number of voluntary recruits, issued orders for a draft, there must have been 5,000 young men who suddenly left the cities of Davenport and Keokuk to avoid it. But few men can be found in that section who will own that they are abolitionists, as such fanatics are excluded from genteel society. Having been forced to stay in St. Louis three months before he had effected his escape, he took special pains to ascertain the sentiments of the people. He found that nearly all the old residen
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Additional foreign news by the Etna. (search)
ships Dougal and Conqueror have received eight Armstrong guns from the frigate Emerald. The screw steam troop ship Megæra, Commander Henderson, from Portsmouth and Portland, which arrived on Thursday evening at Plymouth, disembarked some supernumeraries for the Dougal and Conqueror, and proceeded for Queenstown to embark troops for Malta. The Pharton, 51, screw, Captain E. Jatham, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Sore. Orders were subsequently received to proceed to Davenport or the purpose of being placed in dock before proceeding to her station, understood to be the Gulf of Mexico. The Pharton, it is now said, will not hoist an Admiral's flag, as it was said she would when first commissioned by Capt. Jatham. She had steam up soon afternoon yesterday, but remained at Spithead up to sunset. She will probably sail thence this morning if the weather should moderate. Sailing of the first Division of the English Contingent. Her Majesty's ships Dougal, C