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The wars & local soldiers, 1862

13 stories in Illawarra's papers

Latest English News by Telegraph, Via India. Serious Difficulty Arisen Between England and the Northern States of America. War Not Improbable

Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1862 · page 2

The export of saltpetre from Great Britain has been prohibited. Great excitement prevails. Consols are lower, 1¼ per . cent…

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Notes of the Civil War in America the Naval Expedition

Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1862 · page 4

The following description of the fleet which has sailed South is from the New York correspondent of the Times, under date 30th October. He says:-…

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Civil War in America. News to 5Th December

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 February 1862 · page 3

By the Star King, from Puget Sound, news to the 4th of December from Washington, and to the 5th from St Louis, has been received. Washington, December 4…

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American News to the 16Th January. No War. Wednesday evening

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1862 · page 2

The Albrecht Oswald arrived at the Heads this morning, from San Francisco 16th January. The Captain states that affairs between England and America were amicably settled, and that…

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War and Marriage

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1862 · page 4

During the four months Unit one of the companies of regulars has been quartered on Massachusetts Avanue, Washington, thirteen of its members have been married to young ladies…

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Duration of the War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1862 · page 4

The Memphis Appeal has waked up and found out—what our own Administration has found out, that this is "no three mouths' war"—or, no war in which "one Southerner is to whip five…

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Progress of the War in America

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1862 · page 4

The Niagara brings news of very important movements on the part of both tho Federal and the Confederate forces. According to the latest accounts of the great…

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West Africa. Another War with the Natives

Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1862 · page 3

The African 'Steamship Company's screw steamer Athenian, Captain Lowry, from the West Coast of Africa, reached the Mersey on the 9th instant. The news is exciting, and we…

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Civil War in America. Battle of Fort Donaldson

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1862 · page 2

The San Francisco Herald of March 14th says:—It was only yesterday we received full particulars of the battle of Fort Donaldson, which, after all the conflicting rumors that have been circulated, proves…

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Southern Ladies and the Civil War

Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1862 · page 4

Captain Rogers, of the Federal navy, reporting upon the state of things in Florida says:—"There is much violent and pestilent feeling among the women They seem to mistake…

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Frightful Tragedy in Manchester. Four Murdered and One Wounded

Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1862 · page 4

A terrible tragedy was enacted on Friday morning, by which a gentleman well-known in Manchester, and three innocent children were deprived of their lives, and the life of a fifth…

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Embalming American Soldiers

Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 4

On my way to this plantation from the camp I saw before me some tents surrounded with curious things—a signboard on which was written with…

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Notes of the War

Examiner · Tuesday 28 October 1862 · page 4

The Times of the 23rd August publishes the following extract from the letter of a gallant young captain in Kershaw's brigade, to his father, written shortly after the battle before…

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