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The wars & local soldiers, 1864

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The War in New Zealand

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1864 · page 3

Another outbreak is shortly expected. Thompson and [?] are in the neighborhood of Tauranga, and are mustering their forces previous to acting on the off [?] Another chief has sent a…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Goldwin Smith on the New Zealand War. (To the Editor of the Daily News.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1864 · page 4

There is another case in which the balance still trembles, and justice, it is to be feared, will kick the beam. Tne act passed by the Legislature of New Zealand, not only for the…

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The War in New Zealand. Tauranga. Great Engagement Beyond the Gate Pa Splendid Victory by Our Troops. the Pa Captured, and the Enemy Completely Routed. Two Hundred and Four of the Rebels Killed and Wounded, and Thirty Prisoners Taken. Ten Soldiers Killed—four Officers Wounded

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 July 1864 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Southern Cross" gives the following account of a brilliant little affair which took place near Gate Pa.— The rebels had commenced the erection of a new…

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The War in New Zealand. Great Engagement Beyond the Gate Pah

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1864 · page 4

By the Kangaroo steamer we (Herald) have Auckland papers to the 25th of June. The special correspondent of the Daily…

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Soldier Hung for Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1864 · page 4

A sergeant of the 6th regiment, who had seen considerable service and had several medals, was recently executed at Corfu…

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America. Progress of the Civil War. Awful Fighting in Virginia. Fearful Slaughter. New York, May 10, Evening

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1864 · page 2

The military news is not considered decisive, but is generally interpreted by the public as favorable to Grant. General Grant fought two severe battles…

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The Civil War in America

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 July 1864 · page 4

General Forrest's forces have captured Fort Pillow on the Mississippi, by assault. Font hundred out of the garrison of six hundred men are stated to have been killed. After…

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The Confederate War Steamer Georgia in the Mersey

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1864 · page 3

MUCH excitement was caused in Liverpool on Monday when it became known that the Confederate war steamer Georgia had quietly steamed up the river and taken up…

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America. Progress of the Civil War. News to June 7

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 August 1864 · page 4

The barque Clodian, Captain Phillips, brings Californian papers to the 9th of June, and from Washington and New York to the 7th. On Tuesday the 7th of June, the Union…

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The War in Denmark

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1864 · page 4

The Danish war recommended on June 26, by the Prussians openig fire upon the fortifications of Alsen. On the 29th, eleven battalions of Prussians crossed the Alsen Sound at daybreak…

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A Picture of the American War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1864 · page 3

THE correspondent of the New York Tribune writing from Fredericksburg, Sunday morning, 15th May, devotes himself mainly to a description of the wounded and their…

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The War in America

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 September 1864 · page 4

General Grant, after trying his strength with General Lee on the Chicka[?]miny, abandoned that attempt as he had abandoned others, and by a sudden movement to his left, which was so far…

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The American War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1864 · page 4

IN the House of Commons, July 25, Mr. Lindsay asked the First Lord of the Treasury if, considering the great sacrifice of life and property occasioned by the…

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The Border War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1864 · page 4

On Tuesday, a number of police, under the order of inspector Hare, arrived by train, and simultaneously a printed notice was circulated, which announced that the…

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How the Confederates Defray the Expenses of the War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1864 · page 4

THE Boston Advertiser gives a table showing the receipts in England, in 1862 and 1863, of cotton which can properly be assumed to be American it appears that…

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America. War Ne S to September 29. Great Federal Success in the Shenandoah Valley. Reported Surrender of Mobile

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 November 1864 · page 4

By the barque Marion, Captain Coutts, we (Herald) have San Francisco papers to the 29th of September, being thirteen days later than that brought by the mail steamer Northam, via…

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The American War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1864 · page 4

QUITE quietly an address has been preparing in England which has now made its way to America. It is a very humble, and certainly must be a very unselfish…

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