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The Civil War in America. the Battles Before Richmond

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 September 1862 · page 7

FROM the papers brought by the Jurs, which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, July 15, we make a few extracts. The New York Times of the 3rd has the following:—…

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The Civil War in America. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Washington, June 11, 1862

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 September 1862 · page 2

A MONTH'S summary of the pregnant events of the civil war on this continent, condensed ever so necessarily within the scope of a letter, most leave unnoted much which at another time would be fraught with…

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Notes of the War. the Battles Before Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1862 · page 3

THE New York journals of the 4th and 5th of July contain several accounts, all more or less confused and contradictory, of the recent battles. The following is the account of the correspondent of the New York…

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The Horrors of War

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 September 1862 · page 2

After the battle before Richmond, in a swamp we found eight bodies of Alabamians close together, and in such a horrible state of decomposition that hardly a man saw them without turning…

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The Horrors of War. to the Editor of the Times

Empire · Wednesday 17 September 1862 · page 3

SIR,—I have just received a letter from a Federal friend in the South, on whose vercity I can most thoroughly depend, containing much interesting news. I send you an extract, and shall be very glad if you can find a place for…

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The War in Virginia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1862 · page 3

THE following letter to the Times by a native of Virginia, though written with a strong Southern bias, gives the most explicit account we have yet seen of the geography of the scene of the late conflict before…

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The American War: Arguments for Interference. (From the Standard, July 18.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1862 · page 8

" THERE will be no more Bull's Runs." So said General M'Clellan when he took the command of the Federal army; and little as we have cause to respect the veracity of the Northern generals we are inclined…

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The Civil War in America. Notes of the War. the Battles Before Richmond

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 September 1862 · page 6

THE New York journals of the 4th and 5th of July contain several accounts, all more or less confused and contradictory, of the recent battles. The following is the account of the correspondent of the New York…

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The Civil War in America. News to July 17Th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 September 1862 · page 5

BY the Stately, Captain Witcherley, we have intelligence, via California, from New York and Washington, to the 17th of July. Unfortunately, telegraphic communication had been…

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Notes of the War. a Confederate Reconnaissance, and What Came of It

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 September 1862 · page 3

The Richmond Despatch of June 16th gives the following account of the recent attack by a body of Confederate cavalry on General M'Clellun's position: "It being determined to penetrate the enemy's…

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The Civil War in America

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 September 1862 · page 7

BY the Stately, Captain Witcherley, we have intelligence, via California, from New York and Washington, to the 17th of July. Unfortunately, telegraphic communication had been…

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Effects Op the Civil-war on the New Englanders. (From the Special Corespondent of the Spectator.) BOSTON, 11th June

Empire · Monday 29 September 1862 · page 8

I BEGIN, at last, to appreciate the truth of an observation made to me by many intelligent Americans, which I at first thought a paradox, that the effect of this civil war will be to consolidate the country. If it were not for the war it…

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The American War: Its Commercial. Relations

Empire · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 8

THE following circular has been issued by Messrs. Neill Brothers:— MAHCHESTER, July 15, 1862—As about twelve months have elapsed since the issue of the first circular (22nd…

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The Expiring Congress-the War News

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 1 October 1862 · page 1

A resolution has been adopted by both branches of Congress postponing their final adjournment until to-day, and it is supposed that this action was taken to await the return from the President…

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The Horrors of War. The following has appeared in the Times:—(To the Editor of the Times.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 2

Sir,-I have just received a letter from a Federal friend in the South, on whose veracity I can most thoroughly depend, containing much interesting news. I send you an extract, and…

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The Late War in New Zealand: Nonrecognition of Major Herbert's Services. (From the Daily Southern Cross, September 3. d)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 7

A VERY important question has been opened up by Mr. Stafford in the House of Representatives, and one which, affects not only the colonists of New Zealand but the British public generally. We refer to his motion for copies…

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The War in America, a War of Gunboats. (From the Times, June 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 October 1862 · page 2

IT is by the aid of gunboats, that the Federals ha[?] obtained an ascendancy over the Confederaos at all points of the coast and along the banka of all the great rivers. On the Mississippi, the opportu[?]…

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MEN-OF-WAR v. MEN-OF-PEACE. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 October 1862 · page 5

SIR,—A few months since I was a passenger to Queensland in the A. S. N. Co. 's steamer Telegraph, Captain O'Reilly; on approaching the Bar at Moreton Bay, a circumstance occurred, which although…

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MEN-OF-WAR v.MEN of Peace. To the Editor of the Meiald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 3

SIR,—Your correspondent, "The Nervous Man," thinks proper, in your issue of to-day's date, to rake up an occurrence of " a few months since," in which a shotted gun fired from H. M. S. Pioneer, off the…

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ARRIVAL of the Mail at Adelaide. Renter's Telegram. (Through Greville and Bird.) English News to September 2nd. Garibaldi Defeated and Wounded. Marriage of the Prince of Wales. Important From Central India. Attempt to Compel Evacuation of Rome. French Army of Occupation Reinforced. Sicily in State of Siege. General Halleck Appointed Federal Commander-in-chief. Conscription Federal Citizens Proclaimed. Destitution in Lancashire Increasing. Adelaide, Tuesday Evening

Empire · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

The P. and O. Company steamship Madras, Captain Stead, left Point de Galle on the 18th. of September, and arrived at King George's Sound on the 2nd instant; and the, City of…

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