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The wars & local soldiers, 1862

178 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 9

Arrival of the City of Sydney, at Adelaide. with the August Mail From England. Prorogation of Parliament. Turbulence in Ireland. Increase of Distress in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Forgeries on the Bank of England. Frightful State of Affairs in America. Conscription in the United States Dreadful Outrage at Athens, in Alabama. Suffering of M'clellan's Army. Defeat of Garibaldi in Calabria. Garibaldi Wounded and Taken Prisoner. Burning of the Steamer Golden Gate, and Loss of 339 LIVES. 25,000 Additional French Troops for Mexico. [From Our Adelaide Telegraphic Correspondent.] Adelaide, Tuesday, 3.30 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

THE City of Sydney arrived at Glenelg with the South Australian mail at noon on the 7th; fine passage. The P. and O. Co.'s steamship Madras, Captain Stead, with English mails,…

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America. the Civil War. (From the Home News, August 26th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1862 · page 3

THE great battles before Richmond which were described in our last have been followed by a period of comparative quiet, so far as operations in the field are concerned; but there can be little, doubt that important movements will be…

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American War Items. Barbarties of the War

Empire · Thursday 16 October 1862 · page 2

THE St. Louis Republican publishes the following account of an outrage committed by the Federal troops:—"In Monroe county, Missouri, near the Salt River Railroad bridge, on Sunday [?]St,…

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Notes of the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1862 · page 8

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 Richmond. Having given the details of some…

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America. the Civil War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 October 1862 · page 3

THE great battles before Richmond which were [?] in our last have been followed by a period of compa[?] quiet, so far as operations in the field are concerned; but there can be little doubt that important movements will be…

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The French Emperor and the American War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 October 1862 · page 2

The Times' Paris correspondent, says:—"I have reason to believe that the American question once more occupies the most serious-attention of the Emperor, and that within the…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1862 · page 9

Fawn, 17 guns, Captain Cayter, at Hobart Town. Hamer, 17 guns, Captain Sir Malcolm M'Gregor, at New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Melbourn. Pioneer, 6 guns, Captain Reilly, on a cruise to the Northward…

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Welcome Home to You.—from the Nation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 October 1862 · page 8

A hundred thousand welcomes, and 'tis time for you to come From the far land of the foreigner, to your country and your home. Ah! long as we are parted, over since you went away,…

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About War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 October 1862 · page 1

The horrors of war are fearful—a war-wasted country is a frightful scene—but far more horrible is it to see a country whose people have lost the spirit to defend themselves from oppressors…

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Wesleyan Soldiers. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 October 1862 · page 2

SIR,—Will you have the goodness to insert the following from the records of the last Wesleyan Conference, held in Cambarne; it may serve to enlighten ignorance, or, if not that, to rebuke bigotry;…

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Irish Soldiers in the War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 November 1862 · page 6

What race of people so elastic as the Irish? Seven hundred years of sanguinary despotism has robbed them of no kind of mettle. The bravery they hid under King Brian Boroihme they have…

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Abolitionist Views of the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 November 1862 · page 5

THE following is an abstract of a speech delivered by Mr. Wendell Phillips, on the occaasion of the celebration of Emancipation day, at Abington, in Massachusets, and presents the views the thorough Abolitionist party take of…

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The War in America. (From the Times August 22)

Empire · Tuesday 4 November 1862 · page 2

WE noticed yesterday, as a proof of the growing unpopularity of the war of the Northern against the Southern States of America, the reappearance of free discussion as to the merits of those to…

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The American War, and British and American "Arbitrators." (From the Scotsman, August 9.)

Empire · Monday 10 November 1862 · page 3

ALWAYS assuming that there are possible circumstances under which the Americans may submit to ask or at least to accept the counsel of bystanders regarding the horrible and heart-rending…

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Garibaldi and the American War

Empire · Saturday 15 November 1862 · page 4

THE Wanderer of Vienna publishes the following letters, which, it states, have passed between Garibaldi and the American Consul at Vienna:— To General Garibaldi, Spezzi, Italy…

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The Battle of Parramatta! [From Our Own Sprcial War Correspondent.]

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1862 · page 3

In a state of physical prostration caused by want of [?]pand of mental excitement, resulting from the stir[?] scenes I witnessed on Monday, I sit down to fur[?] you with a faint sketch of the glorious events that…

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The Emperor of the F[?]ench and the American War

Empire · Saturday 15 November 1862 · page 4

THE Paris correspondent of the Times, writing on the 16th, says:—The continued successes of the Confederates, and the decided superiority their armies, and, still more, their generals, seem to have established over…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 November 1862 · page 9

Fawn, 17 guns, Captain Cayter, at Hobart Town, Harrier, 17 guns, Captain Sir Malcolm M'Gregor, at New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Melbourne. Pioneer, 6 guns, Captain Reilly, in Port Jackson…

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The Civil War in America. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) Baltimore, September 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 November 1862 · page 2

Actum est de Republica! The Republic, one and indivisible, is at its last gasp. These words, which elicited such indignant and angry vituperation when ventured on by impartial foreigners…

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The Aspect of the American War. (From the Army and Navy Gazette)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 November 1862 · page 8

EVERTHING in connection with this suicidal struggle has suddenly changed. Nothing gives a more striking indication of this change than the fact that the "war maps" manufactured a fortnight ago, to meet the…

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