A Short Memoir of an Irish Soldier
A poor man, named Bolan, died last week in the Ennistymon workhouse. He was a worn-out soldier, who lost his health in the army, and came direct from Aldershot pennyless, and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1863
296 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 15
The War in the South. Brilliant Success of Negro Troops. (Correspondence of the New York Tribune) On board steamer from Fortress Monroe To Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1862
EVENTS of no ordinary interest have just occurred in the Department of the South. The negro, troops have been tested, and to their great joy, though not contrary to their own expectations,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Bright on the American War. (From the Times, December 10.)
THE members for Birmingham met their constituents in the Town-hall, last night. por some time past there have been mutterings of dissatisfaction that all through the eventful crisis…
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THE Key West New Era publishes a remarkable narrative furnished to it by two men of the 21st Ohio Regiment, who recently arrived at that place, having effected their escape from the Confederate States.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →United States. Incidents of the War
ON BOARD THE ALABAMA.—The following is portion of [?]n interesting communication from a petty officer of much intelligence and ability who has been aboard the Alabama, since she sailed from Liverpool under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Literature of the American War. (From Chambers's Journal.)
THE political condition of a people bears so close a relation to their arts, letters, and philosophy, that a change of dynasty generally marks an epoch in thought, manner, and character. It may almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Side of the American War. (From the Times, December 5.)
THE rarity of direct intelligence from the Southern States renders any addition to our k[?]edge of the war from that quarter interesting. Having received files of Southern journals for the month of October,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Captain's Wife—an Incident of the American War
MY sister Blanche, her child, and I sat on the lawn that morning. "Oh would a wife's strong love," she cried, "could shield a soldier's fate!'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Civil War in China
A CURIOUS change has come over the relations between the Imperial authorities in China and the English. The days are passed when mandarins can think or speak of the English as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Historians. (From Harper's New Monthly Magazise)
WHILE our thoughts are inevitably turned to war it is curious and interesting to read of other battles than our own; battles fought long ago, upon fields which are green with grass and golden, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Iron-clad Men-of-war
MR. DONALD MCKAY, noted as the great American ship-builder, in a recent letter from Paris, descriptive of iron-clad vessels generally, addressed to a New York paper, gives the following news of…
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LAST evening the fortnightly meeting of the Young Men's P[?]terian Ins[?]te was held in the Free Church, Macquarie-Street, when an interesting essay was read on the question:—"Whi[?]h has been more injurious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Mail at Adelaide. News to the 3Rd February. Great Insurrection in Poland. the War in America. by Electric Telegraph. [Through Greville and Bird] Empire Office. Wednesday Evening
THE Wonga Wonga arrived last evening at Adelaide, with the January mails. The detention of the mail was caused by the stranding of the P. and 0. Company's steamer Nemesis,…
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Fawn, 17 guns, Captain Cayter, at Hobart Town. Harrier, 17 guns, Captain Sullivan, at New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Sydney. Pioneer, 6 guns, Captain Reilly, in Port Jackson…
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THE Courrier de Marseilles of the 28th January contains an extract from La Patrie, in which it is said that new steps have been taken by the Government of the Emperor to put an end to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Kinglake, M.p., on the Crimean War
THE long-expected volumes by Mr. Kinglaks, author of "Eothen,' on the invasion of the Crimes, have just made their appearance. We make the following extracts from them:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Civil War in America. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Washington, January 5, 1863
THE slaveholders' rebellion has brought forth its first great fruit, The war intended to make inviolable, to perpetuate and to extend elavery, has had but the result of overthrowing slavery for ever as an institution on this continent. On…
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THE Courrier de Marseilles of the 28th January contains an extract from La Patrie, in which, it is said that new steps have been taken by the Government of the Emperor to put an end to…
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THE slaveholders' rebellion has brought forth its first great fruit. The war intended to make inviolable, to perpetuate and to extend slavery, has had but the result of overthrowing slavery for ever as an institution on this continent. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leading Events of the American War During the Year 1862. (From the London Evening Mail.)
THE attention of the Continent as well as of England has throughout the year been principally engrossed by America, but it is only possible to record in a concise abridgment some of the more important events of…
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