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The wars & local soldiers, 1865

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The New Zealand War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1865 · page 8

By [?] we have four days [?] Auckland, [?] General [?] was still at [?] There had been no further [?]…

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New Zealand. Latest From the Seat of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1865 · page 4

By the mail steamer Lord Ashley we have Auckland papers to the 1st instant. The Daily Southern Cross of the 31st ultimo, in its summary for England, says:—…

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The Worst Horrors of the American War

Empire · Tuesday 11 April 1865 · page 2

He who seeks to comprehend the worst horrors of war—especially such a war as that now raging in the United States—must scan the hospital and the dungenn, as well as the…

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The Poetry of the American War. (From the Saturday Revie[?], January 21.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1865 · page 2

THE American struggle has of course generated, amongst other things, a plentiful crop of poetry. Equally, of course, nine-tenths of the poetry is distinguishable from prose run mad only by the…

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Enlisting Men for the Federal Army

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1865 · page 3

RESPECTING the attempt made by a Federal agent at the Cape of Good Hope to enlist men for the United States army, we find the following in a Graham's Town Journal:—…

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Wounded Vanity. Dedicated to the Small Bore Rifle Club

Sydney Punch · Saturday 15 April 1865 · page 4

FIRST GENTLEMAN.--(Who has just fired and keeps a boy to watch the target on his own account) "WELL, BOY, WHAT IS IT?" BOY.--"BULL'S HI! SIR." FIRST GENTLEMAN.--WHY, CONFOUND IT, THEY'VE ONLY SCORED ME A MISS!" Retires in disgust…

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Men-of-war on the Station

Empire · Friday 21 April 1865 · page 3
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Harrier, 17 guns, Acting-commander Swan, at New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Nww Zealand. Ecllpse, 4 guns; Commander Freemantle at New Zealand. Curacoa, 23. guns, Commodore Sir William Wileman, at…

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The New Zealand War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, March. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1865 · page 11

THE news to send by this mail is, perhaps, in some respects the most lamentable I have yet sent since the war began. In my former letters I have endeavoured to…

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Prediction of the Civil War in America

Empire · Tuesday 16 May 1865 · page 3

In the Life, Adventures and Opinions of Colonel George Hanger, printed in Lindon (reprinted in New York) in 1801 (a copy of which is possessed by the New York Society Library), may be found the…

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The Hon, Lyulph Stanley on the American War

Empire · Tuesday 16 May 1865 · page 2

On Friday evening, (Feb, 10.) a [?]wded meeting of the supporters of the Freemen's Aid Society was held in the Assembly [?] of the Free-trade Hall, Manches[?]er, on the…

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The Irish Element in the War of 1812

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 307

Miss Martinean, in her now edition of the History of the Peace, gives the following reference to "our element:" "An important adverse influence was the…

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The Debate on the War in New Zealand. (From the Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1865 · page 10

THE debate on New Zealand is an epoch in the history of British colonisation; itself a movement which ranks in importance with the first dispersion of the human race, the invasion of the Northern races, and the discovery and…

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The Civil War. (From the Times Own Correspondent.) New York, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1865 · page 3

So much anxiety is felt for General Sherman's safety that the Government, the Press, and the people, are reduced to the consolation of declaring that " no news is good news." Nothing official or authentic has been heard…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 9

Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at New Zealand. Eclipse, 4 guns, Commander Freemantle, at New Zealand. Curacoa, 23 guns, Commodore Sir William Wiseman, at SydneyEsk, 21 guns, Captain Lucie, at New Zealand…

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Men of War on the Station

Empire · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 3

[?], 4 guns, Commander Freemantle, as New Zealand. Cur[?]qos, 23 guns, Commodore Sir William Wiseman, at Sydney…

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The Civil War. New York, March 10

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 11

So much anxiety is felt for General Sherman's safety that the Government, the Press, and the people, are reduced to the consolation of declaring that "no news is good news." Nothing official or authentic has been heard…

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The Debate on the War in New Zealand

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 10

THE debate on New Zealand is an epoch in the history of British colonisation; it if a movement which ranks in importance with the first dispersion of the human race, the invasion of the Northern races, and the discovery and…

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The New Zealand War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, April 7Th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 10

THE news of the past week vies with its predecessors in its power of awakening grave apprehension in the mind as to what the upshot of this new and alarming phase of matters is…

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The Catholic Clergy in America. Their Attitude Towards the War

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1865 · page 323

The following article is taken from the New York Tribune, one of the most vigorous supporters of President Lincoln's administration, and the organ of the extreme Abolition party in…

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