circa 1861

Gay, James D., fl. 1861-1879

Sheet music

Title: Death of Colonel Ellsworth

Composed by Gay and published and printed by J.H. Johnson at No. 7 North Tenth Street in Philadelphia. Upper left corner has image of Ellsworth standing on a Confederate flag while an American flag is draped behind him. Caption of the image says "Remember Ellsworth!" Song is sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. Contains six stanzas. Last stanza says: "Our flag's insulted, friends are slain, / And must we quiet be? / No, no, we'll rally round the flag / Which leads to victory. / Our flag, the glorious Stars and Stripes, / Forever must she wave, / Where true men live and die each day, / Their…

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27 December 1861

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 119, whole no. 1416 (December 27, 1861)]

Skirmishing on the Potomac, Great battle to be fought at Bowling Green, Trent affair. City council resolutions. Letters from the Potomac, Austin, and Brownsville. News from the Third Regiment Texas Infantry.

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30 December 1861

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 110, whole no. 1417 (December 30, 1861)]

More on the Dransville fight. Remarks of Mr. Cone upon announcing the death of the late Hon. John C. Walker, to the House of Representatives. News from Arizona and New Mexico about recent Mexican action. The English press on the Trent affair. Examination of the sugar crop. Col. Johnson's official report from Camp Alleghany

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1 January 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 111, whole no. 1418 (January 1, 1862)]

Death of Prince Albert, War regarded certain, Terrible battle impending. Eulogy for Col. R.F. Terry, with a poem describing his death and a tribute of respect adopted in the House of Representatives. Year in review. Note from the Presbyterian General Assembly. Report of the expedition to Ship Island. Editorial about price monopoly.

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6 January 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 113, whole no. 1420 (January 6, 1862)]

Organization of the state troops, more fighting on Green River, Naval fight near Norfolk, Mason & Slidell affair. News of the Royal Yacht. Organization of state troops with a general order. Proclamation to the people of Texas, with an act to provide for the protection of the Texas frontier. Minutes from the U.S. Congress. The Woodsonville fight with an account by Captain J.G. Walker. Soldiers' Relief Society of Tennessee.

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January 10,1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 115, whole no. 3496 (January 10, 1862)]

Federals repulsed in South Carolina. Letters from Brownville, Virginia Point, Camp Kirby, and Parsons's regiment. New York Bank. Reenlistment. Defects in the new military law. Fugitive slave ad. Editorial on death of Judge Hemphill. Report of Mrs. M.J. Young and Miss Eva Harris for hospital donations.

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January 13, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 116, whole no. 3496 (January 13, 1862)]

Spicy interview between General Dix and a lady of baltimore, The First Texas Regiment, The Reign of terror in Baltimore Proclamation by the Governor of Texas. Poems on the passing of the old year and the new year. Pres. Davis's message in England. Battle at Woodsonville. Letters from Austin, the Potomac. Editorial on silver hoarding.

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January 27, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 122, whole no. 3502 (January 27, 1862)]

General Beauregard in Baltimore. Surrender of Major Lynde. Editorial on free trade, especially in regard to this newspaper. List of newspapers in Texas, both current and recently defunct. Letter from Austin.

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January 29, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 123, whole no. 3503 (January 29, 1862)]

General Van Dorn gone West, Newbern to be attacked, women & children leaving 125 Federal vessels at Hatteras, Letter from Rev. R.F. Bunting. War news form Mexico. General hospital fund. City Council minutes. Alamosa taken by Colonel Baylor.

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January 31, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 124, whole no. 3504 (January 31, 1862)]

Confederate defeat in E. Kentucky, General Zollicoffer killed, Correspondence from the Fifth Regiment at Camp Neabsco, from a soldier in Velasco, from Camp Henry McCulloch, and from Sibley's Brigade. Texas State Bible Convention. Editorial on state treasury notes. Battle of Prestonburg

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10 February 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 128, whole no. 3508 (February 10, 1862)]

Communication from Brownville: Vidaurri in complete possession. News from New Mexico and Sibley's proclamation. Fugitive slave ad. Editorial on Manifest Destiny and another on a month with the rebels

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19 February 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 132, whole no. 3512 (February 19, 1862)]

Roanoke Island taken from us, Excerpts from a speech given by Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts in the Federal House of Representatives on the civil appropriation bill. Capture of Fort Henry. Editorial on the militia and an abstract of militia law. Home manufacture.

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February 21, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 133, whole no. 3513 (February 21, 1862)]

Brilliant victory at Ft. Donelson, 400 Federals Killed, Letters from High Private of the 6th Regiment, Terry's Regiment, Mississippi. Free Negroes in Ohio. Editorial on how to relieve the treasury. Encouragement to plant corn.

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February 24, 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 134, whole no. 3514 (February 24, 1862)]

Fort Donelson evacuated, Buell advancing on Nasville, Speech of Judge Terrell. Editorial on war weapons. Letter from Judge Burford. Tribute of respect to Company A calvary, Nashville ordered to Surrender, General Price falling back on Arkansas, The enemy preparing to attack Columbus.

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26 February 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 135, whole no. 3515 (February 26, 1862)]

A letter to the editor disputes a previous editorial on the Stay Law. Exploit of Texas. An editorial encourages freedom. Report from Tennessee. City council minutes.

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3 March 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 137, whole no. 3517 (March 3, 1862)]

The Battle of Ft. Donelson, The Governor's proclamation, Description of the Roanoke fight. Minority report on the Per Diem and Mileage bill. British sympathy with the South. Proclamation by Gov. F.R. Lubbock, with an editorial. Report of Texans in Tennessee.

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14 March 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 142, whole no. 3522 (March 14, 1862)]

List of donations to the Ladies' Hospital Association. Confederate prisoners in Chicago. Editorial on disloyalty in Travis County. Letter from a high private. Aid for families of volunteers.

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11 April 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 11, whole no. 3506 (April 11, 1862)]

Information to Texas planters. Editorial on New Mexico affairs. War in the West and in Virginia. Escape of Confederate prisoners.

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16 April 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 13, whole no. 3508 (April 16, 1862)]

The Great Battle. Letters from Richmond, Virginia. Proceedings of the city council. Editorial on conscription. News from Mexico. Position of Johnston's army.

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28 April 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 18, whole no. 3513 (April 28, 1862)]

Minutes from the Confederate Congress. Texans at Shiloh. News from the Rangers. Battle of Elkhorn. Tribute of respect to the Brazos Lodge.

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30 April 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 19, whole no. 3514 (April 30, 1862)]

Danger that New Orleans has fallen, with an editorial on the state of New Orleans. First aid information. Reprint of the conscription law. List of casualties in Moore's Regiment. Federal comments from Nashville. Report from the Texas Rangers.

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5 May 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 21, whole no. 3516 (May 5, 1862)]

Women's work in New Orleans. The federal commander's demands. Editorial on New Orleans. Battle of Glorietta. News from New Mexico. Martial law. City Council minutes. The Winchester battlefield. Battle of Valverde.

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7 May 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 22, whole no. 3517 (May 7, 1862)]

Surrender of Fort Jackson. Report from New Orleans. Confederate prisoners in Baltimore. Reading material for the soldiers. Memorial to Brigadier General H.H. Shirley

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9 May 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 23, whole no. 3518 (May 9, 1862)]

Proclamation by the Louisiana governor. Editorial on the place of Texas in the U.S. Notes from the diary of Gen. A.S. Johnston's aid, Maj. D.M. Hayden. An act to provide for the public defense, and an ordinance for the fire department. An explanation of false information printed in Philadelphia.

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12 May 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 24, whole no. 3519 (May 12, 1862)]

Proclamation of Bicayune Butler, major general in New Orleans. Col. Reily's expedition. Treaty with Sonora. New Orleans information.

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