18 August 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Tri-Weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 65 (August, 18, 1863)]

A rare postmarked issue with Civil War news, including a report of the surrender of Vicksburg. There is also an article advocating conscripting slaves to fight for the Confederacy and fugitive slave ads. Contains foreign news as well as news from around Texas and New Orleans. Reports on local elections. Cushing was the editor.

GLC06015

1861-1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Header Record

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph.

Issues contain state legislative minutes and lists of representatives and committees with election returns, Texas news items, occasional death and marriage notices, and an occasional poem. Commercial reports may include prices in produce, cotton, and merchandise. Occasional advertisements. Many issues previously bound. Most issues have two pages; some have four. Fugitive slave ads. Vol. 28, no. 156 (March 16, 1863) on necessity paper Vol. 29, no. 83 (September 30, 1863) on necessity paper Vol. 29, no. 84 (October 2, 1863) on necessity paper Vol. 29, no. 97 (November 3, 1863)…

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1863-1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Header Record

Title: The Houston daily telegraph.

Supplement (November 16, 1863) ; 2 p. : 30 x 19 cm. Letter from the Indian Territory. General orders from Texas District Headquarters. News from Shreveport. List of legislative committees. Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864) ; 2 p. : 46.1 x 31.5 cm. Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads. Supplement (April 8, 1864) ; 2 p. ; necessity paper : 22.2 x 16.3 cm. Telegraphy. List of deserters. Proclamation by Mayor for a fast day. Vol. 30, no. 31 (April 29, 1864) ; 2 p. ; necessity paper : 36 x 22.5 cm. Trade in human life. News from the…

GLC05959.55

February 26, 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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February 6, 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 205, whole no. 3823 (February 6, 1865)]

Description of capture of Fort Fisher, Attack on Wilmington.

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February 17, 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 210, whole no. 4828 (February 17, 1865)]

From General Early's Army, sherman advancing on Charleston.

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3 November 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 97, whole no. 3752 (November 3, 1863)]

Notice of search for stolen army goods. General orders from Texas State Headquarters. Interview between Rosecrans and a Confederate captain. On necessity paper.

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30 November 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 176, whole no. 3840 (November 30, 1864)]

Interesting from New Orleans, Typhoid fever very bad in Washington, Fighting in the Valley.

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December 21, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 185, whole no. 3849 (December 21, 1864)]

Message by Governor Brown of Georgia, Confederate Congress Proceedings, Attempt to Assassinate General Grant, Yankees Preparing Peace Propositions for South, Reports of a Late Washington Dispatch - Speakership of the 39th U.S. Congress, Resignations of Generals McClernand, Paine and Dow.

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24 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 17, whole no. 3670 (April 20, 1863)]

Special orders from Texas state about discharge from service. Letters from Sabine Pass, Rangers, Fort Pemberton. Battles at Sabine Pass and Franklin.

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27 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 18, whole no. 3671 (April 27, 1863)]

The Impressment bill, with accompanying editorial. Tax bill. Letter from Galveston. News from New Orleans and the Rio Grande.

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29 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 19, whole no. 3672 (April 29, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers, "Rebel," Galveston. Examination of the executive chair. Military power of the U.S. Crops.

GLC05959.51.067

1 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 20, whole no. 3673 (May 1, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers, Brownville, Galveston. Editorial on depreciation of currency. Louisiana army.

GLC05959.51.068

8 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 23, whole no. 3676 (May 8, 1863)]

Description of a day in Camp Chase. Letters from Richmond, Galveston, Virginia. Editorial on the new battle policy. Andrew Jackson Hamilton. News from Louisiana.

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11 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 24, whole no. 3677 (May 11, 1863)]

Letters from Hon. M.M. Potter, "Rebel." Cotton orders revoked, with an editorial on cotton crops. Soldiers' meeting. The new tax law. From the Sibley brigade.

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13 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 25, whole no. 3678 (May 13, 1863)]

Letters from Shreveport, Galveston. Raid on the Southern Railroad. Yankee conscript acts. Prisoners of Camp Douglas. Fugitive slave ad.

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15 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 26, whole no. 3679 (May 15, 1863)]

Letter to the editor questions who is responsible for the depreciation of currency. Reoccupation of the Rio Grande. News from the North, with an editorial about Northern appreciation. The Louisiana retreat. Fugitive slave ad.

GLC05959.51.072

18 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 27, whole no. 3680 (May 18, 1863)]

News from Beaumont, Louisiana. Battle of the Teche. Editorial on the federal raid in Mississippi. Judge Cleary of California. Free Negroes. Letter from Brownsville.

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25 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 30, whole no. 3683 (May 25, 1863)]

News from Louisiana about the enemy evacuating. Letters from Shreveport, Gen. Henry E. McCulloch. The Constitution versus expediency. The new tax bill. Slave for sale ads.

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27 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 31, whole no. 3684 (May 27, 1863)]

News from Vicksburg, northern Virginia, Richmond, Beaumont. U.S. and Great Britain. Death of Stonewall Jackson. Vallandigham's arrest. Governor Lubbock.

GLC05959.51.075

29 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 32, whole no. 3685 (May 29, 1863)]

Defeat at Charleston. Banks's plantations. Confederate loan. Fight on the Rappahannock. General Van Dorn.

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1 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 33, whole no. 3686 (June 1, 1863)]

Operations in Mississippi. Letters from Monroe, Louisiana; Shreveport; Gen. Sam Houston. Editorial about Gen. Hooker and the battle in Rappahannock. Brutal treatment of Confederates. Meeting of the 4th Texas Regiment.

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11 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 37, whole no. 3690 (June 11, 1863)]

News and letters from Alexandria. Letters from Louisiana, Galveston, Brownsville. Editorial on Confederate money. General orders for the state of Texas about military command.

GLC05959.51.078

22 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 42, (June 22, 1863)]

News about Gen. Johnston in Vicksburg. Northern news. Editorial on Pendleton Murray, candidate for governor. Juvenile entertainment. Correspondence with Lord Lyons about the war.

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24 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 43, whole no. 3696 (June 24, 1863)]

Victory in Vicksburg. Poem to the death of Stonewall Jackson. Law of Impressment for Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Lady Rangers. Summaries from the latest papers. Adventures of a young lady in the army. Fall of Puebla.

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