The New York Times May 25, 1861 The following note appears in the New Orleans Picayune: British Consulate, New Orleans, May 17, 1861. Eds Picayune: Although I have not received any official notice regarding the time when the blockade of the Mississippi River will be established, it may be important to those interested to give [...]

Sugar Planter Baton Rouge May 25, 1865 We were surprised to learn, while in New Orleans, a few days ago, that the stock of printing paper on hand there was nearly out, and that no more could be procured from the North—the Southern factories not being able to supply one-half the demand. Such being the [...]

Semi-Weekly Raleigh Register May 25, 1861 The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express writes: Mrs. Commodore Pendergrast, who is a Southern lady, is still in Norfolk. She refuses to join her husband at the fort—says she will never live with him again, and it is reported that she will apply for a divorce. The wife [...]

Sugar Planter Baton Rouge May 25, 1865 When the Cotten touched at Bruly Landing to take on board the Tirrailleurs, an old negro woman in the crowd was observed to be much excited, and with almost frantic pleadings begged to go on board the boat.—A bystander asked her the reason for such strange behavior. She [...]

Mobile, May 25, 1861. The undersigned proposes to fit the steam tug A. C. Gunnison as a privateersman. She is about 70 feet long, 15 feet beam, 7 foot hold, has two 16-inch cylinders, working up to about 75 or 80 horsepower. Her registered tonnage is 54 tons. She is owned as follows: J. M. [...]

Daily Constitutionalist Augusta, Georgia May 24, 1861 Twenty or thirty Girls can find employment at the Confederate States Arsenal, in making up Cartridges for small arms. Enquire at the store of Messrs. Butt, Morris & Co.

Daily Advocate Baton Rouge May 24, 1861 The following letter, from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, was written in acknowledgment of the receipt of a beautiful work-box, manufactured and presented to her by several patriotic misses of this city. Gracefully worded and beautifully written, we present it to our readers and let it speak for itself.—Petersburg, (Va.) [...]

Daily Advocate Baton Rouge May 24, 1861 Mrs. Donelson to Gen. Scott.—The following eloquent appeal to Gen. Scott from the wife of Andrew Jackson Donelson, we find in the Memphis Bulletin: Memphis, April 29, 1861. Gen. Scott—Dear Sir: I address you not as a stranger. I was introduced to you in 1834, at the White [...]

The New York Times May 23, 1861 United States Steamship Niagara,} Off Charleston, Sunday, May 12.} Last night nothing of importance occurred. The steamer which ran in got aground, as we supposed, but we were obliged to let her go in order to attend to a ship which was coming in. To-day we have been [...]

Letter from Henry Wenzell, esq., of Boston, to Secretary of the Navy, forwarding information of the fitting out of privateers at New Orleans. Boston, May 23, 1861. Dear Sir: To-day an item of intelligence has come to my knowledge that may or may not be important, and that as a loyal citizen I feel it [...]

Daily Times Leavenworth, Kansas May 23, 1861 A man by the name of Nelson Rider, from Cass county, Missouri, with his wife and two children, arrived in this city yesterday, having been forced to leave by the secessionists in that vicinity, on penalty of death. His wife was mounted on a horse with her children, [...]

Memphis Daily Appeal Memphis, Tennessee May 23, 1861 The Nashville Patriot says that there are at least two hundred men employed at the penitentiary in the manufacture of haversacks, caps, pouches, camp chests, gun hammers, tool chests, and remodeling bayonets, scabbards, and that in a few days, preparations for making cartridges, etc., will be completed. [...]

Memphis Daily Appeal Memphis, Tennessee May 23, 1861 The Augusta Constitutionalist suggests to our volunteers who expect to be called into service, the propriety of protecting themselves against small pox by vaccination. That terrible disease is said to be already spreading among Lincoln’s troops, and it may be communicated designedly or accidentally to ours. Vaccination [...]

The New York Times May 22, 1861 If the necessity of perfecting the Southern blockade has not been recognized heretofore, it must be so in the light of our European advices. The ports must not only be closed, but sealed hermetically. There is no time for laxity or imperfect measures. With a small but pestilent [...]

Warning The following diary entry contains wording that may be offensive to many in the world of today. However, the entry is provided unedited for its historical content and context. Dallas Herald May 22, 1861 The Petersburg Express has an account of the departure of 100 free negroes from that city for Norfolk, to work [...]

Savannah Republican Georgia May 22, 1861 Philadelphia, May 17.—Quite an excitement was created in the upper part of the city this morning, by the seizure of a submarine boat, the invention of De Villerol, a Frenchman. It was going down the river, and struck on an island. Four men were found aboard. Villerol says he [...]

Southern Confederacy Atlanta, Georgia May 21, 1861 A this time, when so many are preparing for the wars, a memorandum of the things necessary to take along as baggage will not be unacceptable. The desired catalogue is contributed, by an old soldier, as follows: Two flannel shirts, red preferable; 2 stout hickory shirts; 2 fine [...]

(A report on the injuries—or lack thereof—during and after the battle.) The New York Times May 21, 1861 The Charleston Courier publishes the following card: State Of South Carolina, Head-Quarters Surgeon General’s Department. Charleston, April 16, 1861. Adjutant General Jones — Sir: From the returns received from the various posts, I have the unexampled privilege [...]

The New York Times May 21, 1861 FREDERICK, Sunday, May 19—9 P.M. via Chambersburgh, May 20. I have just returned from Harper’s Ferry. Two thousand Mississippians arrived there to-day. They are a hard-looking set, poorly clad and dirty. Two Regiments arrived from Alabama yesterday. They are of the same stamp. The small-pox has broken out [...]

Headquarters Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 21, 1861. Col. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel: Governor Dennison has sent to me copies of his telegraphic communication of yesterday to the lieutenant-general commanding, with the general’s reply. A movement into Western Virginia may become necessary any day; so also it may at any moment [...]

Daily Advocate Baton Rouge, Louisiana May 21, 1861 We learn that the Confederate Government has leased the large manufacturing establishment of W. F. Tunnard, Esq., on the corner of Main and church streets, and placed the whole concern under the personal superintendence of I. N. Collins, Esq. Mr. Collins informs us that it is the [...]

The New York Times May 21, 1861 Baltimore, Monday, May 20. A letter to the American, from Williamsport, says that about 1,000 Virginia and South Carolina troops, from Harper’s Ferry, took a position on Sunday, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, opposite to that from, and commanding, the ferry, and they expected to be [...]

Savannah Republican Georgia May 20, 1861 The Service of Miss Dorothea L. Dix Accepted by the U.S. War Department. The following order shows that the services of Miss Dix have been accepted by the War Department for the purpose of supplying nurses and comforts for the sick and wounded soldiers: War Department, Military Hospital. Be [...]

Savannah Republican Georgia May 20, 1861 The following articles have been officially declared as coming under the head of “contraband of war” by the Federal Administration: Gold and silver coin, checks or bills of exchange for money, articles of food, clothing, and materials for the manufacture of clothing; rifle pistol, musket and cannon balls and [...]