Top Stories published by Reporting History in September of 2024

September 10, 1861 — The English Press on American Affairs

Worcester Daily Spy, Worcester, MA

While some of the leading British newspapers have treated the great contest going on in this country in a very insulting and ungenerous manner, it is pleasing to…


September 8, 1861 — Letter from Col. Vaughn

Daily Nashville Patriot, Nashville, TN

From the Knoxville Register

Munson’s Hill, in sight Washington City, August 31, 1861.


September 14, 1861 — Latest News

Sunbury American, Sunbury, PA

The U. S. gunboats Conestoga and Lexington, on Tuesday, attacked a rebel battery of sixteen suns, on the Missouri side of h Mississippi river, near to Lucas bend, and, after an action silenced the battery, and…


Six Sailormen Rescued After Four Days Adrift (1924)

The Evening Star, Washington, DC, September 1, 1924

Survivors of Wrecked Schooner Lived Off Flying Fish — Three Others Lost.


September 23, 1861 — Gun-Boat Launched

The New Orleans Daily Crescent, New Orleans, LA

The first of the gun-boats recently ordered for the defence of the neighboring coast, was launched on Saturday morning in Algiers, at the ship yard of Messrs. John Hughes & Co. She is to…


September 12, 1861 — Loyal Delaware

Smyrna Times, Smyrna, DE

In all the range of border States,  
To whom we've ne'er been crusty,
The staunch unflinching Delaware's
The only one that'
s trusty.

While wicked treason ranges wild
All up and down her borders,
She

September 9, 1861 — The Yankee Navy

The Richmond Whig, Richmond, VA

An article from the New York Tribune gives some account of the progress which the enemy is making upon the water. With the vessels, money and credit they stole from us, they hope to be able to fit out a navy…


September 3, 1861 — Steamboat Captured

Western Democrat, Charlotte, NC

We copy the following from the Memphis Appeal, of the 18th:

On Thursday morning the 14th inst., while the stern-wheel steamer “Equality,” which is owned by the Lincoln Government…

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