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The Great Rebellion: The National Forces at Tybee Attacked by Tatnall’s Fleet – 2-3
Important from the Southern Coast: An Engagement at Tybee Island – 4
Seizure of a Railroad Train by the Rebels – 4
Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers-Loyal Men Must Be Summarily Dealt With – 4
The Slave Trade: Sentence of Capt. Gordon of the Slaver Erie – 4-5
The Common Council – 5
Hollins and Tatnall on the Rampage – 6


3 posted on 12/02/2021 4:53:25 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers-Loyal Men Must Be Summarily Dealt With – 4"

This article quotes a Confederate newspaper in Nashville also decrying conditions at Confederate Fort Donalson, on the Cumberland River, saying:

Just guessing here... I'd suppose Confederates have about two more months to fortify the defenses of their strong-points on the Tennessee & Columbia rivers...
5 posted on 12/02/2021 10:31:29 AM PST by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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