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Important from New-Orleans: Full Particulars of the Battle at Baton Rouge – 2-4
A Victory in Arkansas: The Rebels Under Gen. Hindman Defeated – 4
Important from Nashville: The Rebels Threatening the City – 4
From Gen. Pope’s Army: Our Troops all Ready for an Advance – 5
The Army of Virginia: The Killed and Wounded at Cedar Mountain – 5-8
The Battle at Tazewell: The Fight which the Rebels Claim as a Great Victory – 8
News from Washington: The Mystery Regarding Army Movements Cleared Up – 8-9
Important Movement: The Entire Evacuation of Harrison’s Landing – 9
Editorial: The Army of the Potomac – 9
Release of Gen. Stone – 9
Editorial: The Priest, the Soldier and the War – 9-10
Editorial: The Defeat of Breckinridge at Baton Rouge – 10
The Orleans Princes – 10
Dodging to the Last – 10

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This was the lead-up to the campaign and battle that my great-great-great uncle was killed in known as the Battle of Plains Store — part of the Port Hudson campaign.

His regiment, the NY 116th, was advancing on Confederate positions behind a Massachusetts regiment. The Massachusetts regiment lost nerve, turned and ran to the rear, directly through the 116th. In the ensuing confusion, a Confederate line pivoted behind the 116th and opened fire.

My uncle was struck in the lower back into his abdomen. He survived the gunshot, but died in hospital of infection three days later. He was buried with others in a ditch, and their graves are lost to history.

My uncle had just turned 18 when he enlisted in Buffalo. He married his school sweetheart and shipped out the next day. The battle was his first. He never saw his wife again.

We have a very good regimental history of the 116th that was written immediately after the war by my uncle’s captain.