New York Herald, “Salutes in Honor of Major Anderson,” January 6, 1861

Source citation
“Salutes in Honor of Major Anderson,” New York Herald, January 6, 1861, p. 1: 5.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Herald
Newspaper: Headline
Salutes in Honor of Major Anderson
Newspaper: Page(s)
1
Newspaper: Column
5
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
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The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

SALUTES IN HONOR OF MAJOR ANDERSON.

BOSTON, Jan. 6, 1861.

One hundred guns were fired on the Common to-day in honor of Major Anderson.

SCHENECTADY, Jan. 5, 1861.

The Twenty-sixth regiment last evening, under Captains Dryson and Van Ingen, fired a salute of thirty-three guns and thirty-three rockets in honor of Major Anderson and his brave men. National airs were performed amid cheers for Major Anderson and Secretaries Holt and Stanton.

AUBURN, Jan. 5, 1861.

One hundred guns were fired in this city this evening in honor of Major Anderson.

UTICA, Jan. 5, 1861.

Two salutes of thirty-three guns each were fired here this afternoon for Major Anderson and the Union.

It is proposed to honor the memory of Old Hickory in the same way on Tuesday next, the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans.

Fort Sumter
Auburn, NY
Boston, MA
Schenectady, NY
Utica, NY
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