Augusta, Maine, 1861, artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 29, 2011.
Image type
engraving
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Original caption
South-eastern view of Augusta - The engraving shows the appearance of the principal business part of Augusta, as seen from the east bank of the Kennebec River. On the left is seen the railroad train for Portland; the Kennebec Bridge is shown on the right; the court house, the First Baptist and Episcopal Churches appear on the elevated ground above the railroad cars; the First Congregationalist, Free-Will Baptist and the Catholic Churches in the central part, above the business portion of the city.
Source citation
John Warner Barber & Henry Howe,Our Whole Country or the Past and Present of the United States....Volume I (New York: Tuttle & McCauley, 1861), 138.

Bath, Maine, 1861, artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 29, 2011.
Image type
engraving
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No
Permission to use?
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Original caption
View of Bath from the eastern side of the Kennebec - The engraving shows the central part of Bath, as viewed from the ferry on the Woolwich side of the Kennebec. On the left is seen the branch terminus of the branch railroad. The Customs House, Universalist Church, Sagadahoe House and Central Church, appear in the central part of the engraving.
Source citation
John Warner Barber & Henry Howe,Our Whole Country or the Past and Present of the United States....Volume I (New York: Tuttle & McCauley, 1861), 150.

Northampton, Massachusetts, 1861, artist's impression

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Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 29, 2011.
Image type
engraving
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No
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Original caption
Northern view of the central part of Northampton - The Court House and the Congregational Church are seen on the right, the Holyoke Bank on the left. The town hall is in the distance in the central part.
Source citation
John Warner Barber & Henry Howe,Our Whole Country or the Past and Present of the United States....Volume I (New York: Tuttle & McCauley, 1861), 285.

Justus A. McKinstry, detail

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Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 28, 2011.
Image type
photograph
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No
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Public
Original caption
Justus McKinstry, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right
Source citation
Prints and Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Justus A. McKinstry

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Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 28, 2011.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Justus McKinstry, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right
Source citation
Prints and Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

General Frémont consolidates his forces and moves against the Confederate invasion of Missouri with five divisions

Following the morale-sapping Union defeat at Wilson's Creek and with Confederate General Sterling Price both occupying Lexington, Missouri and expecting reinforcement, Frémont's Army of the West started to move in steamers from S. Louis up the Missouri River against the invasion.  The numbered around 20,000 men, including 5000 cavalry, and was organized in five divisions, under Generals David Hunter, John Pope, Franz Sigel, J.A. McKinstry, and Alexander Asboth. (By John Osborne)
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The Union garrison on Santa Rosa Island in Florida beats off a Confederate attack on Fort Pickens

In the early hours of the morning a 1200-man Confederate force under General Richard Anderson landed on the Santa Rosa barrier island outside of Pensacola Bay in an attempt to capture Fort Pickens. Anderson's men overan the 6th New York Regiment's camp east of the fort but reinforcements arrived and compelled them to withdraw and suffer heavy casualties as they retook to their boats.  The New Yorkers lost 67 men killed, wounded, or captured while the attackers lost at least 40 men killed.  General Anderson was among the seriously wounded.  (By John Osborne)  
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Philadelphia arms itself to resist any Confederate attack on the city

Local city militia units in Philadelphia received issue of a thousand new Enfield rifles recently purchased by the Committee of Councils on the Safety and Defence of the City.  Four days earlier, the city council had passed resolutions pressing "the necessity of sustaining and building up the several bodies of troops dwelling in our midst for the safety and defense of our city" to resist any Confederate assault on Philadelphia.  (By John Osborne)  
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