February 20, 2024 - Reporting History

Exploration of the Nile—Its Sources Still a Mystery

The great Egyptian stream seems still disinclined to yield up its long-restrained mystery. The limit of exploration on the White Nile has hitherto been at Gondokoro, a town situated a…

Maritime & Naval History Ship Histories US Civil War

Pawnee Log, April 12, 1861

At 5 a.m. Cape Romain light N. N. W. At 7:30 anchored; the revenue steamer Harriet Lane communicated with us. Packet steamer Baltic lying near land in sight. Went to…

Daily News US Civil War

Protesting Slave Holders Exemption

The enrolling officers all over the State, says the Raleigh Progress of the 4th, are picking up conscripts, and we are glad to see the people yield obedience to the…

US Civil War

February 20, 1861 – Opinion on Secession

Florida has repudiated the star spangled banner. She was grateful enough for the sight of it when her atmosphere was loaded with the war-whoops of Seminoles. Louisiana has repudiated it,…