BOSTON, March 6.
The gunboat Saxon, from ship Island Feb. 22, arrived here this morning.
The health of the regiments at Ship Island was good.
The weather very hot, thermometer standing 95 degrees in the shade.
The supply of oysters for New Orleans had been cut off by the capture of a dozen oyster boats, with 36 prisoners.
The sloop of war Hartford had arrived.
Washington’s birthday was celebrated by the troops. Gen. Phelps issued an order of the day of a highly patriotic character.
49 rebel officers from Fort Donelson have reached this city.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 7, 1862, p. 1
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