Rebel Colonel Allston and Moody arrest insults aboard train
From Dayton Journal Oct 2 report describes Col Allston paroled and taunting, Moody violently silencing him aboard a Central Ohio line train. Moody accused of defending government honor, a Copperhead silenced and escorted out. Also notes accidental ammunition explosion in Louisville and near Bridgeport with multiple deaths and injuries.
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Dayton Journal
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John Morgan
Tariff
Columbus Joningd
Vallandighau
Vallandigham
Zanesville
Ohio Hallroad
Olonel Granville Mody
Eohonel
Peace Democrats
Lincoln
North
Colonel Moody
Copperhead
Moody
Col. Moody
Jesson
Execution Scene Details from Civil War Desertion
A New York Herald correspondent recounts the execution of Edward Elliott of Company B and Charles Hastman of Company I, Third Division Army of the Potomac, for desertion. Elliott, 21, from Boston, and Hastman, 28, from Cornish Maine, showed penitence before a brutal firing squad. Hastman was baptized at the moment of death. The scene describes prayers, bandages, and multiple shots, with Hastman allegedly unbound, then shot again by mercy. The account ends noting the troops’ reactions beside the corpses and conscripts tremoring as they passed.
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Charles Hastman
D4th
Conocellent Regiment
Army of the Potomac
Eliott
Boston
Hastman
Cornish
Maine
Haatiman
New York Herald
Stevens
Murphy
Fields
Andi
Elliott
Bia
Eastman
Gusta
The Rebel Invasion and War Dispatches Update
The piece reports on Civil War events including a new mathematical battle map by Rev Dr Sacous of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg sales, and deaths. It notes railway updates on the York and Wrightsville line, Rebel bombardments around Chattanooga, Burnsides campaigns, Bragg's forces, and Nashville supplies. Deserter reports describe barefoot Confederates. Union regiments from Pennsylvania suffer heavy losses at Chickamauga. Additional notes cover British diplomacy thoughts, naval blocks, and Charleston’s fortifications.
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Sacous
Pennsylvania College
Gettysburg
Isis
Election to-day rallying for CURTIN ticket in County
The article urges Union supporters to vote for CURTIN AGNEW and the County Ticket, framing the day as crucial to crush the rebellion. It notes multiple Union meetings across the county, with a large gathering at Gettysburg addressed by Senator Watson of Massachusetts and other speakers.
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Curtin
Agnew
Ohea
Gettysburg
Senator Watson
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Ile
Miss Dickinson
Miss Dickinson draws vast crowds at Courthouse speech
The gifted female lecturer Miss Dickinson spoke at the Courthouse on Friday, delayed by the railroad to 2 am Saturday. Despite a cold, she delivered an hour and a half address praising loyalty and urging voters to oppose Peace men and support measures at the October 18 ballot. The crowded room hung on every word.
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Miss Dickinson
York
Drowning tragedy of John A Noel in Conowago stream
Friday evening week John A Noel of Buchanan Valley drowned in Wild Cat Branch near his home after a flood swollen stream swept him from his saddle. His body was recovered about 2 am two hundred yards below the crossing. he was 36 years old with a wife and four children. Fourteen shares of Gettysburg Bank stock were sold on Tuesday at 70 per share, original cost $50.
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Buchanan Valley
Conowago
Noel
Mummasburg
Ile
Gettysburg
Remains of Union Soldiers to Be Buried on Gettysburg Ground
The arrapzements are nearly complete for the removal of Union soldiers from Gettysburg battlefield to a burial ground prepared by the states. Bodies will be disinterred and reburied in coffins, graves marked, and owners urged to claim remains. Also reported are a fatal Lebanon Valley Railroad accident in Harrisburg, a Rebel guerrilla murder in Kentucky, and various war updates including captures of letters to Jefferson Davis and naval actions near Charleston.
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South Carolina
Mexico
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raeThe
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Cairo
Robert Campbell
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Mason
London
London Herald
Herald
Manchester Guardian
Meses
Confederate States
Paris
Wason
Karl Russell
Foreign Office
Potomac
Lft
Fort Moultrie
European News from New York Arrivals and Confederate Debates
Reports from New York on arrivals of steamers City of London Glasgow and Sidon. Maximilian reportedly accepts the Mexican crown. Russian answers and Polish question spark predicts war next spring with one million troops. Confederate loan and Mason affair stir London papers. incendiary plots and blockade news also noted.
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Russia
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Mgr. Mason
England
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Proclamation and Civil War News From Washington
A long proclamation by President Lincoln declares a national day of thanksgiving and prayer on the last Thursday of November amid the Civil War. The report covers prize captures at sea, blockade runners, and late dispatches from Europe, with vessel names like Alabama Georgia and Quarad and details on ships such as Stein San Jacinto and the Persia. The piece notes casualties and mentions the Chattanooga battle and a correspondent wounded and captured.
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