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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1887

Page

2

Kentucky and the Civil War Campaigns of 1861 62

The narrative recounts Confederate and Union maneuvers in Kentucky and nearby areas from 1861 to 1862. It covers Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, Buell’s pursuit, the Richmond battle, Lexington and Covington alarms, Munfordville surrender, and the Lexington Bardstown corridors as forces clash and fortifications rise around Cincinnati and Louisville. It highlights leaders Bragg, Buell, Manson, Nelson, Kirby Smith, and Wilder, with their actions and outcomes.

Kirby Smith Kentucky Lexington Ohio River Cincinnati Bragg Louisville Frankfort William Nelson Buell George W. Morgan Cumberland Gap Kirk Smith Gen. Stevenson Morgan Richmond Stonewall Jackson M. D. Manson Lew Wallace Indiana Manson Big Hill Ohio Lincoln Confederate Veterans of Cruft Donelson Rogersville Seventy-first Indiana Melville D. Topping Terre Haute Topping Gen. Nelson Nelson Blue Grass Heth Covington Smith Wallace Newport Oho Co m Don Carlos Buell Marietta West Point Braxton Bragg Louisiana Cy Ca Shiloh Rosecrans Murfreesboro Chickamauga Mission Ridge Grant Galveston Tex Cynthiana Paris Hovses Duell Munfordsville J. R. Chalmers Green River J. T. Wilder Louisville and Nashville Wilder Drage Col. Wilder Fifty-seventh Prewitt’s Knob Thomas Nashville Negley Bardstown Lovell H. Rousseau Tie Brage Perryville Alabama Congress Alaska New Orleana Rousseau WM. Nelson United States Navy Jefferson County Col Henry Dent Col. Dent Nela Galt House Gen Davis A. McD McCook Thomas L. Crittenden Charles C. Gilbert Gilbert Tenn Halleck Washington Gragg Leonidas Polk Polk Bryantsville Richard Hawes United States Congress Bloomfield Bryantville Bracy Ee An Bryantaville Cheatham Frankord N. C S¢lling Frank Ort Harrodsburg Crittenden Lebanon Road George B&b George B Crit Buell United States Liverpool Taylor Stone River Army of the Ohio Daniel McCook Philip Sheridan Jackson Doctor’s Fork Chaplin Creek Chaplin Gen. Terrell Starkweather Terrell Hardee Buckner 8. R. Anderson Maxville James 8. Jackson Anderson Webster Lytle Gooding Russell Sheridan Cannister Carlin Neam Kness Rittenden Oatergale Bolk.er

Town Leaders Urge Civic Unity For Public Improvements

Level headed citizens urge collective effort in general interests. They stress clear judgment, avoidance of strife, and neglect of self interest, aiming for the greatest good to the greatest number through careful consideration of proposed public wear and improvements.

Notable Confederate Raider Morgan In Kentucky Raid Chronicle

July to 1862 records narrate Col. John H. Morgan and 876 rangers raiding from Knoxville into Kentucky to seize men and horses for the Confederate cause. Morgan’s movements destroyed rail lines and telegraphs, captured Cynthiana, and prompted Union forces including Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell to pursue. The piece also covers opposing campaigns around Chattanooga and key Civil War commands in Tennessee.

John H. Morgan Knoxville Tenn Kentucky Morgan Cumberland Mountains Lebanon Louisville and Nashville United States Cynthiana Ohio River Basil Duke Augusta Maysville Wm. Courtland Prentice George D. Prentice Louisville Journal Blic Richmond Clarksville Organ Huntsville Ala East Tennessee Don Carlos Buell Department of the Ohio Corinth Halleck St. Louis Chattanooga Buell Os Bragg Thres Sifts Sk Pepecivey Samively Iby Smi Zeatto Gen Nelson Murfreesboro N. B. Forrest Nelson Forrest Forrest Nashville McMinnville Tennessee River Thomas Robt. L. McCook Alabama Spring Grove McMinnsce Crittenden McCook Rousseau Decatur and Cheshin Nashville and Chattanooga

Cleveland’s Confederate reference sparks sharp editorial attack

The Oshosh Times rails against President Cleveland calling his use of Confederate States a flat blunder. The paper, though Democratic leaning, labels his wording bullheaded and slow thinking, arguing the fault lies in incompetence rather than ignorance or design.

Cleveland Confederate States White House Oshhosh Times The Times

Soldiers voting patterns in Civil War era shown in grand army record

Gen Rosecrans era letter analyzes how Union soldiers leaned politically, noting Republicans dominated among volunteers from Republican states and Democrats from Democratic states. It cites 1863 Ohio governor race results, 1864 presidential voting by states, and concludes soldiers’ postwar politics mirror wartime divides across states.

CuicaGo Inter Ocean Rosecrans Grand Army of the Republic Republican Party Democratic Party Vallandigham MacCellan Ohio Chickamauga Brough Army of the Cumberland Gen. Rosecrans McClellan Army of the Pennsylvania Michigan Iowa Wise Wnsin. i Sr Kansas Essere Presse Agupeer Oaks States Nebraska Illinois

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