Amnesty debate pits Blaine portrait as Confederate foe
A broad, combative summary of the Congressional Committee of Investigation into Andersonville scenes and the amnesty dispute highlights Blaine's stance. It frames the debate as a clash over Confederate policy, prisoner treatment, and the amnesty proposal linked to Jeff Davis, with commentary from Cincinnati and Chicago papers.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Charles Francis Adams
Charles E. Brown
Mother Stewart
New York
Inman
Europe
Andrew Johnson
Greenville
Tenn
Fred Grant
Madame Mantilla
Washington
Tilton
Chicago
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Senate
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Richard B. Camden
Parkstersburg
W. Va
Andrew J. Houston
Sam Houston
Texas
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Harrison
Whitman
Allen
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Columbus Herald
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Ashland County
Xenia Court House
Bristow
Dayton & Southeastern Narrow Gaage Railroad
City of
Ohio
Columbus Daily Dispatch
D. Myers
W. D. Brickell
Pittsburgh
Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy
Hillsboro
Spencer
Wilmington
Ordinance Department
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Centerville
Scioto Valley Railroad
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Frank Waters
Zanesville
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Philadelphia
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Lost Cause
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Harrison Lyle
Lewis Hettinger
J. W. Wilkins
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the Tribune
Common Pleas Court
James Ash
William H. Durst
Somerset
Hemlock
Hill
New Lexington Tribune
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Reading Township
Adam Klinger
James Sheward
Dunkirk
N. Y
Tribune
John Morris
O. K
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Gallia
James Gills
Gallipolis
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M. E
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Morgan County
I. N. Hook
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McConnelaville
John C. Head
Catherine McIntorf
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Robert Wetherell
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Ross
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Gray
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Quinn Chapel
Mary Pease
Chillicothe Gazette
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