The Haunted House in Mary Leland’s Struggling Years
In a Michigan or Ohio era tale, Mary Leland endures years of loss and harsh discipline in a farm family. Her husband’s ruinous temper after a leg injury gives way to gentler moods as illness reshapes power dynamics. She clings to maternal love and memory, while the village scene frames emigration and the Westward drawing of life.
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Loyd Leland
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Ohio Governor David Tod Inaugural Address 1868
The Ohio Governor outlines wartime policy and state reforms citing Union preservation, fiscal restraint, taxation reform, bank policy, militia readiness, and support for the National Government. He praises Lincoln, urges shared burdens, and commends Governor Dennison while calling for economy, military schools, and disciplined governance.
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Dennison
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Ourselv Goga
David ‘Tod
Gen McClellan delays Benham court martial order
General McClellan directs Brigadier General Rosecrans that charges against Brigadier Benham cannot go to trial until military operations allow a court martial. Witnesses in active service must attend, and a court will be appointed as soon as feasible. The delay is unavoidable but the case will proceed when the service permits.
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Philadelphia North American
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W. S. Rosecrans
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Threats to hang Colonel Corcoran enflame Charleston regiments
Discord rose in two Trish regiments in rebel service at Charleston over plans to hang Colonel Corcoran. Citizens and a large group of Charleston ladies urged his removal to Sullivan's Island as tempers ran high and tempers flared amid the heated rhetoric.
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Sullivan
Isla Lovely
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