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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1864
Page
1
The verse evokes Civil War combat with marching troops and artillery while urging restraint and hope. It envisions laboring towns, rising dust, and fields sprouting green as soldiers rest under sheltering trees. A refrain promises jubilation for the brave and peace for the torn land, March 1864.
A Waterloo correspondent relays extracts from letters claimed to be from a former Congressman written from Cuba. The notes describe Maria Albania estates with thousands of slaves and high sugar output, detailing labor, milling, and daily routines including a Sunday rest period, overseer presence, and brutal anecdotes about slave quarters and punishment.
A visitor recounts a Cuban estate where enslaved people labor from dawn to after dark. Chains bind mothers and children, infants are fed in the field, and drivers lash workers as punishment. The account contrasts luxury at estates with the brutal system of slavery and abolitionist awakening.
A Boston Journal account describes General Grant in camp during the Civil War era. He hosts three New York clergy as soldiers fire along the lines and he calmly discusses endurance, Richmond plans, and the campaign amid steady musketry and booming artillery.
A British newspaper reports on best authority that the Prince of Wales's son will be baptized in water drawn from the Jordan River. The claim highlights royal ceremony plans and religious symbolism.
The Atlanta Register reports that Terreavrine’s remark about demoralizing armies is not universal. It notes that the army under General Johnston grows more spirited as Sherman’s advance slows, praising Johnston’s generalship in retreat.
From Barnsville Virginia June 12 1864 Sabbath at headquarters camp of the 141st Virginia National Guard featured a morning Sabbath School and a divinely inspired baptism service at the river. Citizens and soldiers gathered for hymns sermons and a baptism by Emerson followed by prayers and evening worship at the Masonic Hall. A Chicago Journal note recounts Johnny Clem the ten year old drummer boy turned marker and then sergeant whose exploits at Chickamauga and afterward earned praise and a gifted uniform from supporters.
A Civil War era letter from Resaca Georgia reports Confederate troops scalping Union dead and wounded. It describes enemy savagery with scalps hung on trees and inscribed notes, contrasted with Union care for wounded soldiers in ambulances and hospitals. General Sherman was alerted to such cases of brutality.
The New York Evening Post notes Lincoln's broad support across plain people rich leaders soldiers and religious groups as his re election appears unanimously demanded. The piece frames his honesty safety friendship and providential standing in this crisis.
Wilson's cavalry moved toward the Weldon Railroad and reached Rives' Station tearing up track. The 24th and 6th Corps shifted toward the Wellton Railroad as Lee mounted a bold left flank effort. A 12th New York artillery battery was flanked and four guns fell to rebels. Nighttime fighting persisted with heavy musketry and cannon fire along the Ninth Corps front.
The General Conference in Philadelphia elected D. W. Clark editor of the Ladies' Repository Calvin Kingsley editor of the Western Christian Advocate and C. D. Thompson editor of the Christian Advocate and Journal as bishops. The Republican notes the Conference values editors and deems them sensible men.
An exhortation to men to praise their wives for daily labor at home. It argues appreciation improves home life, notes women bear toil in heat and sickness, and urges husbands to voice thanks for cleanliness, clothes, meals, and care, promising harmony and mutual balance.
An Irish worker recounts his first American job and a language mistake about feeding a cow. He misunderstood to give the cow corn in the ear, then in the mouth, provoking a fit of laughter from his master and a dash to the stable.
The Sandusky Register lauds Ohio for timely National Guard assistance during the current emergency. It credits Gov Brough for the call that placed Guardsmen on duty at the critical moment, asserting volunteers would not have prevented the needed aid and praising Ohio as a model state for calm observance.
A Washington correspondent recalls a hospital scene where a wounded Virginia rebel and a wounded Pennsylvanian share a humorous exchange. The Virginia prisoner boasts Virginia as the best state, while the Pennsylvanian retorts about Old Floyd and Pennsylvania. The exchange shows mutual gibes across Union and Confederate lines.
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