28 Jul 1864
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1864
Page
1
A lyric fragment dated July 15 1564 expresses sleep and wake themes with repeated calls to wake, a snoring beloved, and imagery of night dews and musically charged longing. The piece references Sol the sun, zephyrs, a gnat bite, and moon imagery amid a personal ode to love and fatigue.
A marching procession appears to celebrate a military review with salutes and cheers. Soldiers in sunlit ranks pass the crowd while shouts echo using phrases like U S San Com and Thats the cheese. The scene ends with a solemn call for help as the parade reaches its conclusion and battlefront imagery fades.
The writer describes Sherman's army crossing toward Atlanta after months of continuous marching and heavy combat in Northern Georgia. He praises Union leadership, notes reinforcements from the North, and reports prisoners and casualties while defending the Sanitary Commission. He lists killed and wounded from the 63d O. V. I. and mentions hospital supply reliability and upcoming river crossing preparations.
A correspondent from the 91st Ohio in July 1864 adjoins a travelogue of Western Virginia scenery with notes on New River and Kanawha navigation. He hints Crook's Division occupying the area, while promising further letters. The piece blends epistolary musings with military movement rumors.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Equity holds that when a county issues bonds to a railway company and sells them at a sacrifice the county must pay no more than the purchasers paid, with interest. The case cites a bond price of 3.87 dollars on the dollar.
A veteran in a Philadelphia to New York car proclaims support for McClellan. A detective detains the wounded Gettysburg veteran after发现 he is an escaped Fort Delaware prisoner from the 9th Georgia, disguised in Union clothes.
A Civil War letter from Lt. L. L. Jewerr reports Hood's corps атакing a Union line on June 22 with three lines of battle and 30 artillery pieces. He describes close fighting, heavy casualties including Maj. Beckett, a high casualty rate for the enemy, and a Union defensive success with 200 prisoners secured and bombproof breastworks at a fortified position.
Captain Woodward uncovered Charles Smith of Woonsocket an 18 year old woman disguised as a boy. She came from Philadelphia to meet a lover in the army and aimed for Washington fortifications. After discovery she admitted her plan and returned home aboard the steamboat train.
The Tur Supreme Court jury in Chicago last Friday ordered a landlord to pay 8175 for renting a house that carried smallpox infection, a verdict tied to the wife of the tenant who contracted the disease.
A study from the American Agriculturist details New York City newsboys facing poverty and harsh conditions. It notes their self reliance and industry, daily schedules, risks from competition, and occasional success, contrasted with risks of vice. It mentions benevolent efforts to aid them and previews future sketches of other boys’ lives.
In the Jackson campaign dated early in the march from Black River Gen Dennis led a force under 3000 with Gen Slo cum joining at Champion Hills. They approached Jackson by night, repelled a rebel attack near Clinton, and sustained under 100 killed and about 50 wounded with thirty to forty prisoners captured. The enemy was driven from positions after a flanking move by Col Coates. A citizen scout was executed after signaling Confederate cavalry.
Pensons report on D. R. Locke editor of the Findlay Hancock county Jefersonian. He is praised as a fine humorist and pastor of the church in charge though long burdened by an inefficient partner. His independent business venture has improved his prospects. Union League notes the Neo Dispensashun reference.
A pithy reflection declares that the sweetest pleasure is cherishing the heart that loves you, noting enduring affection and the value of mutual care. The line frames love as timeless and deeply rewarding.
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