11 Jun 1863
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1863
Page
1
Poem by SAAC Partington explores repeated vows I love to live across life stages from child to elder. Each speaker proclaims love of living, then recognizes emptiness or mortality. The final verse contrasts worldly pleasures with spiritual forgiveness and the true aim to die with faith.
Army correspondence recounts Col Straight's expedition from Murfreesboro to Rome, Georgia, detailing marching through Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama, battles near Day's Mountain and Cedar Bluffs, heavy losses including Col Harway, capture near Cedar Bluffs, and surrender after Confederate forces pressured the column. notes violation of terms at Rome.
Letters describe Vallandigham's arrival in Murfreesboro and his transfer to Union lines near Shelbyville, with a thousand dollars, clothing, and whisky. The piece defends the President's policy, denounces Vallandigham as a traitor, and predicts GOP loyalty must win Soldier votes in Ohio conventions. It notes Hooker’s failure and Grant’s successes as morale factors and warns of a third party if Home Guard controls nominations.
From Nelsonville Ontario to an Ohio camp the diary narrator recalls a sword's brutal past. The weapon reflects on Cerro Gordo and a master Edward who dies on battlefield eve. The text blends vivid battle imagery with a nurse's gentleness and a soldier's farewell to home and family.
The excerpt discusses the 92nd Regiment's decimation and attributes high illness to lack of sanitary attention. It condemns Army medical department control, praises experience aiding medical care, and argues for reforms in appointments and promotions to avoid conflicts of interest. It notes better outcomes when surgeons avoided regiment leadership duties.
From Camp 39ru Onto You Memphis May 26 1863 the 89th O V I has moved from Corinth to a new position heading south as Grant presses toward Vicksburg. The letter reports Sherman capturing Haines Bluff and details the dramatic Van Dorn assassination by Dr Peters including his escape to Union lines and Polk’s pursuit.
The 434 Ohio regiment officer Captain Joel A. Dewey is dishonorably discharged with loss of pay for selling a free colored roan at Memphis. The tale accuses officers and slave-traders, cites Kentucky links, and calls for public naming of Dewey to shame.
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