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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1862
Page
1
Poem speaks of lost love and a wife choosing new paths, urging Florence to move on yet assuring prayers for blessing. It reflects longing and freedom, with imagery of chains and ships leaving for the old world. The speaker promises support as life’s mysteries unfold.
The Senate heard a Sherman amendment to the confiscation bill during discussions after Senator Davis spoke. Sherman argued confiscation is a war measure, not a civil remedy, and outlined a substitute granting authority to seize rebel property and, if needed, to arm loyal inhabitants or slaves to suppress the rebellion. He stressed wartime power, proportional actions, and urgency to end the rebellion.
A reader letter from Parson Brownlow denounces Confederate claims about Unionist families in Knoxville and urges immediate federal action in East Tennessee. It praises Lt Speed and Gen Wool, and calls for army aid to protect loyalists, with a mix of personal vindication and wartime rhetoric.
In Washington forty five women work clipping Treasury notes with one employee noted for a musical education that cost fifty thousand dollars. The entry highlights the varied backgrounds of workers in this government task.
In twenty one Illinois regiments engaged at Pittsburg Landing losses mounted with killed wounded and missing totaling 3,478 across those units.
General Mitchell commends his forces for rapid advances and successful destruction of the Memphis and Charleston Railway. The report notes rebuilding twelve hundred feet of heavy bridge, moving supplies sixty miles from Nashville to Shelbyville, and capturing Huntsville with its railway facilities. Union forces claim Decatur and Tuscumbia, extend front to over one hundred twenty miles, with morning gun at Tuscumbia heard on the Corinth battlefield.
A Pittsburg correspondent of the Chicago Journal notes General Halleck's arrival at Headquarters. He is portrayed as a quiet observant gentleman about fifty, five feet eight, weighing perhaps over 180 pounds, with one hand in his pocket and the other removing a cigar from his mouth before replacing it.
Rebels recruit substitutes to bolster their forces and express support for the Mre law. The note frames the movement as actively seeking manpower while backing legislation labeled Mre.
The Connecticut transported about thirty miles submarine telegraph cable to Ship Island with two operators from the American Telegraph Co. The plan includes chain cable armor on ships like the Richmond to resist enemy fire, plus disguised hull painting. Col Forney calls for using freed slaves in Eastern Virginia for farming to feed troops and reduce government costs.
A stockholder sues Chittenango Bank officers over a dividend paid in New York currency at a one quarter percent discount. He demanded specie or bank bills. the bank offered state currency, triggering a dispute that has cost the case time and money across multiple courts, now before the Court of Appeals.
A Nashville Union excerpt recalls a Union lady asking for Testaments to aid wounded Union soldiers. The SM Publishing House agent refused, claiming the Gospel should call sinners to repentance and arguing Rebels are closer to the Devil, thus first in supply.
An Atlanta correspondent laments the alleged wickedness of soldiers, noting unblushing oaths and obscenity in Union troops on trains, and their indifference to ladies, claiming such behavior would not be tolerated in any other country.
I M Keith of Fsg reports at Mason Hall that Ohio troops especially the 53d Regiment behaved well at Pittsburg Landing. He criticizes Gen Grant as intemperate and Gen Sherman as afflicted by insanity. Keith’s battle narrative aligns with prior accounts, and notes Col Appler was tried and sent home in disgrace.
A Yorktown letter describes Berdans in gray coats near rebel lines. A sentry misjudges their absence and is shot after shouting at them. The sharpshooters reply with quick shots as they disappear from view, leaving the traitor dead.
One Sanderson of Orleans County New York proposes to build steam battering rams for 150000 to whip war vessels without a gun. He offers four rams for 875000 and eight for 50000. He also promises a caloric pony with a battery for 25000 to show fighting by caloric steam and to encourage nations to disband armies and navies.
A Quaker volunteer in a Virginia skirmish fires upon a Rebel who warned him he stood in the line of fire. In the exchange the Quaker says the line and the Confederate falls, illustrating a terse moment from the conflict.
A jar with four thousand dollars was found in an Indian range on Santa Clara Island in the river. Other similar coins or coin jars have also been found in the area.
In dialogue the horse resists stopping, fearing the crowd might say whoa. The rider notes the animal’s reluctance to bear such a cue, revealing a hesitant, cautious partnership in the tense exchange.
The President urged Senate approval of a port collector nominee for New Orleans named Late, signaling a swift reopening of Crescent City commerce.
Fragmentary text references Tim Mill and Milroy in Western Virginia and chivalry themes. Mentions drunken rebels, mud, and a retreat from Sk Island near Savannah. Includes garbled phrases about Goons Rigal and a price motto.
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