06 Oct 1864
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1864
Page
1
A wartime poem lamenting fallen soldiers and mothers' grief. The speaker condemns cowardly Copperheads who avoid direct combat while hissing at soldiers dying for Freedom. The piece contrasts heroic valor with treachery, urging courage in defense of liberty.
The text urges leadership to hold the rudder through turbulence and guide the nation from darkness to a dawn of freedom with relentless resolve and sleepless nights. It frames governance as crucial to a free morning.
A Civil War letter to Van W. Wives recalls Captain Keyes leading a brave company at Lynchburg. He was wounded twice, with a shattered elbow and knee, and refused movement as the retreat began. Friends mourn his sacrifice, citing his courage and devotion to country.
A Civil War dispatch from September 15 1864 reports Union victories boosting morale. Captain B F Stearns notes Lincoln Johnson carried 27 votes in a company poll with no rival candidates and describes soldiers favoring the present administration to end the war swiftly.
Special Cincinnati Gazette analysis argues Lincoln leads with 119 certain electoral votes and 226 total after excluding rebel states. notes majorities and key states like New York and Pennsylvania, with top party figures backing McClellan’s rivals and urging unity for the Union's triumph.
The Independent argues Americans must unite to defend the Union against slavery and the Chicago platform. It lambasts McClellan’s ambiguous stance, predicts weak Democratic unity, and calls for victory, liberty, and loyalty over treason. It frames the choice as Baltimore versus Chicago platforms and denounces concessions to the rebellion.
The Marietta area shows several oil developments on Cow Run and nearby streams. Newton and Co. wells, now Bergen Oil Co. holdings, produce about 20 barrels daily from a total around 20,000 barrels. Deep wells near Reckard and McFarlend demonstrate enduring oil potential in this formation.
A private letter from a prominent Radical leader discusses a new Cincinnati convention and the political crisis following Lincoln's defeat. It remarks on Chicago outrages, Atlanta’s fall, Vermont gains, and the need to mobilize Union supporters including Ben Wade and Winter Davis.
Fragments discuss a fictional exchange about George and a Chicago Convention proposing George to rule. Mentions Motellan and Geor, a royal precedence, and poetry references to Abraham, hinting at tensions over monarchy versus republic in a fragmented text.
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