28 Aug 1862
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1862
Page
1
A Philadelphia publisher advertises a wide book catalog with 334 pages and about one hundred engravings. It lists numerous titles by various authors and invites orders by mail with price details and postage, mentioning agents and a Sansom Street address for responses.
A column discusses army chaplains praising the 14th regiment while a rival unit boasts baptisms. It notes Venetian fashion beads bearing liberal portraits banned by Austrian police, and comments on virtue and conscience, plus a recruiting anecdote from Western New York.
A Chicago banker named Silverman carried nearly 30000 in gold to Memphis to trade for cotton. Misjudging loyalties he moved with a planter linked to Union sympathies and was betrayed by guerrillas. Forty attackers seized his bag of gold as he hid in a cotton factory in Dixie.
A guidance note lists proper War Department contacts for communications on soldiers pay furloughs and hospital pay. It names paymaster general B F Larned, third auditor R O Atkinson, fourth auditor Robert Bertian, and Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas as key addressees for various pay, back pay, bounty, and marine service matters.
The narrative highlights Sarah Taylor of East Tennessee famed as a brave 18 year old exiled from home. She travels with Captain Dowden and companions, dons a blue hat, and wields pistols while learning sword and pistol work to lead exiled countrymen home or sacrifice her life. Reverend J Ho Creveann is noted for joining the ranks and urging volunteering.
A Health Journal recipe promotes capsicum as a warming tonic for soldiers to curb thirst fatigue and fevers, better than rum or quinine. Tea leaves and cloves offer quick mouth refreshment, while stories recount peaches stored in a keg and emigration notices.
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