Old Darby and Joan tale and a medical view
A fragment recounts Darby and Joan in a rustic vent of domestic woe, ending with Darby pledging to farm duties. The piece shifts to Dr. Hunter’s Pulmonary Consumption lessons, detailing tubercles, three disease stages, and how catarrh and bronchitis drive lung decay, with advice on prevention and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hunter
Aurora
Ste. In
Javin
Mark
Robert Hunter
Broadway
New York
Hunter
Resolutions of the 83d Indiana Regiment at Camp Vicksburg
At a February 1863 meeting in front of Vicksburg the 83d Indiana endorsed a hard war stance. They backed Lincoln and Morton, praised Grant Sherman and McClernand, and pledged full state support to vigorously prosecute the war until the rebellion is crushed and the Union restored.
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83D
Indiana
Vickaburg
Union
Abraham Lincoln
United States
C. P. Morton
Thaield
Grant
Sherman
McClernand
David Stewart
Thomas Kilby Smith
Bens
J. Brower
H. Myzns
Memorial from Indiana soldiers to the General Assembly
A long memorial from Indiana volunteer regiments asks the Legislature to support the Union, sustain governors and officers, and finance the war. It stresses civilian leadership, unity, and refusal to yield to political faction, praising Governor Morton and urging continued authority and resources. Also includes General McClernand’s Arkansas Post address praising Army of the Mississippi and its victories.
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Indiana
Army of the Cumberland
General Assembly of
Athe General Assembly
State of
Ise
General Assembly
Ivor
Union
Union of
Our Fathers
MecClernand
Arkansas
Mississippi
Army of the
Richt Bank
Mississippi River
Army of
Jons A. McCurnsaxp
To the Democracy of Indiana
A Civil War era letter urges Indiana Democrats to resist Southern pressures and defend the Union, warning that opposition to the Administration aids the enemy. It condemns demagogues and calls out Northern press influence funded by Southern money, urging unity and prudent critique.
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Indiana
Sama
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Darby
And
Joan
I Gloop Leon
Johnny
Alain
Pierce
Cambridge
Harvard University
Felton
Journal of Health
Contanzano
Fartin
Massa
Gaye
Darling
O. P. Morton
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