News from the Civil War Fronts and Rear
Reports recap Union gains at Vicksburg with 24,000 prisoners and repulsed rebel attacks at Helena. Lee’s army sits near Williamsport as Meade receives reinforcements from Schenck and Heintzelman. Port Hudson assault details honor Taine’s heroic death and fourteen Black troops among those slain. Pension rule expands widows’ eligibility for service pensions. Indianapolis Journal notes Major James S. Wilson delivering funds to the 16th regiment.
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Minnesota drought and war notices from June issue
Severe drought grips Minnesota and surrounding regions with scorched wheat and low rivers, while Iowa faces the same dry spell. Military pay, exemptions, and bounty rules are clarified as the War Department offers new enlistment bounties and six month volunteers surge in sparse areas amid harvest.
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Iowa
Missouri
General Sibley
Fort Abercrombie
Pembina
Aurora Soldiers Aid Society Second Year Report Ends July
The Aurora Soldiers Aid Society reports its second year from March to July. It notes 87 members rising to 94 then 88, a strong treasury with 575.50 total receipts including 300 from a hay firm and 39.75 from dues, 35.75 from shop workers via Mrs Arthur Bush. Donations praised, supplies bought, sewing produced 99 shirts 17 drawers 88 towels 42 pillow cases 81 pairs of socks. Boxes shipped to Indianapolis Sanitary Commission April May June with clothing and food items and long lists of specific goods. Georda E Sutton, See’y.
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George Jenks
John, Hall
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Hall
Sanitary Commission
Indianapolis
Georda E. Sutton
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