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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1863
Page
2
The notice offers a three month subscription to The Aurora Commercial for twenty five cents. It lists authorized receivers including Moores, John McHaymand, Dilsborough, P Shutts, Jones' Station, John Hays of Aurora Toll Gate, A S Bush Cochran, and John Upp from Farmers' Retreat, indicating local agents and places.
A letter recounts a trip to Louisville hospitals to visit wounded soldiers from Aurora and Indiana units. The writer details encounters at the Indiana Agency, hospital wards, and care provided to about five hundred to several thousand invalids, noting satisfactory treatment, limited furlough power, and plans to return home after visiting multiple facilities aboard the steamer Emma Floyd. The account ends with a encounter aboard the Emma Floyd featuring Rev. Benjamin Parsons of Windsor Connecticut.
An account from a former battlefield visitor details the Soldier Aid Society’s aims to provide reading material, spiritual and temporal support, clothing and medical care for soldiers. Returned soldiers praised the group's services, a $50 collection was handed to Rev. Ellis of the Sanitary Commission, and a call urged locals to support families at home by supplying wood and provisions as soldiers endure hardships.
letter from Libby Priton detailing Dr C T Smith of this county, surgeon of the 106th Ohio, captured at Winchester and imprisoned in Libby Prison. He describes reading, studying chemistry, requesting letters, and recounts Capt Daniel Plummer’s death and a family with deep military and religious ties, praising their patriotism and faith.
A letter from Manchester Indiana dated October 4 1863 honors a late captain. It notes a caring wife six children and many relatives mourning his loss. The piece urges fair reporting and patriotism and closes with solace for his slumbering dust. A.O.F. calls advocates to copy.
Governor Morton unveils a scheme to replenish veteran regiments as manpower shortages press on. He outlines recruitment measures, funding steps, and timelines aimed at restoring unit strength and wartime readiness.
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