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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1864
Page
2
The Au s is a Commercial boasts the largest circulation in Dearborn County and ranks among the best advertising media in the state, aiming to attract advertisers with its reach and prominence.
In a brief note from Harrisonville on October 2, 1864 Adolphus reports casualties within the 8th Regiment after severe battles at Winchester and Fisher's Hill. He lists killed six including Captain Wadeworth, wounded ten severely and fifteen slightly, and three missing, mentions wounded Sergeants and others, and notes 2000 prisoners taken, 20 cannon captured, eight colors captured, claiming a Confederate rout in the Shenandoah Valley and continued Union advance.
A conscript writer describes hunger and deprivation while awaiting transport to Indianapolis. He blames corrupt contract brokers and hospital conditions for starvation, noting three cups of slop and three hardtacks daily, scant blankets, and overcrowded sleeping. He criticizes local authorities but hopes for relief after regiment assignment and a possible furlough.
The piece lists members elected to Congress across districts with party labels. It notes New York banks bidding on a new loan and Fessenden accepting bids to fund forty million dollars. It also mentions Rev H W Beecher urging political attention in sermons leading to the presidential election.
State of Indiana executive order extends leaves of absence for all sick and wounded Indiana soldiers furloughed from hospitals. Extend until November 10 upon endorsement by provost marshal offices in Indianapolis or district. Governor C P Morrow. Also brief notes on Senate results in Jennings Jackson district and a Civil War letter recounting Sulphur Trestle engagement and Forrest actions.
A series of vignettes on coolness and quick thinking saving lives at sea and on land. A Cornwall swimmer and a shipwright rescue a drowning woman by following precise commands. A Wolverhampton canal boat rescue uses a timbers-cut to reach a mother and child. Roman towns reveal grandeur beyond Rome, with Palmyra and Philadelphia cited. A Madrid soldier’s theft ends with a miracle attributed to the Virgin. A Pittsburgh wedding ends with the bride fleeing with another man.
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