Amby Am rifted: Ight Regiment scouts into Louisiana
From the gth Regiment army report a detachment of thirty five men and two officers under Capt McFeely conducted a scouting mission toward Lake Natchez. They distributed copies of the presidents Amnesty Proclamation and engaged in combat with guerillas near a sugar mill. Eighteen escaped, seven captured with five from Co E named as Jeremiah Weller Phillip Weller William Tibby James A Parsons and James M Ruble. Vermillion.
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Gth
Pyrsapeaux
Igth Regt
McFeely
Lake Natchez
S Wood
Co. E
Jeremiah Weller
Phillip Weller
Wm. Tibby
James A. Parsons
James M. Ruble
Vermillion
Deaths and injuries from Jonesboro battle 83d Regiment
From the 83d Regiment Atlanta September 9 1864 notices list Corp Amos A Smith killed by shell and Privates Joseph B Hunt August Daman killed by shell. Private Wm Mead wounded head and face dangerously. Battery misfire caused shell to crush gun. fallen are described as the flower of the army. Obituary anticipated.
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83D
Atlanta
Eprron Commercial
Co. B
83D Regiment
Ind
Vol’s
Jonesboro
Corp
Amos A Smith
Joseph B. Hunt
August Daman
Wmc. Mead
What We Are Fighting For In State and Federal Duty
A historical passage argues Americans fought for Louisiana Florida Texas Arizona and national unity. It cites sums paid to the Federal Treasury from free and slave states from 1781 to 1840 and asserts the North held an excess of about 860 million. It defends federal law over state rights and republican principles.
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Louisiana
Florida
Spain
Texas
Arizona
Free States
A Seasonal Warning From Massachusetts Official
Secretary C L Flint of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture warns of an unusually severe winter ahead, citing past droughts and hard winters in 1748 and 1739 as precedents. The note references Godey’s Lady’s Book for October and its continuing reputation, published in Philadelphia at three dollars per year.
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C. L. Flint
Massachusetts Board of Agriculture
Godey
L. A. Godey
Philadelphia
Departure of the 7th Indiana from the Army of the Potomac
Correspondence from Indianapolis Journal notes the 7th Indiana marching from camp to City Point to sail for Washington and home. A farewell letter from Col Hoffmann praises the regiment for three years of faithful service, citing battles like South Mountain and Antietam, and suggests blessings of the republic's institutions as they return home.
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7Th Indiana
Army of the Potomac
Indianapolis Journal
City Point
Washington
Lincoln
Morton
Indiana
Rice
Hoffmann
Welsh Hean
Grs
Bricavr
Sth
A.C
Yettow Hovss
Ind
South Mountain
Antietam
Union
W. J. Hermann, Co. 56Th Pa
Vols
Indiana Brigade
Col. Hoffmann
Olp
Interview with Lincoln on war policy and emancipation
Judge Mills reports a Wisconsin meeting with President Lincoln at the Soldiers' Retreat. Lincoln defends emancipation as essential to Union revival, rejects Democratic strategy to end the war by restoring slavery, and warns victory hinges on freeing black troops and fighting to preserve the Union.
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Lincoln
Grant County
Wis
John T. Milla
Fifth Judicial Circuit
McClellan
Mills
Randall
Wisconsin
Judge Mills
President
Union
America
Democratic Party
Chicago
North
United States
Peto
Port Hudson
Olustee
Fragmented tribute on a leader as a peaceable guide
The passage extols a ruler as capable of bearing the weight of great monarchies while praising his selfless care for the country. It lauds his honesty and republican simplicity and presents him as a Heaven-sent instrument to lead people through war toward peace and freedom, ending with a signoff by J. T. Mrius.
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Canaan
J. T. Mrius
Gold Lace and the Hidden Craft of Gold Wire
The piece explains why gold lace is not truly gold and describes the vast process of applying gold to silver and silk. It details how gold leaf coats silver, the wire drawing method, and experiments by Wollaston culminating in an extremely thin gold layer far thinner than standard gold leaf.
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Wollaston
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