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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1862
Page
2
T G Nicholson is endorsed for the position of Auditor-General in the York district as announced in the Beaver Argus. The official notice names Nicholson and outlines district alignment and candidacy details with emphasis on fiscal oversight and regional duties.
Local column notes sermons next Sunday at Beaver Presbyterian Church by Rev W Baker and a Thursday Beaver Academy exhibition. Reports on Col Kane, Port Republic wounds, Taylor capture, and a body found in the Ohio at Freedom. Bucktails praised. American Slavery editorial echoed. Congress conferees named. Captain Chris McCleary’s death mourned as a brave loss.
A Harrisburg Telegraph editor cites official army vote data from fifty five counties to counter claims that Democrats dominate the army. The results show Republicans plurality in enlistments, with eleven counties not yet heard from and overall strong Republican support statewide. The piece links Democratic rhetoric to fiscal excess and defends Lincoln’s administration spending. It notes Pennsylvania’s wartime quotas, the state paying its tax share, and mentions McDowell’s corps heading to the White House for reinforcements, plus a Sabbath School fundraiser and a Swoney lecture in Freeso.
A fragmented letter recounts a Locofoco Convention and political jockeying, then shifts to Civil War updates. It notes Confederate and Union figures, fortifications, and field actions around Pulaski, Williamsport, and Fort Pulaski, with orders praising Pennsylvania troops and a long-onward war diary from 1862 highlighting battles, captures, and troop movements.
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