Enrollments and Draft Provisions Amid War Action
The act consolidates enrollment classes and sets quotas for districts based on resident military liability. It details draft procedures, substitutions, penalties for fraud, and the Secretary of War authority to adjust examinations. Exemptions include physical unfitness, prior service, and conscientious objections with conditions.
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Hetty and Governor's Flight Amid Pursuit in Connecticut
An excerpt recounts Hetty, daughter of a governor, fleeing with her father through a meadow pursued by holdouts. The improvised plan, Hetty’s frightened pleas, and the governor urging escape are described with tense dialogue as they risk capture and seek safety toward a river and boat.
Fragmented tale of pursuit and rescue by river
An escaped captive leads a pursuit along a river as a young woman and a cousin aid his escape. A signal lamp at dusk warns pursuers. the Governor’s boatman signals safety. The hunters retreat as the boat slips away, and the family returns to a secure home with the infant daughter named in gratitude.
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Waiting for May in a Weary Heart’s Sleep
A fragmentary verse piece laments longing for May and the season’s return. It evokes fatigue, sighs, and throbbed yearning for blooming, sea-side breezes, and willow wooing, with vivid natural imagery.
Turbulent Civil War Era Press Notes and Crime Details
A Richmond Dispatch column surveys Northern Democratic and Confederate press attitudes toward national affairs, praising and critiquing coverage across papers. It also reports the court martial case of Capt Crandall, who killed Lieut Hogan after a rape incident near Lebanon and Greensburg, with Hogan dead and Crandall under arrest.
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George Porter
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Hanover
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David Little
Jackson Jenking
Patterson
Wim Harrison
Beaver
John L. ‘Wall
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Sami Hoyt
Paul Hiebert
Moon
Chas Johnton
Henry Linnenbrink
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James M’cullough
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Jos Martin
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