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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1864

Page

2

New Democratic Unity Promises Union and Peace

The New York World proclaims a purified Democratic party ready for the November fight. It claims ideals of Union and Peace, condemns disunionists and contractors, and urges former critics to rejoin, pledging to restore the Union without bloodshed. It contrasts the Democratic banner with the Republicans’ War for Abolition and urges steadfast support.

New York World Bannei Democratic Eae Ae Aa Lere Nion Republican Party Treasury Union Chicago McClellan Democratic Party

McClellan Letter Praised by Democrats in Boston Rally

In Boston a McClellan Club meeting cheers General McClellan and his peace with Union stance. Speakers oppose Lincoln Republicans, urge negotiation with the South, and defend Union preservation as essential to national security. The crowd unfurls the Union banner as supporters pledge loyalty and publish a member's letter praising McClellan.

Chicago Lawrence McClellan Essex Street City Hall Pendleton Christendom Antietam Caleb Saunders Democratic City Committee Daniel Saunders Saunders South Lincoln Gen. McClellan John K. Tarbox John H. Tarbox Geo B. McClellan Copperhead Copperheads St. Paul of Old Oace Ship of State Guthrie Kentucky Webster Cass Marcy Horatio Seymour Empire State Abraham Lincoln Wade Winter Davis Fremont Rocky Mountains United States Union Vallandigham Massachusetts England Scotland George B. McClellan Boston Atlanta Tarbox Martin van Buren United States Senate Tom Benton van Buren Washington J. W. Perry Salem Baltimore Republican Party Niagara Falls Horace Greeley Democratic Party J. C. Sanborn Esa McCrechlan Club Ward Eleven PenpieTon Boston Cornet Band Charles G. Greene A. W. Stetson McClellan Club Ward XI J. C. Fremont Abe Lincoln Geo. B. McClellan Benjamin W. Dean Benjamin W. Dean, Esq Boston Campaign Post Campaign Post

Civil War Era Debate on Policy and Prisoner Exchange

Speakers criticize Lincoln administration's wartime measures and emancipation policy while defending union and constitution. They discuss prisoner exchanges, draft support, and differences with McClellan, urging either peace with union or strong war aims for victory.

Early Maine Returns Show Republican Gains in Several Towns

Portland dispatch reports additional returns from towns including Cony Winthrop Skowhegan Lewiston Bath and Bangor. Cony shows a net gain over last year with a 700 Republican majority in Bath and gains in every Bangor ward.

Portland Cony Howard Bradbury Winthrop S.ss Skowhegan Lewiston Bath Bangor Cony. Howard Kennebunk Winterport Westbrook Cawese Oe covesenGus Kittery Sccsseeeerese Freeport Bridgte Gorham Hallowell Brunswick Norway Harpswell Giby Augusta Coney Aton Biddeford Rockland Hamlin Maine Lynch Union Congress Sweat Yeationy Perham Blaine Rice

Desertions Rise as Army Details Enlistment Trends

Report from the front notes sion has arrived on the main boat from City Point. Rebel recruits express readiness to desert. Army of the Potomac shows health, hospitals with few patients. Desertion sentences for four New York and Maine regiments commuted to Dry Tortugas punishment instead of death.

Sion City Point Army of the Potomac New York Maine

Rebel guerillas seize Bardstown bound train amid raids

The Bardstown upward train was captured by Magruder’s guerillas, the locomotive destroyed, cars burned, and passengers robbed. Separate dispatches describe Union forces under Major B H Porn and Col Thomas Jordan defeating Dibbell’s brigade near Readyville, with 130 prisoners captured and minor Union losses. The Nashville-Chattanooga line sees repairs and rail traffic resumes as Wheeler’s raids extend into Tennessee.

Louisville Bardstown Magruder Gen. Rosecrans Nash B. H. Porn Thomas Jordan Pennsylvania Cavalry Dibbell Readyville Stewart’s Creek Wheeler H. P. van Creve Murfreesboro 10Th van Creve Chattanooga Atlanta McMinnville Rosseau Stedman Granger Tennessee River Nashville Milroy Tullahoma Shelbyville Franklin Dibbel Williams Sherman Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee and Alabama

Contraband Enlistments Rise as Camp Draws 200 North Carolina Men

Nearly 200 able bodied contrabands from North Carolina arrive and enlist for army service. The front arrivals portray the army as a unit. The Fawn was captured on the Dismal Swamp Canal by rebel raiders, crew and passengers taken prisoner and the vessel burned. The Santiago de Cuba arrived with the prize steamer A. D. Vance and 420 bales of cotton. A body washed ashore identified as George Clair. One hundred two blockade running prisoners reach port. Deaths in Hampton hospitals include Marden, Hatch, Wicks, and Lt. Clough.

Fortress Monitor North Carolina Norfolk Santiago de Cuba Gleason A. D. Vance Hatteras Wilmington Halifax George Clair Co. B Massachusetts Hampton John Marden Conn Alfred Hatch W. H. Wicks W. A. Clough New Hampshire

Deadly Fire Destroys Commercial Avenue Block

A morning blaze in Cairo on Commercial avenue between 8th and 9th streets destroyed West side buildings except Winter's brick block and the United States Hotel. It swept to Eighth and Ninth Streets, burning the Rising Sun and many stores. Major losses include Carr & Callahan 40000, Wayne 15000, Brown 13000, Martin & Towers 7000. Total loss around 200000 with 40000 insured.

Cairo Commercial Avenue 8Th 9Th United States Hotel Eighth Ninth Streets Planters’ House Shamrock House Carr & Callahan W. S. Wayne J. S. Brown Martin & Towers

Veteran Soldiers Form Union Campaign Club in Philadelphia

A mass meeting of veteran and disabled soldiers in Philadelphia formed a Union Campaign Club. Col. W. A. Gray presided as patriotic resolutions were adopted. Officers delivered addresses and despatches from the interior state announced similar clubs forming.

Philadelphia W. A. Gray

Steamer John J Roe Sinks Near New Madrid

The John J Roe bound for New Orleans with a Missouri cavalry detachment sank in 30 feet of water above New Madrid. No lives were lost but all on board drowned. The Robert Barnes from Memphis to Cincinnati will take aboard 80 bales after loading 164 bales of cotton.

Carro Sert John J. Roe New Orleans 2D Missouri Cavalry New Madrid Robert Barnes Memphis Cincinnati

Railroad work resumes on Baltimore and Ohio line

A Harper’s Ferry despatch reports no change in the military situation. Working parties restart on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with completion expected to restore service throughout by Friday.

Baltimore Harper’s Ferry Baltimore and Ohio

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