Emancipation Proclamation and the Cornerstone of Rebellion
The piece argues emancipation is the war’s central objective, not party design, and notes Lincoln’s order that slavery cease in rebel states from January 1, 1863. It contends rebels will resist, while urging government resolve to crush the rebellion’s cornerstone and defend the Union. It also references Antietam colors exploits and a fatal railroad accident in Warwick, Rhode Island.
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Bentles
North
England
France
War meetings at Toma Hall rally Bristol volunteers
A Bristol town report notes nightly war meetings at Toma Hall led by Col. Charles Sherry and others with Rev. M Searestowe Upham and local speakers. Crowds, rising subscriptions to about 5500 dollars, and efforts to recruit and mobilize men for infantry are highlighted.
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Toma Hall
Pra
Baya
Hs Preridislreck
Charles Sherry
Itas
Madéry
Msearestowe
Upham
Mesers
Charles Blake
Thomas W. Bicknell
Ezekiel Rich
N. B. Cooke
Newton
Mass
L. D., Davie
W. B. Tawton
Warren
Tt. J. Wright
Providence
Bristol
L. W. Dean
Portsmouth Grove Library Appeal for Hospital Reading Room
An appeal to establish a Library at the U S Hospital in Portsmouth Grove urges public donations of books. Sarge and the Chaplain support the project, a room is ready, eighty volumes have arrived, and more books are welcomed via Mrs Alder at Bradford and High streets.
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Portsmouth Grove
U. S. Hospital
Sarge
Alder
Bradford
High Streets
Recruiting in Bristol Sparks Enthusiasm for Volunteer Company
SF Col. Groend promotes a Bristol recruitment drive on State Street inviting men to join a new volunteer company. Readers with Bristol ties are urged to enlist, citing strong interest from early volunteers and noting forty eight enlisted so far with a larger push planned next week.
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Groend
State St
Bristol
Dront Bristol
Bristol Soldier Killed at Sharpsburg
The Bristol town section reports Theodore Livesey of Company K Fourth Rhode Island Regiment killed at Sharpsburg Maryland. Aged eighteen, he was son of Mrs Clarissa Livesey and known as brave and gallant by his comrades. Ferdinand Sweet was wounded and Abraham Meyers is missing in the same battle. no other Bristol casualties are noted.
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Bristol
Sharpsburg
Theodore Livesey
Co. K
R. I
Roanoke Island
Fort Macon
Newborn
Clarissa Livesey
Ferdinand Sweet
John B. Sweat
Abraham Meyers
Wm. I. Meyers
Afternoon Drills by Citizens in Ellsworth
Citizens suspend business each afternoon at three o'clock to drill publicly on the common. The first drill featured Rev. Mr. Dodge, chaplain of Ellsworth's Zunaves, recently released from a long rebel imprisonment, addressing the crowd. Col. Greene led the drills with participation from many residents.
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Mr. Dodge
Ellsworth
Zunaves
Col. Greene
Briatol Female Society to Convene Anniversary Meeting
The Briatol Female Charitable Society will hold its fiftieth anniversary annual meeting on Thursday afternoon in Wut Md at Rev. Dr. Shepard's residence. The Annual Sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr Shepard on Sunday Oct 5. The note also reports maritime, military, and political items from the period, including a sick ship captain, a surrender account, a blockade incident, and militia calls.
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Briatol Female Charitable Society
Wut
Dr. Shepard
Dr Shepard
General Burnside Offered Army Command Declines for McClellan
Report states on solid authority that General Burnside was offered command of the Army of the Potomac but declined the honor, citing General McClellan as the more fit leader.
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Praok ‘Herald
Burnside
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Proclamation by Lincoln on Emancipation and War Policy
The text reports Lincoln's proclamation issued September 22 1862 announcing the Civil War aims to restore constitutional relations and promoting emancipation of slaves in rebelling states on January 1 1863. It outlines emancipation, abolition of slaves aiding rebels, and protection of fugitives, with sections of wartime law and future compensation for loyal citizens. The piece names Lincoln as President and W H Seward as Secretary of State.
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Washington
United States
Adbrahax
Lincoln
Congress
Congress of the United
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Army of
District of Columbia
W. H. Sewarp
Militia Organization and Republican War Questions
Governor Curtin faces difficulty fielding Pennsylvania militia urging national legislation to organize arming and discipline the force. Congress has shown indifference while Washington and others pressed for a militia code. Reports note guerilla attacks near Carroll county and a Confederate invasion vote.
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Curtin
Pennsylvania
Congress
Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
War Department
New York Commercial
Rebels retreat after Harper's Ferry retaken during Maryland campaign
Telegraph account from Harrispburg and New York reports Union forces under Burnside advancing toward Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg while Miles surrenders. Army crossings into Virginia at Williamsport and Sharpsburg battles prompt rumors of McClellan and Heintzelman in Virginia. Detachment sizes and casualty estimates are noted with proclamations and guard movements around Richmond.
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Maryland
Philadelphia
Insebiof
Barnside
Frankiin
Harper
Miles
Wes. Burnside
Harper's Ferry
Mansfield
Park
Winchester
Federala
Burnside
Martineburg
Harper’s Ferry
Sharpeburg
Army of the Potomac
Virginia
Williamsport
Kenley
Uouch
Potomac
Franklin
Gon, McClellan
Generalsier
Heintzelman
Price defeated by Rosecrans official report of Inka battle
Battle report from Inka Mississippi September 20 1862 states Rosecrans with Stanley and Moulton divisions attacked Price south of the village. Generals Hamilton Ord and Rosecrans pursued after nightfall with heavy casualties and about 250 prisoners. Price’s army around 16 000 and likely to abandon artillery while Gen Little was killed and Gen Whitford wounded.
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Inka
Miss
N. W. Halleck
Chi Gon
Rosecrans
Stanley
Moulton
Miseyor
Price
Ord
Rosacrans
Hamilton
Tennessee
Little
Whitford
U.S. Grant
Virginia Proclamation Calling Men 35 to 45 for Floyd’s Command
Governor Letcher issues a third call for Virginians aged thirty five to forty five to enroll under John B. Floyd. The 1855 law authorized commissioning Floyd as Major General and raising ten thousand troops after his expulsion from Confederate service. Months pass without enrollment and the proclamation continues.
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Fioyn
Virginia
Letcher
Virgina
John B. Floyd
Stamp tax on railroad telegraphs not required for business messages
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue holds that the stamp tax on telegraphic messages is not required for railroad company business messages sent on their own lines. When the law takes effect on October 1, stamps will be affixed by the sender with initials, and no message may be sent without prior stamping.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Coincidence Noted Between Antietam Battle and Constitution Signing
A remark on Gen McClellan's Antietam victory dated September 17, the same day seven five years earlier that the U S Constitution was signed. General Hooker, carried from the field, exclaimed he would rather have been shot in the head at the close of the battle.
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Smovnsk
Guxgran Hooxxe
Hooker
Proclamation and Civil War Updates From 1862
The document reports Lincoln’s proclamation authorizing martial law and suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War. It notes military trials for rebels and disloyal actions, and includes a Washington date, plus later dispatches from New York about Harper’s Ferry and Hooker’s appointment. It also mentions plans to capture Mobile and a San Francisco relief donation to the U S Sanitary Commission.
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New York
Harper's Ferry
Abel Nites
Maryland
Hooker
the Times
Cayuga
Mobile Bay
Mobile
U. S. Sanitary Commission
San Francisco
San’ Francisco
St. Louis
Chico
North Carolina Governor Stanley Under Scrutiny
A special to the Post reports complaints against Gov. Stanley's administration in North Carolina prompt an examination of conduct and governance.
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Washington
Gov. Stanley
North Carolina
Union advances and battlefield reports across Washington to Leesburg
Reports from Was hington describe General Hooker's improving condition after a wound and a proposed Brigadier Generalship. Cavalry from Washington dispersed rebel forces near Ashby’s Gap, with Lieut. Col. Green captured. Leesburg remains under Union control as Surgeon General Hammond notes mass graves and high rebel losses in the Manassas Bull Run area.
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Wasnixoton
Hooker
Days
McClellan
Washington
Banks
Ashby’s Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
Green
Oth Vu
Leesburg
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M. V. Herald
Antietam
Massachusetts
Providence Journal
Roby Arnold
Cyrus Arnold
Warwick
Frederick
Mays Burnside
Rowland Anthony
Charles Chacna
Misa Elizabeth
Isaac Camm
William Diman
Raynon Guitarus
Peter Church
L W Horton
L W Briges
Wm Bradford
Geo B Monro
James Piman
Greene
Thomas Norris
W Bray
Jeremiah Luther
Josiah Coggeshall
Gilbert Norris
Chas Diiman
Nath S Greene
Henry B Potter
Doringh
J Smith
Owen
Gardner Easterbrooks
Benjamin Easterbrooks
John H Pitman
E W Brunsen
Wm P Munro 2d
Tex Portsmourn Grove
Panowxas
Fortress Monroe
William Davis
Silvie
Tis Papera
Edwards
Norristown
Henri Thiele
F Gardiner Easterbrookel If
William A. Church
George W. Diman
Alonzo Pierce
William T. Gorda
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Ives John Heffernan
Frank Hormung
Sal. Kinder, Jr
James K. Goff
George Baker
John W. Dearth
Tlenry Doty
Pardon Bonny
Hiram Luther, Jr
Nicholas O. Match
Georges Slade
John Turner
George W. Stetson
Owen Morris
Edward W. Spencer
Dennia Conway
P. Coggeshall
Philip Gladding
Ban. T. Munro
Luther Cole, Jr
William Dwyer
Gilbert S. Bliss
Léonard B. Blake
Theodore N. Smith
Willard WH. Greene
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Church
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Delaware Breakwater
Key West
Muxrordsville
James A. Daweon
Kentucky Volunteers
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Wedrosby
Louiaville
Washington Republican
Mississippi River
Alden
New Jereey
Abraham Lincoln
Pgcenlas
St. Joseph
Congress of the Confederacy
Boston- Traveller
Hanaripura
Battle of
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Sama
Tl. Sewanp
McClellany
Peninsula
Pope
N. Y
Ares
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Accivunt
Michael ‘Sullivan
Timothy Sullivan
Troy
Fall River-Neivs
Great Eastern
S ‘Goolein
Talia ‘Bond
Flushing
Mississippi
Prince’ of Wales
Warapathy
New York Post
Nebraska
George F. Andrews
Plymouth Rock
Prindester
Missouri
Jadya Thomas
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